Olympus has announced it has received FDA clearance of its Thunderbeat hand instruments, according to a news release.
Thunderbeat combines bipolar and ultrasonic energies into a single hand instrument to allow surgeons to simultaneously seal and cut vessels up to and including 7mm in size.
Thunderbeat hand instruments can be used in a number of surgeries including open, laparoscopic general surgery, urologic surgery, gynecologic surgery, thoracic surgery, plastic and reconstructive surgery, bowel resection, hysterectomy and endoscopic surgery.
"This is a significant advancement in surgical energy instrument technology," said Charlie Goodwin, group vice president of Olympus' surgical business, in the release. "Previously, surgeons had to choose between the benefits of bipolar or ultrasonic energy when selecting an advanced energy instrument. Thunderbeat eliminates that difficult decision by combining both energies into a single multi-functional instrument."
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