POSTS TAGGED AS minimally invasive surgery

Micromolding in Making Medical Equipment

Micro Molding Medical Device
Size matters in making minimally invasive surgical devices, and generally, the smaller the better. This piece describes [MORE]

New, Improved and Cheaper Too: Robotic Surgery

Scott Huennekens, President and CEO
The piece has more titillation than information, but it describes a potential disruptive innovation in the [MORE]

Data from the World’s Smallest Pacemaker

Micra
Medtronic has released data from the clinical trial of its Micra Transcather Pacing System—i.e. a pacemaker only one-tenth the size [MORE]

More Sensitive Surgical Tools

Surgery Tool
Keyhole surgery—aka minimally invasive surgery—usually doesn’t create holes in the patient’s body that are large enough for a surgeon [MORE]

Device for Minimally Invasive Mitral Regurgitation Repair

Harpoon Heart Device
Through a small hole in the chest, a new tool allows cardiac surgeons to replace the cords that [MORE]

A Vitamin-Size Pacemaker

Medtronic Micra TPS
Since April of this year, at least two hospitals have implanted Medtronic’s Micra Transcather Pacing device in patients [MORE]

Surgical Robot with Internal Motor

Internal Motor Surgical Robot
Noting that currently available surgical robots are designed for multiple incisions, biomedical engineers at Hong Kong Polytechnic [MORE]

Origami-Inspired Surgical instruments

Origami Inspired Surgical Instruments
The Japanese acquired their concepts of paper folding as an art form from the Chinese, who for [MORE]

Perspective on Strain Gages

Strain gages are electrical sensors that measure the change in electrical resistance when a device’s shape is deformed. For example, [MORE]

3-D Printed Automated Suturing Device

Suturing Device and Printer
With a design reminiscent of Allen Wilson’s rotating hook sewing machine of 1852, Sutrue (Chelmsford, Essex, UK) [MORE]

Magnetic Millirobots for Treating Hydrocephalus

Medical Millirobots
University of Houston: “Seeking to advance minimally invasive medical treatments, researchers have proposed using tiny robots, driven by magnetic [MORE]

da Vinci Robot, Suturing a Grape

da Vinci Robot
How fine is the suturing with a surgical robot? How minimally invasive can a surgical robot be? The [MORE]

A Highly Flexible Surgical Laparoscope

Minimally invasive surgery could become much more effective if surgeons had laparoscope that could be made to flex in different [MORE]

Magnetic Positioning for Minimally Invasive Surgery

Magnetic Organ Retractor
During a laparoscopic gall bladder removal, the surgeon has to move the liver which can be a difficult [MORE]