Evaluation of Efficacy and Accuracy of a Cordless Ultrasonic Dissection System (SCUD)

Sonicision Cordless Ultrasonic Dissection System in General Surgery: A Prospective Post-market Observational Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Accuracy of a Cordless Ultrasonic Dissection System

The purpose of this study is to test the efficacy of a new cordless ultrasonic dissection system.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Surgical Procedures, Operative

Detailed Description

The Sonicision device offers the ability to achieve hemostasis and vessel dissection with a cordless system. The ultrasonic device yields coagulation and transection of vessels by conversion of electrical energy into ultrasonic vibration through a piezoelectric or magnetic transducer, which is the causation of heat induction at the jaws of the instrument through friction. The Sonicision device is able to seal vessels up to 5 mm and transection division of 10 cm segments. The Sonicision device features the following:

1. Cordless design to improve freedom and movement;
2. Simplified set up that may possibly increase operating room efficiency;
3. Dual-mode energy control to increase procedure focus;
4. Improved mobility secondary to cordless system.

Currently all devices are connected to a generator by a cable, which can lead to the cable wrapping around the device, tangle with other instruments and become inadvertently contaminated. There are several advantages with regards to utilization of a cordless device to include: improved intra-operative storage, avoidance of bundling multiple cords from various instruments that may limit instrument mobility and portability which may lead to the ability to operate with advanced surgical equipment in third world settings, trauma and surgery centers.

The study group will consist of 150 patients, male and female adults, who present with the need for general surgery in which an ultrasonic dissection device and/or a vessel sealing device will be utilized. Patients will be identified prospectively via consultation with the general surgeon. Data will be collected addressing the following variables: versatility, dissection time, vessel diameter, reliability, efficiency, tissue response, steam production, blood loss, tissue response, thermal spread, desiccation and sealing time. A tentative total of ten individual tissue specimens will be obtained by the surgeon during surgery and after the utilization of the Sonicision Cordless Ultrasonic Dissection System. The patient's histologic sample will be followed after surgery in order to determine efficacy of the vessel seal. Subsequently, the patient's information will be deidentified and the patient assigned a study number to which all further analysis will be tied. Patient participation will include time of surgery through discharge from the hospital. Study data will be collected and managed utilizing an electronic database.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 110

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • North Carolina
    • Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, 28204
      • Carolinas Medical Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients from the division of Hepatobiliary Surgery at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, NC.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

General surgery in which an ultrasonic dissection device will be utilized Adult male and females age 18 and older

Exclusion Criteria:

Surgery involving bone Surgery involving contraceptive tubal occlusion Indication for emergency surgery Suspected inability or the inability to comply with trial procedures Employee at the investigational center, sponsor or sponsor's representative, relative or spouse of the investigator Emergency Surgery

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Surgical Patients

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Placement of Sonicision Cordless Ultrasonic Dissection Device	Evaluation of device placement will be measured based on vessel sealing variables: number of applications, vessel site, type of tissue to be sealed, number of seals to achieve hemostasis, number of activations, number of successful seals, number of failed seals, tissue sticking, tissue color, thermal spread and desiccation.	1 year
Efficacy of Sonicision Cordless Ultrasonic Dissection Device	Efficacy of device will be measured based on intra-operative and post-operative complication variables: estimated blood loss, blood transfusion, complications intra-operative and post-operative.	1 year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Device Complications	Functional evaluation of device based on the variables: device malfunction, number of battery and generator changes during a procedure.	1 year

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Wake Forest University Health Sciences
• Collaborators: Medtronic - MITG

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: January 1, 2013
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): February 1, 2015
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): May 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: August 23, 2013
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 27, 2013
• First Posted (ESTIMATE): August 28, 2013

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): April 27, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 20, 2022
• Last Verified: February 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: 12-12-03B