The proprietary Safety Ring allows the pad to be oriented to the surgical site in any direction. There is no need to worry about restrictions on pad orientation, as was the case with previous pad technology. A smaller electrosurgical pad with universal orientation capabilities was a goal that had been researched and sought by many — but it took 3M innovation to finally accomplish this significant industry breakthrough. Despite its smaller size, the universal pad is safe. The Safety Ring reduces corner and edge effect by more uniformly dispersing electrosurgical current over the entire conductive surface of the pad. The 3M 9100 Series Universal Electrosurgical Pad meets the performance criteria set forth by the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) for maximum safe temperature rise (AAMI Standard HF-18, 1993 Revision, Section 5.2.3.1.)
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