Catheters are of paramount importance for minimally invasive surgery. They enable interventions such as the removal of blood clots, the insertion of implants, or the targeted administration of drugs, ...

A team of engineers and physicians has developed a steerable catheter that will give neurosurgeons the ability to steer the device in any direction they want while navigating the brain's arteries and ...

A team of engineers and physicians has developed a steerable catheter that for the first time will give neurosurgeons the ability to steer the device in any direction they want while navigating the ...

A 58-year-old man successfully undergoes catheter-based heart valve replacement, recovering well after a brief ICU stay in ...

A beating heart makes for a formidable surgical arena, but a new robotic catheter could someday equip surgeons to operate in the cardiac environment with greater ease. The device, designed by a team ...

Surgeon manipulating a flexible catheter into patient during surgery. It’s common for the elderly to experience aortic stenosis, a hardening or narrowing of the aortic heart valve. Open heart ...

Patients undergoing joint replacement under epidural anesthesia have no increased risk for postoperative adverse genitourinary (GU) complications by skipping preoperative indwelling urinary catheters, ...

TruLeaf from the AllMeD Solutions group, successfully completed the first phase of a first-in-human clinical trial of a revolutionary system for tricuspid and mitral heart valve implantation via ...

The researchers used their variable-stiffness catheter (seen on the left of the eyeball) to perform a simulated membrane peeling operation on an eyeball phantom. (Courtesy: Jonas Lussi) A surgical ...

Surgery for atrial fibrillation (A-fib) may be suitable when medications and other nonsurgical treatments have not been effective in restoring the typical heart rhythm. The goal of surgery is to ...