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Bipolar Resection
Valleylab FT10 Energy Platform User’s Guide
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Bipolar Resection Function Overview
Bipolar Resection Function Overview
Certain urology and gynecology procedures use resection electrodes in a saline
environment requiring high bipolar-power outputs to obtain resection and hemostasis
performance.
Bipolar Resection function provides two different effect modes:
•
CUT effect for resection, activated by the yellow (left) foot pedal
•
COAG effect for desiccation, activated by the blue (right) foot pedal
When a compatible Bipolar Resection cord is plugged into the LigaSure/Bipolar receptacle
on the front panel, the Bipolar Resection screen appears in the LigaSure quadrant.
The Bipolar Resection screen has controls for both CUT and COAG modes. The effect
setting may be adjusted for either mode from 1 to 6—1 being the minimum effect for the
selected mode. During instrument activation, the Bipolar Resection screen illuminates
brightly as yellow for CUT and blue for COAG. A tone sounds for the duration of energy
delivery.
LigaSure/Bipolar Receptacle
The LigaSure/Bipolar receptacle accepts both LigaSure and Bipolar Resection instruments.
The connector recognizes codes from an instrument’s RFID chip or bar codes printed on
the connector.