Title :
Surgeon´s knife blade covered with plasma
Author :
Kim, Yunjung ; Han, Sangho ; Han, Gook-Hee ; Lee, Minkyung ; Lee, Won Young ; Park, Gyungsoon ; Choi, Eun-Ha ; Uhm, Han Sup ; Cho, Guangsup
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electrophys., Kwangwoon Univ., Seoul, South Korea
Abstract :
The hand-held plasma surgical-tools were introduced for immediate cauterization and incision1. It achieves fast coagulation with minimal tissue damage. The plasma surgery may offer a few advantages over both electro-surgery and argon-enhanced coagulation. However, the plasma surgery at the moment is used restrictively with a fine jet of pure plasma for coagulation and for tissue cutting by exposure to plasma.
Keywords :
biological tissues; biomedical equipment; blades; cutting; plasma applications; surgery; argon-enhanced coagulation; cauterization; electro-surgery; hand-held plasma surgical-tools; incision; minimal tissue damage coagulation; plasma surgery; surgeon knife blade; tissue cutting; Blades; Coagulation; Educational institutions; Land surface temperature; Plasma temperature; Surgery;
Conference_Titel :
Plasma Science (ICOPS), 2012 Abstracts IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Edinburgh
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-2127-4
Electronic_ISBN :
0730-9244
DOI :
10.1109/PLASMA.2012.6383714
