Business Wire04.25.16
Bovie Medical Corporation, a maker of medical devices and supplies, and the developer of J-Plasma, a patented new surgical product, has launched its J-Plasma product extension, branded the Precise 360.
This new J-Plasma hand piece has an angled and rotating tip that enables surgeons access to structures that are difficult to reach using a straight laparoscopic device.
One of the first surgeons to use the Precise 360 is Vipul Patel, M.D., a urologist and leader in robotic surgery, and member of Bovie’s medical advisory board. Patel is the head of the Global Robotics Institute at Florida Hospital in Orlando and has performed more than 9,000 robotic prostatectomies.
“By inserting the new angle tip of the Precise 360 in the ancillary port of the DaVinci robot, the surgeon gains greater access, control and precision than the straight stick versions. With this level of precision, control and safety, J-Plasma has the potential to become a standard of care in a range of procedures,” Patel said.
J-Plasma enables surgeons to operate with greater precision on and around delicate structures with minimal thermal spread. Described as a patented new plasma-based surgical product for cutting and coagulation, J-Plasma uses a helium ionization process to produce a stable, focused beam of ionized gas that provides surgeons with greater precision, minimal invasiveness and an absence of conductive currents through the patient during surgery. The Precise 360 extension builds on last year’s additions to the J-Plasma portfolio, which included blade and needle configurations in three different instrument lengths.
“We continue to innovate J-Plasma to address specific procedures for which it is particularly well-suited,” said Robert L. Gershon, CEO. “The next J-Plasma portfolio additions will include a configuration specifically designed for use in robotic surgery, developed in close collaboration with Bovie’s medical advisory board, which in addition to Dr. Patel, is comprised of two prominent robotic surgeons in the fields of cardiovascular and cardiothoracic surgery.”
Purchase, N.Y.-based Bovie Medical Corporation manufactures a range of electrosurgical products and technologies, marketed through both private labels and the company’s own brands (Bovie, Aaron, IDS, and ICON).
This new J-Plasma hand piece has an angled and rotating tip that enables surgeons access to structures that are difficult to reach using a straight laparoscopic device.
One of the first surgeons to use the Precise 360 is Vipul Patel, M.D., a urologist and leader in robotic surgery, and member of Bovie’s medical advisory board. Patel is the head of the Global Robotics Institute at Florida Hospital in Orlando and has performed more than 9,000 robotic prostatectomies.
“By inserting the new angle tip of the Precise 360 in the ancillary port of the DaVinci robot, the surgeon gains greater access, control and precision than the straight stick versions. With this level of precision, control and safety, J-Plasma has the potential to become a standard of care in a range of procedures,” Patel said.
J-Plasma enables surgeons to operate with greater precision on and around delicate structures with minimal thermal spread. Described as a patented new plasma-based surgical product for cutting and coagulation, J-Plasma uses a helium ionization process to produce a stable, focused beam of ionized gas that provides surgeons with greater precision, minimal invasiveness and an absence of conductive currents through the patient during surgery. The Precise 360 extension builds on last year’s additions to the J-Plasma portfolio, which included blade and needle configurations in three different instrument lengths.
“We continue to innovate J-Plasma to address specific procedures for which it is particularly well-suited,” said Robert L. Gershon, CEO. “The next J-Plasma portfolio additions will include a configuration specifically designed for use in robotic surgery, developed in close collaboration with Bovie’s medical advisory board, which in addition to Dr. Patel, is comprised of two prominent robotic surgeons in the fields of cardiovascular and cardiothoracic surgery.”
Purchase, N.Y.-based Bovie Medical Corporation manufactures a range of electrosurgical products and technologies, marketed through both private labels and the company’s own brands (Bovie, Aaron, IDS, and ICON).