Guidewire Development for Minimally Invasive Surgery
June 19, 2012 | Terry Sharrer
One familiar assumption about the future of medicine is that any procedure which can be done on an out-patient basis will be done that way. Minimally-invasive techniques make that possible, and nearly all minimally-invasive procedures rely on guidewires. This piece reviews the key issues in designing guidewires, and suggests that the next generation will have electronic sensors built in to take both hemodynamic and vascular physiology measurements—perhaps telling a surgeon whether or not to implant a stent. MORE
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