Dec 23 2009
Bovie Medical Corporation (the “Company”) (NYSE-AMEX Symbol: BVX), a
manufacturer and marketer of electrosurgical products, today announced
the Company has received 510(k) clearance from the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) to market its line of coated blades, needles and
ball electrodes used for cutting and coagulating soft tissues during
surgical procedures. Resistick II is coating applied to stainless steel
which resists eschar (scab or scar tissue caused by burning) during
surgery. The coated electrodes continue the expansion of the Bovie line
of electrosurgical disposables.
Current applications still pending at the FDA include the BOSS soft
tissue coagulation device, the Seal-N-Cut vessel sealing instrument line
and the ICON VS (vessel sealing) generator.
Source:
Bovie Medical Corporation