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Advanced Energy Generator · Ultrasonic Energy Generator · Harmonic Generator · Vessel Sealing Generator · LigaSure Generator · Gen11
A tabletop console with a touch screen and a port for the hand instrument's cable, set on the tower or a cart. Ultrasonic models drive a vibrating blade; vessel-sealing models send bipolarby-POH-lerHaving two poles or two opposite ends; most often used as a short form of bipolar disorder.bi- twopolar having polesFull entry energy through a sealing jaw. Some consoles run both.
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Powers the advanced energy hand instruments (ultrasonic shears such as Harmonic or SonoSurg, and bipolarby-POH-lerHaving two poles or two opposite ends; most often used as a short form of bipolar disorder.bi- twopolar having polesFull entry vessel sealers such as LigaSure or ENSEAL) used to seal and divide vessels and tissue in open, laparoscopiclap-uh-roh-SKOP-ikDone through a few small cuts in the abdomen with a thin camera and long instruments, instead of one large opening.lapar/o abdomen-scopic viewingFull entry and robotic cases such as colectomykoh-LEK-tuh-meeSurgery to remove all or part of the colon.col/o colon-ectomy surgical removalFull entry and herniaHER-nee-uhA bulge of an organ or tissue through a weak spot in the muscle or tissue wall that normally holds it in.Full entry repair.
Lengths and variants
Ultrasonic generators, bipolarby-POH-lerHaving two poles or two opposite ends; most often used as a short form of bipolar disorder.bi- twopolar having polesFull entry vessel-sealing generators, and combined platforms that also run monopolar and bipolar electrosurgeryee-LEK-troh-SUR-jer-eeUsing high-frequency electric current through a handheld tool to cut tissue or seal bleeding vessels during surgery.Full entry .
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- Fuller JK. Surgical Technology: Principles and Practice. 8th ed. Chapter 15 (Energy Sources in Surgery), p. 300 to 302
- AST. Surgical Technology for the Surgical Technologist. 4th ed. p. 180
- Rothrock JC. Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery. 17th ed. p. 653
- ampronix.com
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