Table 4.

Sealing time (Primary and terminal experiment)

Vessel type	thermoSEAL mode (TSM)		BiClamp® mode (BCM)		p value
	No.	mean ± STD (range) [mm]	No.	mean ± STD (range) [mm]
All vessels	97	3.5 ± 0.69 (2.5–5.9)	88	7.3 ± 1.3 (3.5–11)	< 0.0001
Arteries	55	3.4 ± 0.65 (2.5–5.9)	51	7.4 ± 1.4 (3.5–11)	< 0.0001
Veins	36	3.6 ± 0.78 (2.5–5.2)	27	7.4 ± 1.4 (4.7–10)	< 0.0001
Renal arteries	17	3.5 ± 0.45 (2.8–4.4)	15	7.4 ± 1.4 (5.1–9.8)	< 0.0001
Vascular bundles	6	3.7 ± 0.54 (3.0–4.4)	10	6.9 ± 0.87 (5.7–8.7)	< 0.0001

6% (11/196) of the vessels seals with unintended multiple activations could not be evaluated