Enhancing Balloon Devices Medical Devices That Save Lives Medical balloon devices come in many different forms including, microcatheters and catheters, endotracheal and gastrostomy tubes, laparoscopes, and more. These devices are usually a long tube with a balloon attached to it. If you think of how a snake is designed, the head would be the balloon[…]
Endoscopies An endoscopy is a non-surgical procedure that is used to examine and repair gastrointestinal tract (GI), which can be up to 30 ft in length. A typical endoscope system in composed of the following parts: A flexible tube that is long and thin, a lens, and a light transmitter. Although it is a typically[…]
Why the growing market for stroke and blockage removal devices is important A thrombus, informally called a blood clot, is the final product of the blood coagulation step in hemostasis. There are two components to a thrombus: aggregated platelets and red blood cells that form a plug, and a mesh of cross-linked fibrin protein. Thrombus[…]
