Many clinicians in the surgical community know Dr. John Bookwalter, inventor of the Bookwalter® Retractor System, for his dedication to entrepreneurship and, more importantly, patients. Many may not know Dr.…
Pamela ColemanAugust 2, 2022
According to recent literature, electrosurgery is used for cutting and coagulating tissue in eight out of ten (80%) surgeries performed today.1 In fact, the use of electrosurgery is so common in…
symsurgbrandApril 22, 2019
Electrosurgery makes use of high-frequency electrical current to cut, coagulate, desiccate, and fulgurate tissue and can be performed using either monopolar or bipolar-energy in conjunction with a specialized instrument.
symsurgbrandOctober 3, 2016
The terms electrosurgery and electrocautery are frequently confused, even amongst many professionals working in various healthcare related fields. And even though both of these procedures are applied within several medical…
symsurgbrandSeptember 5, 2016
Lighting is one of the most important elements in surgical rooms, and is absolutely crucial to the overall efficiency of any medical team's ability to successfully complete the varied procedures.…
symsurgbrandAugust 1, 2016
The first line of the Hippocratic Oath is, "First, do no harm." At Bovie Medical, we are committed to medical professionals upholding this rule. We are here to help you…
symsurgbrandJune 6, 2016
Electrosurgery has been around since 1926, when William T. Bovie, a Harvard PhD first introduced the technique to a colleague who had previously been unsuccessful in removing a tumor from a patient's…
symsurgbrandJuly 4, 2016
More than eighty years ago, Dr. William Bovie invented a device that generated electrical current for use in surgery. Since then, Bovie, the company has used the science behind his…
symsurgbrandMay 2, 2016
According to a review by the Journal of Hospital Infection, over 500,000 people are exposed to surgical smoke plume each year. These smoke plume can be the byproduct of electrosurgical…
symsurgbrandFebruary 1, 2016