Harmonic Ace 45cm, designed to extend the reach of surgeons for minimally invasive procedures involving obese patients, is 25 percent longer (or 9cm) than the standard length HARMONIC ACE device.

Ethicon Endo-Surgery provides a portfolio of energy products to meet the needs of surgeons and individual patients. As the ultrasonic cutting and coagulating surgical device used in more than ten million surgical procedures worldwide, HARMONIC allows precise application of ultrasonic energy in advanced laparoscopic and open procedures, and minimizes tissue damage to the patient.

The additional length of the Harmonic Ace 45cm enables surgeons to reach anatomy during procedures on obese patients while reducing the need to relocate trocars. The Ace 45 cm also reduces the need to push down on patients’ abdomens, enabling surgeons to rotate the jaws of the device without impacting the trocar.

With the Harmonic Ace 45cm, surgeons will experience the same precision, efficiency and versatility they expect from the Harmonic Ace 45 portfolio. In addition to the new Ace 45cm Harmonic device, Ethicon Endo-Surgery also provides 45cm advanced bipolar devices (ENSEAL) with the additional length ideal for the obese patient population.

Rami Lutfi, section chief of minimally invasive and bariatric surgery for Mercy Hospital and Medical Center and medical director, The Chicago Institute of Advanced Bariatrics, Saint Joseph Hospital, said: “The extended reach of the Ace 45 cm ensures that I have the access I need for procedures on my obese patients, making it easier to reach anatomy with the same control I have on non-obese patients.”

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