Bovie Medical Corporation Enrolls First Patient in J-Plasma Dermal Resurfacing Clinical Study

Bovie Medical Corporation, a maker of medical devices and supplies and the developer of J-Plasma, a patented new surgical product, has enrolled the first patient in a U.S. Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) clinical study of its J-Plasma technology for use in dermal skin resurfacing.
 
The clinical study is a multi-center, single arm, evaluator-blind prospective study evaluating the safety and efficacy of Bovie Medical’s J-Plasma technology for the reduction of facial wrinkles and rhytides. The study will be conducted at up to five investigational centers and will enroll 55 eligible subjects. Enrolled study subjects will receive one procedure with the company’s J-Plasma technology at enrollment and wrinkle severity will be assessed using the Fitzpatrick Wrinkle and Elastosis Scale (FWS) at baseline and at each follow-up time point. The first patient was enrolled with Dr. J. David Holcomb at the Institute for Integrated Aesthetics in Sarasota, Fla.
 
“At Bovie Medical, our long-term clinical strategy is focused on expanding J-Plasma’s clinical indications for use in the aesthetics market, beginning with dermal skin resurfacing procedures,” said Charlie Goodwin, CEO. “Enrolling the first patient in our dermal skin resurfacing clinical study is an important milestone towards this long-term strategy. The company intends to use data from this study to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of our J-Plasma technology to support our planned 510(k) submission to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for an indication to market and sell J-Plasma for use in dermal resurfacing procedures.”

Bovie Medical Corporation is a maker of medical devices and supplies as well as the developer of J-Plasma, a patented plasma-based surgical product for cutting, coagulation and ablation of soft tissue. J-Plasma utilizes a helium ionization process to produce a stable, focused beam of plasma that provides surgeons with greater precision, minimal invasiveness and an absence of conductive currents through the patient during surgery. The new J-Plasma handpieces with Cool-Coag technology deliver the precision of helium plasma energy, the power of traditional monopolar coagulation and the efficiency of plasma beam coagulation— enabling thin-layer ablation and dissection and fast coagulation with a single instrument, minimizing instrument exchange and allowing a surgeon to focus on their patient and their procedures. With Cool-Coag technology, the new J-Plasma handpieces can deliver three distinctly different energy modalities—further increasing the utility and versatility of the J-Plasma system. Bovie Medical Corporation also manufactures a range of electrosurgical products and technologies, marketed through both private labels and the company’s own  brands (Bovie, IDS, and DERM) to distributors worldwide. The company also leverages its expertise through OEM agreements with other medical device manufacturers.