Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. (Ethicon), a Johnson & Johnson company, has launched its ENSEAL G2 Articulating Tissue Sealer.  The new devices has been introduced at the 42nd American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists (AAGL) Global Congress on Minimally Invasive Gynecology, the nation's largest gathering of gynecological surgeons performing minimally invasive procedures.

ENSEAL G2 Articulating is the first, and only, articulating advanced energy device designed to allow surgeons to take a perpendicular approach to cut and seal vessels up to seven millimeters in diameter and lymphatics through a five millimeter port.

The ENSEAL G2 Articulating is unique because it can bend, making it easier for surgeons to access difficult to reach parts of the anatomy and provides better access to tissue in deep or tight spaces for greater control of the angle of approach to vessels. It allows surgeons to take a perpendicular approach to vessel sealing, which contributes to stronger seals when compared to Enseal non-articulating devices. It also increases their ability to take the full vessel in a single bite, reducing the likelihood of internal bleeding and post-surgery complications for patients.

The "Perpendicular Blood Vessel Sealing in Surgical Practice" White Paper, a cross-specialty collaboration between Dr Andrew I Brill, MD and Dr Michael J Stamos, MD, concludes that in certain procedures, "technical accuracy and the security of vessel sealing are best accomplished using a perpendicular approach for the clarification of key anatomy and the optimal use of advanced bipolar electrosurgery." Vessels sealed with a perpendicular approach using ENSEAL G2 Articulating are more than 28 per cent stronger than vessels sealed at a 45 degree angle.

"The ENSEAL G2 Articulating allowed me to perform the entire para-aortic dissection from the same port," says Steven A Elg, MD, GYN Oncologist, Iowa Methodist. "Prior to ENSEAL articulation this was not possible."

ENSEAL G2 Articulating builds on our existing portfolio of advanced bipolar tissue sealers and is the latest in a long line of advances that make Ethicon the global leader in advanced energy. Ethicon continues to work with surgeons around the world and across specialties to design innovations to help surgeons deliver the best outcomes based on the unique needs of their patients and procedures.

Ethicon is a leader in advanced energy solutions and offers the broadest portfolio of ultrasonic energy devices using HARMONIC technology and advanced bipolar energy devices using ENSEAL technology.

Ethicon represents the products and services of Ethicon, Inc. and Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., two companies with long histories of medical innovation, which provide globally a broad range of surgical technologies and products (including energy devices, sutures, staplers, clip appliers, trocars and meshes) used to treat colorectal and thoracic conditions, women's health conditions, hernias, cancer and obesity. Ethicon, Inc. and Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. are part of the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies.