To Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of the Saline-coupled Bipolar Sealer in Primary Unilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty

The Aquamantys® System is a commercially available device used routinely used in the operating room for a wide variety of surgical cases. It allows for temperatures to stay at approximately 100°C, nearly 200°C less than conventional devices, which produces a tissue effect without the charring associated with other methods. The temperature is sufficient to shrink collagen fibers in the walls of blood vessels, effectively sealing the blood vessels, resulting in the reduction in bleeding from both soft tissue and bone. The device can be used to spot coagulate vessels that are actively bleeding or to broadly paint tissue surfaces to prevent bleeding or treat active oozing.

The Coviden ForceTriad™ energy platform is a full-featured electrosurgical system that provides electrosurgical cutting and coagulation, bipolar functionality, and vessel sealing in a single generator.