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Consistency and sealing of advanced bipolar tissue sealers

Evaluating consistency-and-sealing-of-two commonly used advanced bipolar devices (ENSEAL(®) G2 Tissue Sealers and LigaSure™ Blunt Tip) for compression uniformity, vessel sealing strength, and consistency in bench-top analyses.

A 2015 study published in Dovepress used Tekscan pressure mapping sensors and software as a benchmark to evaluate two commonly used advanced bipolar devices (ENSEAL(®) G2 Tissue Sealers and LigaSure™ Blunt Tip) for compression uniformity, vessel sealing strength, and consistency in bench-top analyses.

Compression forces for the ENSEAL Articulating and LigaSure devices were assessed utilizing a foam pad and sensor (Tekscan 5027) placed between closed jaws of the instruments. Closed-jaw pressures (psi) were recorded with I-Scan® software (Tekscan® Inc.)

 

Applications of Tekscan's pressure measuring system can be helpful for the further development of electrosurgery vessel sealing instruments to check the pressure conditions in the instruments jaw section.
 

Read the full article by Edward G Chekan, Mark A Davison, David W Singleton, John Z Mennone, Piet Hinoul. 

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