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PLASMA SCALPEL

Typical Number in Hospital: Cost Bands: References: 4

This is a new device for cutting and coagulating tissue achieving an effect similar to that obtained with surgical diathermy but utilizing ionized gas delivered from a nozzle under high pressure through a strong electric field. The use of an inert gas avoids chemically deleterious effects.

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