Could FastStitch Device, Invented by Undergrads, Be the Future of Suture?
August 16, 2012
August 16, 2012
BALTIMORE, Aug. 16 -- Johns Hopkins University issued the following news release:
After a surgeon stitches up a patient's abdomen, costly complications--some life-threatening--can occur. To cut down on these postoperative problems, Johns Hopkins undergraduates have invented a disposable suturing tool to guide the placement of stitches and guard against the accidental puncture of internal organs.
The student inventors have described their device, called FastStitch, a . . .
After a surgeon stitches up a patient's abdomen, costly complications--some life-threatening--can occur. To cut down on these postoperative problems, Johns Hopkins undergraduates have invented a disposable suturing tool to guide the placement of stitches and guard against the accidental puncture of internal organs.
The student inventors have described their device, called FastStitch, a . . .