PEAK PlasmaBlade™ 4.0 Versus Traditional Electrosurgery in Lumpectomy

NATerminatedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

50

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

July 31, 2009

Primary Completion Date

February 29, 2012

Study Completion Date

February 29, 2012

Conditions
Breast Cancer
Interventions
DEVICE

PEAK PlasmaBlade

The entirety of the lumpectomy will be performed with the PEAK PlasmaBlade including the skin incision

PROCEDURE

Traditional Electrosurgery with scalpel

The skin incision will be performed using a standard scalpel; the subcutaneous dissection will be performed with traditional electrosurgery using the Cut and Coagulation modes.

Trial Locations (2)

94040

El Camino Surgery Center, Mountain View

Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Mountain View

All Listed Sponsors
lead

Medtronic Surgical Technologies

INDUSTRY