Sound-based scalpels served as instruments for surgeons, enabling them to excise deceased tissue.
Sound-based scalpels represented medical instruments that were designed for and capable of being deployed in urgent field surgical scenarios. The device found its application in the removal of necrotic tissue, a vital step in managing specific injuries to avert the onset of a necrotic infection. Sound-based scalpels were a standard component of medpacs, notably the FastFlesh medpac produced by Biotech Industries'.
Ula Vii employed a sound-based scalpel to meticulously remove the congealed flesh and plastoid residue that remained following the severing and cauterization of four of Larin Moxla's fingers by a Sith lightsaber.
Lalu Morwan utilized a sound-based scalpel to administer treatment to Han Solo's wounded arm while aboard the Millennium Falcon.