electrosurgical unit

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electrosurgical unit

ESU

A device used to cut and coagulate tissues during surgery, using alternating current that changes direction at a frequency of between 500,000 and 3,000,000 hertz. An ESU is an alternative to other cutting tools, such as surgical blades or lasers.

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The Cameron Miller Model 26-2500 is a good office-based electrosurgical unit with average performance characteristics.

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Surgical smoke is the gaseous by-product produced when tissue is dissected or cauterised by heat generating devices such as lasers, electrosurgical units, ultrasonic devices and high speed burrs, drills and saws (Ulmer 2008).

Surgical smoke

The UAS also operates at a much lower temperature than electrosurgical units do.

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It is both compatible and cleared also for the use with all Endovapor/SurgiMax and SurgiMax Plus electrosurgical units and enables an easy swap of the Triggerflex to the new Vaporflex system.

FDA Clears Joimax's Vaporflex, Legato Electrosurgical Probes

Surgical plume is a potentially dangerous by-product from the use of lasers, electrosurgical units and ultrasonic devices (Sanderson, 2012).

Surgical plume and health and safety legislation

3 February 2010 - French surgical lights, ceiling pendants and high frequency (HF) electrosurgical units maker Surgiris, expecting a sales growth, has decided to invest EUR1.5m (USD2.1m) in building a production site in Croix, northern France, daily Les Echos wrote today.