The modular electrosurgical system combines four energy modalities from two previous-generation Ethicon generators: the Megadyne Electrosurgical Generator (monopolar and bipolar) and the Endo-Surgery ...

The Megadyne grounding pads are soft pads used in electrosurgery—a procedure where an electric current is used to heat or cut tissue, or to stop bleeding. The current is generated by an ...

Concerns about the safety of Megadyne pads have mounted over the past year. Healthcare professionals use the pads to prevent the risk of burns in procedures that use electrosurgical instruments.

Six months after tagging a recall for Megadyne’s Mega Soft Universal Patient Return ... conducting the electric current from the patient back to the generator or electrosurgical unit. The paediatric ...

Ethicon's Megadyne division recalled its Mega Soft ... current flows safely through the patient’s body and back to the electrosurgical unit, preventing any concentration of electrical energy ...

Megadyne Medical Products ... the FDA said May 10. The pediatric electrosurgical pads could lead to thermal injuries, according to the FDA. Since 2018, there have been four reported injuries ...

Physicians use Megadyne Mega Soft electrode pads to prevent the risk of burns in procedures that use electrosurgical instruments. When the devices are in place, currents should flow through the ...

Ethicon acquired devicemaker Megadyne in January 2017 for an undisclosed amount, while estimating that electrosurgical devices are used in nearly 80% of all procedures.