Bovie Medical Insights

More than eighty years ago, Dr. William Bovie invented a device that generated electrical current for use in surgery. Since then, Bovie, the company has used the science behind his electrosurgical findings to develop a robust line of energy-based devices to support the physician office, surgery centers and highly demanding operating rooms. Electrosurgery devices are often misconstrued as a device only for complex surgical procedures; but the modern medical practice can now use low-watt electrosurgery devices for a variety of in-office procedures.

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The first use of the electrosurgical generator in the operating room happened on October 1, 1926 at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts with a device invented by Dr. William Bovie and used by Dr. Harvey W. Cushing.  Eighty-plus years later, the field of electrosurgery continues to improve based on this early development.  While widely accepted today, the electrosurgery application initially had a negative reputation in relation to the long standing current traditions of the medical profession.

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Topics: Bovie Medical, electrosurgery, aaron, High Frequency Desiccator with Cut