PEAK Cuts Into The Competitive Electrosurgery Market
Executive Summary
PEAK Surgical is looking to crack the OR market with its PlasmaBlade, which uses RF energy to dissect and seal tissue. But to get there it will have to go head-to-head with some of the device industry’s giants.
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