Robots have been trained to perform surgical tasks with the skill of human doctors, even learning to correct their own ...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., SentreHEART, Inc. announced that it has received CE Mark approval for the LARIAT Surgical Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Suture Delivery Device. The LARIAT Surgical LAA device is a ...

Barbed sutures have emerged as a transformative innovation in surgical wound closure, offering a knotless design that facilitates more uniform stress distribution and reduces operative time. Developed ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. To detect wound complications as soon as they happen, researchers have invented a battery-free “smart suture” that can wirelessly sense ...

Surgical or traumatic wounds require closing. Sutures are medical tools that help close a wound. They reduce the risk of infection and support the healing process. For example, a dentist who has to ...

Jan. 17 (UPI) --Sutures treated with antimicrobials are less likely to result in surgical site infections, or SSIs, according to two new studies. Researchers analyzed several clinical studies on the ...

Double-sided tape that quickly binds tissues shows promise in animal tests and may eventually offer an alternative to surgical sutures, researchers report. "There are over 230 million major surgeries ...

(Nanowerk News) "The lotus roots may break, but the fiber remains joined" is an old Chinese saying that reflects the unique structure and mechanical properties of the lotus fiber. The outstanding ...

Inspired by the sticky substance spiders use to catch their prey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology engineers have designed a special double-sided tape that can rapidly seal tissues together, ...