Abstract
Advances in electrosurgical technology have led to the design of new products with a wider number of applications. Electrosurgical instruments are either monopolar or bipolar devices. The pulsed electron avalanche knife (PEAK) PlasmaBlade™ represents an advancement in monopolar electrosurgical technology. The PEAK PlasmaBlade is a low-temperature tissue-dissection instrument that uses pulsed radiofrequency plasma discharges to cut with simultaneous hemostasis and less collateral thermal damage than traditional electrosurgical instruments.
Financial & competing interests disclosure
Mary T Jacobson is a consultant for PEAK Surgical and received approximately US$800 from PEAK Surgical in 2009 for evaluating their laparoscopic device. The author has no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.
No writing assistance was utilized in the production of this manuscript.