PEAK Technology
Advanced Radiofrequency Surgical Technology and Tools
PEAK Surgical is revolutionizing the way surgery is performed today with its proprietary pulsed plasma technology.
Electrosurgery was invented in the beginning of the 20th century and became one of the most-often used surgical tools after William Bovie introduced his radiofrequency generator in 1926. Today, modern electrosurgical cutting tools use continuous radiofrequency waveforms, which thermally vaporize soft tissue through Joule heating and an electrical arc. This results in a cutting and coagulation action that leaves a wide zone of collateral thermal tissue damage.
However, unlike most radiofrequency-based surgical products that use continuous voltage waveforms to cut tissue, the PULSAR Generator supplies pulsed plasma-mediated electrical discharges through the PlasmaBlade. Because the radiofrequency energy is provided through short pulses via a highly insulated cutting electrode, the PlasmaBlade cuts at much lower average temperature than that of conventional electrosurgery, and can be as low as 50 degrees Centigrade.
PEAK Surgical’s pulsed plasma-mediated discharges and electrode insulation techniques were originally invented and developed by Daniel Palanker and his group at the Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory and Department of Ophthalmology at Stanford University and have been further developed by PEAK Surgical for commercial purposes.
PEAK Surgical's proprietary technology is the subject of a variety of patents and pending patent applications in the U.S. and abroad, including issued U.S. Patents No. 6,135,998, 6,913,605, 6,730,075, 6,780,178, 7,238,185 and 7,357,802.
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