Device designers are likely familiar with achieving very different results when testing components in vivo, compared with those obtained in vitro. A team of students at Michigan Technological ...

Together with the U.S. Army and neurosurgeons at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (Bethesda, MD), researchers at Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN) are trying to develop a new type ...

Perhaps the biggest and most contentious flurry of activity centers on the actual mechanics of drug-delivery and the need for a polymer coating. Polymers have been hailed by some as essential to ...

The goal of CAS is prevention of emboligenic stroke. As presented by Cremonesi and Castriota, most CAS-related strokes occur in the early postprocedural phase; [11] the greatest stroke risk occurs in ...

A project at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) has developed a laser-based procedure intended to improve the successful use of stents in vascular surgery. As the global population ...

Many people who receive one stent will need additional stents, but as the number of devices in the heart increases, so do the risks of serious complications. If a coronary artery has become narrowed, ...

The global gastrointestinal stent market is projected to grow at a CAGR of around 6% over the forecast period. Key factors driving this growth include the rising prevalence of gastrointestinal cancers ...