Pioneer Heart Surgeon Faced the Scalpel at 98
U.S heart surgeon Michael DeBakey who pioneered a heart surgery years ago underwent the same procedure that he had developed.//At the ripe old age of 98 he is raring to get back to work after recuperating from the surgery that he underwent to repair a major blood vessel called aorta, in his heart ...New scalpel probes into cancer
A smart scalpel which is able to detect the presence of cancer cells beneath layers skin, blood and muscle have been developed by US researchers. The bottle-top sized microcavity laser developed by the US department of Energy will enable surgeons to operate more accurately on tumours without ...PEAK Surgical Introduces PEAK PlasmaBlade(TM) TnA
...rgical cutting and coagulation devices that offer the exacting control of a scalpel and the bleeding control of traditional electrosurgery without the extensiv...a family of disposable cutting devices that offer the exacting control of a scalpel and the bleeding control of traditional electrosurgery without extensive co...PEAK Surgical Announces First Use of PEAK PlasmaBlade(TM) in Europe
...ation devices that offer the exacting control of a scalpel and the bleeding control of traditional electrosur...unacceptable, surgeons must use both a traditional scalpel for cutting and an electrosurgical device for coag...aBlade family of devices offers the precision of a scalpel and the bleeding control of a traditional electros...Misonix Reports Earnings for the Three and Nine Months Ended March 31, 2009
...EM probe sales and MRI repairs, partially offset by an increase in the Bone scalpel and SonicOne Wound Debridement Systems. The decrease in laboratory and sci...ughout the world for our innovative Neuroaspirator, Wound Debrider and Bone scalpel devices. We believe these relationships will increase our medical device r...Misonix Reports Earnings and Increased Revenues for the Three and Six Months Ended December 31, 2008
...in sales of medical device products was primarily due to the Company's bone scalpel product and SonicOne wound debridement system. The decrease in laboratory ...ts was primarily attributable to an increase in sales of the Company's bone scalpel product, AutoSonix(TM) product and SonicOne wound debridement system. The ...New laser for neurosurgery allows greater precision and efficiency for removal of complex tumors
...er specific nerve structures and the brainstem. It is designed for operating near critical structures in the brain and spine and is used in place of a scalpel to cut tissue and remove tumors. "When lasers were first used in neurosurgery some 30 years ago, surgeons were very excited, but it faded quickly...PEAK Surgical Announces Positive Results From Preclinical Study of PEAK PlasmaBlade(TM) Needle
...cutting tools that offer the exacting control of a scalpel and the bleeding control of traditional electrosur...cartilage using the PlasmaBlade Needle, a standard scalpel blade and a traditional electrosurgery needlepoint...unacceptable, surgeons must use both a traditional scalpel for cutting and an electrosurgery device for coagu...No Scalpel Vasectomy Ring Clamp
Description: No Scalpel Vasectomy Ring Clamp, 5 1/2" (14cm), gold finger rings...Portex Mini-Trach® II Cricothyrotomy Kit
Description:... With the Mini-Trach® II kit, a small bore cannula (4.0 mm I.D.) is inserted into the trachea through the cricothyroid membrane using a guarded scalpel and introducer. The inserted cannula may also be used for administration of oxygen, nebulized drugs, and bronchial lavage....VITOSS Synthetic Cancellous Bone Void Filler
Features:...omotes new bone ingrowth and maturation. Promotes new bone ingrowth and maturation. Available in 2 convenient forms - Blocks that can be shaped with a scalpel and gently tamped into place and Morsels that can be packed into irregularly shaped voids in the defect site....New Report Just Published: World Solid-State, Fiber, Gas and Dye Lasers Market Report
...ains FDA Approval for IRIDEX IQ Laser Systems II-48 JDSU Unveils 4900 Series Pump Lasers II-48 OmniGuide Launches BeamPath NEURO(TM) CO2 Laser scalpel II-49 Cymer Introduces XLR 500d ArF Laser Light Source II-49 Bookham Unveils Single Emitter-based Laser Pump Module II-49 Fianium Expands ...'Revolutionary' CO2 maps zoom in on greenhouse gas sources
...t what is happening in neighborhoods, on roads and in industrial areas, and track the CO 2 by the hour. This offers policy-makers something akin to a scalpel instead." Gurney says the inventory system, which is named for the Roman god of fire, quantifies all of the CO 2 that results from the burning of ...New insights into how lasers cut flesh
... Lasers are at the cutting edge of surgery. From cosmetic to brain surgery, intense beams of coherent light are gradually replacing the steel scalpel for many procedures. Despite this increasing popularity, there is still a lot that scientists do not know about the ways in which laser light interac...Scalpel-free surgery could reduce risk of HIV and hepatitis exposure for health care workers
...otect health care workers from accidental transmission," added Makary. Sharpless surgical techniques include laparoscopy, electrocautery to replace scalpel incisions, and skin clips or glue instead of sewing to close or repair wounds. Previous studies have shown that health care workers are injured in ...PEAK Surgical Introduces PlasmaBlade(TM) Product Line Extensions for Use in General Surgery
...because we will no longer need to switch between a scalpel and a traditional electrosurgery device depending ...PlasmaBlade cuts more precisely than a traditional scalpel and causes less thermal tissue damage than traditi...unacceptable, surgeons must use both a traditional scalpel for cutting and an electrosurgery device for coagu...OmniGuide Introduces The BeamPath Neuro(TM): A CO2 Laser Fiber for Brain And Spine Surgery
... First, Flexible CO2 Laser scalpel Provides Surgeons with No-Touch Surgical Tool For Precision Brain and Spine...he introduction of the new BeamPath NEURO(TM), the first flexible CO2 laser scalpel for neurosurgery. The BeamPath NEURO fiber provides surgeons with a precise...PEAK Surgical Receives 510(k) Clearance to Market PEAK(R) Surgery System for Use in General Surgery
...unacceptable, surgeons must use both a traditional scalpel for cutting and an electrosurgery device for coagu...nes into a single surgical tool the precision of a scalpel and the bleeding control of a traditional electros...rsity. "Surgeons typically must switch between a scalpel and a traditional electrosurgery device depending ...Preparation of PCR Quality Template DNA from a Wide Range of Tissues Using InstaGene Matrix
...h environmental and cross contamination. 1. Cut a small (3 mm 3 ) piece of tissue on a fresh glass slide using a fresh scalpel blade. Macerate slightly with the blade and place in a sterile 1.5 ml screw cap Eppendorf tube. 2. Add 1 ml of 1x Trypsin/EDTA (G...