Ethicon Endo-Surgery, a part of the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies, announces the launch of HARMONIC FOCUS+ Shears with Adaptive Tissue Technology (HARMONIC FOCUS+) the next generation ultrasonic surgical device that now brings Adaptive Tissue Technology to open procedures while delivering on the HARMONIC promise of precision.  The new device will be featured at the Fifth World Congress of the International Federation of Head and Neck Oncologic Societies (IFHNOS) and Annual Meeting of the American Head & Neck Society (AHNS) this week.

The new HARMONIC FOCUS+ features the proprietary Adaptive Tissue Technology that Ethicon introduced in HARMONIC ACE+ last year, integrated into a new, slimmer design with faster sealing and transection at the tip for greater precision and speed.

Next-generation Adaptive Tissue Technology enables HARMONIC FOCUS+ to actively sense and adapt to changing tissue conditions to intelligently deliver energy, resulting in reduced clamp arm temperature for improved thermal management

A redesigned tip profile on HARMONIC FOCUS+ delivers 49 per cent faster sealing and cutting at the tip.The HARMONIC FOCUS Shears reduces procedure time in long and complex procedures. A newly designed profile that is 19 percent slimmer for improved visualisation. "With HARMONIC FOCUS+, I can do more with a single instrument.  Based on the improvements made to Focus+, I should not have as many instrument exchanges," said David Terris, MD, Edward S. Porubsky Distinguished Professor and chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Georgia Regents University and Surgical Director of the GRU Thyroid Center. "The more surgeons can use the HARMONIC FOCUS+ for dissection, the fewer times we have to reach for a different instrument. It's not only easier, it may also make the operation faster and more efficient based upon these improvements to the device.”

HARMONIC FOCUS+ is designed for use in specialties including otorhinolaryngologic (ENT), and General Surgery and in open procedures requiring fine dissection and reliable vessel sealing. HARMONIC FOCUS+ will be available beginning this month in the United States, most of Western Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. This device is the just the latest in a series of technology advancements from the Ethicon Energy platform including HARMONIC ACE+7 Shears with Advanced Hemostasis (click here) and the ENSEAL G2 Articulating Tissue Sealer (click here).

"Ethicon continues to lead the market in advanced energy with this next evolution in the HARMONIC legacy of meaningful innovation," said Tom O'Brien, Ethicon Vice President, Energy Global Strategic Marketing. "Our HARMONIC FOCUS+ platform delivers even greater versatility and performance because of the tremendous collaboration our surgeon and health system partners bring to our innovation process and our understanding of their needs for superior outcomes and superior efficiency."

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.

HARMONIC ultrasonic devices combine precision and multifunctionality: Uniquely designed for precise dissection, sealing and transection, one device enables surgeons to perform multiple jobs without instrument exchanges. HARMONIC technology is the proven leader in advanced energy with more than 17 million procedures worldwide.6 Devices in the HARMONIC portfolio are used for open and laparoscopic procedures that require precision.  The portfolio can be used across a range of surgical specialties: General, Colorectal, Bariatric, Vascular, Gynaecology, ENT, Urology, Thoracic, and Plastic and Reconstructive. Click here to learn more.

ENSEAL Tissue Sealers consistently cut and seal vessels up to and including 7mm through high uniform compression. Devices in the ENSEAL portfolio are intended for use during both open and laparoscopic surgical procedures where division of vessels, lymphatics and tissue bundles is performed.  These surgical specialties include: General, Colorectal, Bariatric, Gynaecology, Thoracic, Plastic and Reconstructive, Urology, and ENT.

Ethicon, Inc. and Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., two companies with long histories of medical innovation, do business under the Ethicon brand. Their surgical technologies and products (including sutures, staplers, energy devices, clip appliers, trocars and meshes) are used around the world to treat colorectal and thoracic conditions, women's health conditions, hernias, cancer and obesity.