sealer-divider

noun

A multifunctional surgical instrument used to permanently seal blood vessels and tissue bundles using electrosurgical energy, then safely cut through the sealed tissue in a single step.

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Meanings

nounsealer-divider (plural sealer-dividers)

plural sealer-dividers

  1. medicineA multifunctional surgical instrument used to permanently seal blood vessels and tissue bundles using electrosurgical energy, then safely cut through the sealed tissue in a single step.

    LigaSure™ blunt tip sealer-divider with nano-coating

    2026, Unattributed, Medtronic
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    Advanced bipolar tissue sealer/dividers provide the most reliable and efficient means of tissue dissection and blood vessel sealing in laparoscopic surgery and the techniques are continuously improved.

    2023 November 29, Floor Driessen, Javier Deniz Marrero, Guy Cornelis Maria Grinwis, Sebastiaan Alexander van Nimwegen, “Comparison of two advanced bipolar tissue sealer/dividers for laparoscopic ovariectomy in dogs: articulating enseal G2 versus Ligasure Maryland device”, in National Library of Medicine
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Chicago

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