The FDA has cleared a new device from Ethicon Endo-Surgery (Cincinnati), which the company says is the first articulating advanced energy device designed to allow surgeons to take a perpendicular approach to seal vessels up to 7 mm in diameter and lymphatics through a 5 mm port. Vessels sealed perpendicularly are stronger than those sealed at oblique angles, Ethicon noted, and stronger sealing helps reduce the likelihood of internal bleeding and post-surgery complications. Read More
