Today there are two major players in the high frequency desiccator market, Bovie Medical Corporation with their Aaron 940 and Conmed Corporation with their Hyfrecator 2000. These products are mainly used in dermatology and unlike an electrosurgical unit (ESU) they do not have the ability to cut tissue. Clinically the Aaron 940 and the Hyfrecator do the exact same thing. They desiccate, fulgurate or coagulate tissue and mainly deal with small skin lesions, skin tags and the like.
So if they are clinically the same, what is the functional difference?
The quick answer is that the Aaron 940 from Bovie is much more user friendly. But since the blog headline is the "Top 3 Attributes of High Frequency Desiccators", let's look a little deeper.
