The Epitome® Scalpel and OptiMicro™ Needle are precision electrosurgical electrodes that can dramatically improve surgical results compared to standard electrosurgical electrodes.
Product Description
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Electrosurgery
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Plastic
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Head
and Neck Surgery Brochure
Utah
Medical Products' specialty dissection electrodes, Epitome® and
OptiMicro™ provide excellent healing characteristics.
Thermal tissue injury is minimized, allowing excellent healing results.
Focused geometry provides an effortless, smooth cut and precise incisional
control.
Cut quickly and smoothly without countertraction.
Exceptional performance at lower power setting.
Provided sterile for immediate use.
EPITOME®
The patented Epitome® scalpel electrode uses a fine wire element at the edge of a non-conductive ceramic core to focus the current at the edge of the blade, 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 (3) as 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.
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.
OPTIMICRO™
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, high current densities are achieved
with 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.
| Electrosurgical Scalpels | |||
| Model Number | Description | Unit of Measure | Image |
| CBE-100 | Epitome® .4 Scalpel, Standard 2" Shaft (Blue). * 1 |
25/BOX |  |
| CBE-150 | Epitome® .4 Scalpel, Extended 4" Shaft (Blue). * 1 |
25/BOX |  |
| CBE-200 | Epitome® .2 Scalpel, Fine Wire, Standard 2" Shaft (White). * 1 | 25/BOX |  |
| CBE-250 | Epitome® .2 Scalpel, Fine Wire, Extended 4" Shaft (White). * 1 | 25/BOX |  |
| CBE-210 | Oto-Thoracic Epitome® Scalpel, Fine Wire, Bendable 2" Shaft (Black). * 1, 2 | 25/BOX |  |
| CBE-220 | Oto-Thoracic Epitome® Scalpel, Fine Wire, Bendable 2" Shaft with ZapGuard™ (Black). * 1, 2 | 10/BOX |  |
| CBE-270 | Oto-Thoracic Epitome® Scalpel, Fine Wire, Bendable 6" Shaft with ZapGuard™ (Black). * 1, 2 | 10/BOX |  |
| Microdissection Needles | |||
| Model Number | Description | Unit of Measure | Image |
| DN-0400 | OptiMicro™ Needle, 4cm long with straight tip. * | 10/BOX |  |
| DN-0300 | OptiMicro™ Needle, 3cm long with straight tip. * | 10/BOX |  |
| DN-0200 | OptiMicro™ Needle, 2cm long with straight tip. * | 10/BOX |  |
| DN-0245 | OptiMicro™ Needle, 2cm long with 3mm long 45° tip. * | 10/BOX |  |
| DN-0345 | OptiMicro™ Needle, 3cm long with 3mm long 45° tip. * | 10/BOX |  |
| DN-0445 | OptiMicro™ Needle, 3cm long with 10mm long 45° tip. * | 10/BOX |  |
| DN-0390 | OptiMicro™ Needle, 3cm long with 10mm long 90° tip. * | 10/BOX |  |
* Product is CE Marked
1 Patented Product, U.S. Patent # 6,126,656
2 Patented Product, U.S. Patent # 5,860,976
