Reusable Bipolar Vessel Sealing Device with a Uniform Pressure Profile: Design, Development and Validation

Bipolar electrosurgical vessel sealing is commonly used in human and veterinary medicine. This method of vessel sealing is often preferred over traditional suturing or clipping of blood vessels because it comes with the advantages of reducing intraoperative blood loss and operation time. Most bipolar vessel sealers are disposable. The high costs...

Design of a module for bipolar vessel sealing: The conversion of Electrosurgical to Advanced bipolar power for Low- and Middle-income countries

According to recent survey [1], about 6 billion people live in Low-and-Middle Income Countries (LMICs) who do not have proper access to safe surgical care. There are several reasons behind this, such as lack of funding to the healthcare department, below par maintenance of the available devices, poor infrastructure and most importantly high cost...