Re: Does a cauterizer work?

From: Tapio Linkosalo <tapio.linkosalo_at_iki.fi>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:52:21 +0300

Fred or Judy Rash wrote:
>
>
> Yes, works fairly well. I have used this one myself and also have
> taken it to middle school for use by the Science Olympiad students.
> The cautery tip will still accumulate a little plastic and require
> occasional cleaning, but less so than the soldering iron. I think that
> this one came from Tim Goldstein. The late Dr. Hacker also used to
> provide some cauterizers at the USIC.
>









Thanks. After bumping into a 400 dollar cauterizer (stainless steel, so
I suppose it is ok for operation theater use...) I managed to find this:
http://www.theflyfishers.com/product_info.php?cPath=2_160&products_id=1246.

The next question is whether to go for the cheaper with fixed tip, or
get one with a replaceable tip?



-Tapio-
Received on Tue Jul 14 2009 - 08:52:52 CEST

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