Laparoscopic instruments

LigaSure™ retractable L-hook laparoscopic sealer-divider

Laparoscopic instruments

LigaSure™ retractable L-hook laparoscopic sealer-divider

The LigaSure™ retractable L-hook laparoscopic sealer-divider combines the functionality of five laparoscopic devices into one versatile instrument.

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Description

One instrument. Five functions. Countless benefits. 

In your hands, our energy solutions have been setting the standard of patient care for nearly 50 years. But the challenges of today’s healthcare system demand we go further — with technologies that bring even greater efficiency to procedures. That’s why we created the LigaSure™ retractable L-hook laparoscopic instrument. The only device of its kind, it delivers the benefits of1:

  • Precise Valleylab™ monopolar dissection†,2
  • One-step LigaSure™ vessel sealing
  • Atraumatic grasping1
  • Cold cutting
  • Maryland-style blunt dissection

And that’s why the LigaSure™ L-hook instrument:

  • Improves procedural flow†,2 and increases OR efficiency‡,2
  • Makes fewer instrument exchanges possible‡,2
  • May reduce the need for:2
    • An additional grasper§,◊
    • Additional cold scissors◊
    • Additional dissecting instruments
    • Additional monopolar laparoscopic electrodes#

Features

Benefits of the LigaSure™ retractable L-hook laparoscopic device

Surgeons who tested the instrument say the actions to grasp, seal, cut, deploy, and retract the Valleylab™ monopolar L-hook are simple and intuitive.1

Simply press a lever on the handle to deploy the L-hook — and deliver the precision of Valleylab™ monopolar dissection. When you’re ready to switch back to the Maryland jaws, just press the lever to retract the L-hook.3

The speed of one-step vessel sealing

The Maryland-style jaws of the LigaSure™ retractable L-hook instrument: 

  • Deliver improved access to targeted tissues compared to straight jaw devices — even in tight spaces#,2
  • Provide the ability to follow the curvature of the uterus/stomach†,2
  • Allow for easy skeletonization of vessels†,2

And you get the speed and reliable performance of LigaSure™ vessel sealing technology.

Precise dissection at your fingertips

The LigaSure™ retractable L-hook instrument:

  • Provides precise, versatile, and effective energy dissection†,2
  • Provides the ability to create an otomy (gastrotomy and enterotomy)3

And the L-hook is there when you need it, and out of the way when you don’t.

We’re redefining versatility so you can keep your focus on the surgical site and protect patients from the risks of multiple instrument exchanges.4

Experience LigaSure™ vessel sealing.

The LigaSure™ retractable L-hook instrument combines the functionality of five devices in one and gives you the reliable performance of both LigaSure™ technology.1 (01:20)

Specifications

Physical characteristics
General Sterile, single use
Shaft Rotation 315 degrees
Jaw design Maryland jaw
Shaft length (cm) 37, 44 
Jaw aperture (mm) 11.4
Seal plate length (mm) 20 
Cut length (mm) 18.5 
Hand-switching yes (incompatible with foot switch)
Generator compatibility Valleylab™ FT10 energy platform

 

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Item number Description Units per box
LF5637 LigaSure™ retractable L-hook laparoscopic sealer-divider, 37 cm 6
LF5644 LigaSure™ retractable L-hook laparoscopic sealer-divider, 44 cm 6

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† 29 out of 29 surgeons evaluated agreed.

‡ 27 out of 29 surgeons evaluated agreed.

§ 25 out of 29 surgeons evaluated agreed.

◊ 24 out of 29 surgeons evaluated agreed.

26 out of 29 surgeons evaluated agreed.

# 28 out of 29 surgeons evaluated agreed.

  1. Based on internal test report RE00032739, rev A, LigaSure™ L-hook (LF5637, LF5644) validation surgeon evaluation report: independent surgeon feedback collected during Medtronic-sponsored cadaver and porcine lab conducted in Houston, Texas. February 2016.
  2. Based on internal test report RE00041188, Validation marketing claims: independent surgeon feedback collected during Medtronic-sponsored cadaver and porcine labs. October 2015 and February 2016.

  1. LigaSure™ retractable L-hook laparoscopic sealer/divider instructions for use package insert. Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN; 2016.
  2. Tebala G. Three-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy by harmonic dissection without cystic duct and artery clipping. Am J Surg. 2006;191(5):718–720.