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Student-invented Heart Surgery Device

Caption: Biomedical engineering undergraduates at Johns Hopkins have invented a new way to close the chest after heart surgery. It uses polymer cable ties threaded through the ribs in place of steel wires that are used to pierce the breastbone in most operations today.

Credit: Will Kirk/JHU

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