Aquamantys™  Bipolar Sealers  Reduced surgical smoke.
Reduced blood loss.
Reduced hospital costs.

Neurosurgery, Orthopedic, Spine, Oncology and Cardiac implantable electronic device surgeries

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The Aquamantys System from Medtronic Advanced Energy

Overview

Aquamantys™ bipolar sealers  combine radiofrequency (RF) energy and saline to provide hemostatic sealing of soft tissue and bone without the smoke or char found in other methods. The combination of RF energy and saline allows the device to operate at approximately 100˚C — nearly 200˚C less than traditional electrosurgical devices.1

Aquamantys™

Aquamantys™ bipolar sealers harness proprietary technology to provide hemostatic sealing of soft tissue and bone during a variety of surgical procedures, including total knee arthroplasty, total hip arthroplasty, spine surgery, orthopedic trauma cases and surgical oncology procedures.

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Product detail

Achieving hemostatis

The Transcollation effect - transforming collagen

  1. RF energy and saline are applied to tissue, generating heat.
  2. Heat-induced collagen shrinkage occurs, mantaining temperature at ~100ºC.
  3. Vessels ˂1 mm may be occluded, reducing bleeding.
aquamantys transcollation illustration with numbers

Observed benefits

Less
blood loss
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Up to 57% less blood loss6  = Decreased complications and reduced post-operative morbidity

Reduction in
transfusion rates
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Up to 58% reduction in transfusion rates7= Reduced  length of hospital stay (LOS)

Reduction in surgery time
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Up to 35% reduction in surgery time8 = Up to 17 minutes per level fused.

Save
hospital costs 
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Thanks to the improved operative efficiency

Model Features

AEX Generator

All Advanced Energy technologies works with the AEX Generator.

Powers Aquamantys™ and PlasmaBlade™ X devices and provides simultaneous activation of both technologies.

  • Touchscreen interface
  • Four memory settings
  • Lightweight
  • Rapid startup and priming
AEX Generator
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Spine

Surgical oncology

Neurosurgery

Orthopaedic

This material is for Healthcare Professionals in countries with applicable health authority product registrations. Important: Always refer to the Instructions For Use (IFU) packaged with the product/e-IFU for complete instructions, indications, contraindications, warnings, and precautions.
1

Geller DA, Tsung A, Maheshwari V, Rutstein LA, Fung JJ, Marsh JW. Hepatic resection in 170 patients using saline-cooled radiofrequency coagulation. HPB (Oxford). 2005;7(3):208-213.

2

Marulanda GA, Ulrich SD, Seyler TM, Delanois RE, Mont MA. Reductions in blood loss with a bipolar sealer in total hip arthroplasty. Expert Rev Med Devices. 2008;5(2):125-131.

3

Ackerman SJ, Tapia CI, Baik R, Pivec R, Mont MA. Use of a bipolar sealer in total hip arthroplasty: medical resource use and costs using a hospital administrative database. Orthopedics 2014;37(5):e472-481.

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Weeden SH, Schmidt RH, Isabell G. Hemostatic efficacy of a bipolar sealing device in minimally invasive total knee arthroplasty. J Bone Joint Surg Br Proceedings 2009; 91-B:45.

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Clement RC, Kamath AF, Derman PB, et al. Bipolar sealing in revision total hip arthroplasty for infection: efficacy and cost analysis. J Arthroplasty 2012;27(7):1376-1381.

6

Mankin KP, Moore CA, Miller LE, Block JE. Hemostasis with a bipolar sealer during surgical correction of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. J Spinal Disord Tech. 2012;25(5):259-263

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Gordon ZL, Son-Hing JP, Poe-Kochert C, Thompson GH. Bipolar sealer device reduces blood loss and transfusion requirements in posterior spinal fusion for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. J Pediatr Orthop. 2013;33(7):700-706.

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B. Snyder, et al. Bipolar Sealing Technology to Control Bleeding in Pediatric Spine Surgery : A Retrospective Study, Poster presentation at Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America Annual Meeting 2007; Hollywood FL, no. c, 2007.

9

Kamath AF, Clement RC, Durmon PB et al. Bipolar sealing in revision total hip arthroplasty for infection: efficacy and cost analysis. Journal of Arthroplasty 2012; 27(7):1376-81.

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Report: Rev. A Use of AQM System VS Argon Beam in open Liver Resection Report 09,2014