The Epitome® Scalpel and OptiMicro™ Needle are precision electrosurgical electrodes that can dramatically improve surgical results compared to standard electrosurgical electrodes.
Product Description
Epitome®
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Electrosurgery
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Utah
Medical Products' specialty dissection electrodes, Epitome® and
OptiMicro™ provide excellent healing characteristics.
Thermal tissue injury is minimized, allowing excellent healing results.
Focused Peripheral Plasma Blade technology provides an effortless,
smooth cut and precise incisional control.
Cut quickly and smoothly without countertraction.
Exceptional performance at lower power setting.
Fits directly into existing electrosurgical systems, dramatically
improving their performance.
Provided sterile for immediate use.
The patented Epitome® scalpel electrode incorporates Peripheral Plasma Blade (P2B) technology. P2B is a fine wire element at the edge of a non-conductive ceramic core. This focused geometry creates a spark plasma at the blade edge, resulting in clean tissue dissection with minimal thermal injury.
In fact, comparative wound healing analysis of porcine skin incisions shows an Epitome® incision (1) producing significantly reduced thermal injury as compared to a standard electrosurgical tip incision (2), and markedly improved wound healing as evidenced by a significant reduction in scarring (3) compared to the standard tip (4).
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Epitome® Provides:
Quick and precise cutting through dense breast tissue when performing
reduction mammaplasty and mastectomy.
Quickly elevates abdominal flap and reduces or eliminates seroma in
abdominoplasty.
Reduces thermal tissue injury, yet easily dissects fatty tissue without
increasing power settings.
Minimizes necrotic zone to help reduce circulation complications in
skin flaps.
Minimizes thermal effects during tonsillectomy and UPPP, potentially
reducing post-surgical pain and allowing a faster return to normal
diet.
Short tip of the "bendable" version promotes precise tonsil
excision with minimized risk for 
peripheral
tissue burns.
The bendable shaft allows for easy access to IMA with quick, clean
performance and minimal thermal injury.
ZapGuard™ (see image right) is available on select Epitome®
scalpels to reduce potential for electrical shocks and burns.
Ideal Design Minimizes Thermal Injury
In addition to its heat-resistance, Epitome's ceramic blade is also electrically non-conductive. Thus the depth of thermal injury from the sides of the blade is limited. In addition, this important feature of Epitome® ensures electrical energy will not pass through the blade to any tissue which might inadvertently come in contact with the blade. As a result, less electrical power is required to perform a desired cut, thermal damage in the wound is minimized and patient recovery times may be improved. This condition can only be matched with a cold (non-ES) scalpel, harmonic scalpel, or carefully controlled laser, but not with any other ES (Bovie) blade. However, these other non-Bovie tools cannot control hemostasis. With Epitome®, hemostasis is controlled through the selection of loop wire diameter and/or by the mode setting on your ES generator.
The OptiMicro™ Needle ultra-fine tip electrosurgical
electrodes are designed to provide precise dissection without adverse
thermal effects to yield excellent cosmetic results for small-scale
procedures.
These micro-needles have the finest geometry available. Because of
their extremely small surface area, a focused spark plasma is created
at very low power settings.
OptiMicro™ Clinical Benefits:
Thermal tissue injury is virtually eliminated, allowing excellent
healing results.
Output power settings are very low, minimizing nerve and muscle cell
stimulation and stray electrosurgical currents.
Tungsten electrode withstands high current densities, and maintains
sharpness throughout procedure.
Substantially reduces smoke plume and odor compared to standard blade
geometry tips.
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8cm long clinician requested additions to the OptiMicro™ line
(see image right) provide the additional reach required during some
Head and Neck procedures. The DN-0800, with a 3mm cutting tip, is
ideal for dissection during adult tonsillectomy and in some nasal
cavity surgeries. The DN-0810 is designed with a 10mm uninsulated
tip for effective thermal tissue reduction during turbinate and adenoid
reduction surgeries.
* Product is CE Marked
1 Patented Product, U.S. Patent # 6,126,656
2 Patented Product, U.S. Patent # 5,860,976
