Unfortunately, adverse events can occur during head & neck surgery and patient's quality of life after surgery can be impacted.
With our unique head and neck solution we are committed to supporting surgeons in preserving the patient's quality of life.
Discover our latest innovations
Nerve integrity
monitoring
NIM Vital™ Nerve Monitoring System
The NIM Vital™ system provides detailed intraoperative nerve conditon information to inspire surgical strategy2,3,4 and help improve patient outcomes5, ***. Proprietary technology notifies you in real time of nerve condition — visually and audibly5.
NIM Nervassure™ contrinuous monitoring technology provides real-time feedback on nerve function so you can adjust course, if necessary, during thyroid surgery and other procedures affecting head and neck nerves.
NIM NerveTrend™ EMG reporting enables nerve condition tracking throughout a procedure, even when using intermittent nerve monitoring.
Intraoperative blood control and precise dissection*,**,1
LigaSure™ Exact Dissector
Our LigaSure™ exact dissector is powered by the Valleylab FT10 energy platform. Its fine, curved jaw profile is engineered to:
- Deliver precised blunt dissection7,†
- Optimise your ability to work in tight spaces7,‡
- Enable a more efficient procedure7,8,§
The LigaSure™ exact dissector also:
- Cools in 10 seconds after 5 activations8
- Makes cutting and sealing simple and intuitive7,Ω
- Reduces the need for instrument exchanges7,‡‡
- Enables secure and atraumatic grasping of tissue7,‡‡
Parathyroid gland
localization
PTeye™ parathyroid detection system
Confirm visually suspected parathyroid tissue in real-time during surgery.
PTeye™ is a probe-based intraoperative system to aid you in confirming suspected parathyroid tissue during thyroid and parathyroid syrgery.9
PTeye™ system uses near-infrared autofluorescence to confirm visually suspected parathyroid tissue9 providing real-time confirmation with up to 96% accuracy.9
Hear directly from our KOL's below on what synergy of technology means to them
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*Compared to conventional ligation, Ligasure™ technology has been shown to reduce blood loss by an average of 35%..
**Based on 17 papers published between 2008 and 2016 on Colorectal, Hysterectomy, and Thyroidectomy procedures. Represents a weighted area of data.
***Compared to visualization alone.
† 22 out of 23 surgeons surveyed agreed.
‡ 21 out of 22 surgeons surveyed agreed.
§ Compared to the Harmonic Focus™*+; 11 out of 12 surgeons surveyed agreed). & LigaSure™ small jaw 16 out of 16 surgeons surveyed agreed.
Ω 23 out of 23 surgeons surveyed agreed.
†† 19 out of 21 surgeons surveyed agreed.
‡‡ Compared to the Harmonic Focus™*+; 10 out of 12 surgeons surveyed agreed.
§ 17 out of 17 surgeons surveyed agreed.
1
Based on #RE00107711 Rev A, Thermal Profile Comparison of Ethicon™ Harmonic Focus®+ vs. LigaSure™ Exact LF2019.
2
Dionigi G, et al. Why monitor the recurrent laryngeal nerve in thyroid surgery? J Endocrinal Invest. 2010; 33: 819‑822.
3
Randolph GW and Dralle H with the International Intraoperative Monitoring Study Group. Electrophysiologic recurrent laryngeal nerve monitoring during thyroid and parathyroid surgery: international standards guideline statement. Laryngoscope 2011; 121:S1‑S16.
4
Stopa M. Prognostic value of intraoperative neural monitoring of the recurrent laryngeal nerve in thyroid surgery. Langenbecks Arch Surg (2017) 402:957–964.
5
Thomusch O, et al. Intraoperative neuromonitoring of surgery for benign goiter. Amer J Surg. 2002;183(6):673‑8.
6
Schneider R, Sekulla C, Machens A, Lorenz K, Nguyen P, Dralle H. Postoperative vocal fold palsy in patients undergoing thyroid surgery with continuous or intermittent nerve monitoring. BJS. 2015; 102:1380‑1387.
7
Based on internal report #RE00114823, Validation labs: surgeon evaluation of LigaSure™ exact dissector, nano‑coated. July 18 to 26, 2017.
8
Based on internal report #RE00107711 Rev A, Market research: Thermal profile comparison testing cooldown to below 60 C for the LigaSure™ exact dissector and the Ethicon Harmonic Focus™*+ (conducted on porcine tissue). Aug. 29, 2017.
9
Innovative surgical guidance for label-free real-time parathyroid identification. Thomas G et al. Surgery. 2019 Jan;165(1):114-123. doi:10.1016/j.surg.2018.04.079. Epub 2018 Nov 12