You may not want to face this fact if you’re afraid of needles, but it’s a simple truth: In the course of treating the spectrum of human medical conditions, doctors are often forced to stick large ...

Engineers from EPFL and the University of Strasbourg have developed an innovative surgical needle whose trajectory can be corrected on the fly, thanks to a flexible tip controlled with a simple button ...

The clearance allows use of another instrument under Single-Site suite for minimally invasive removal of the uterus (hysterectomy), the ovaries, and fallopian tubes for benign conditions, as well as ...

Surgeons are increasingly turning to less-invasive techniques, such as utilizing long, thin needles – instead of scalpels – to access targets within the body. A new needle, with a steerable tip, could ...

With just an inexpensive micro-thin surgical needle and laser light, University of Utah engineers and biologists have collaborated to discover a minimally invasive, inexpensive way to take ...

Current Surgical earned $3.2 million to create a 'smart needle' to treat malignant tumors. National Cancer Institute on Unsplash Current Surgical, a medical device developer based in Washington, DC, ...

Scientists of the Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University named after R.E. Alekseev (NSTU) have created a surgical needle that minimizes damage to stitched tissues and reduces the time of ...