Four Views of a Heart Surgery Device Devised by Johns Hopkins Undergraduates (IMAGE)

Johns Hopkins University

Four Views of a Heart Surgery Device Devised by Johns Hopkins Undergraduates

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Here are four views of a tool devised by Johns Hopkins biomedical engineering undergraduates as part of a new system to close the chest after heart surgery. The long extension piece is used to guide a polymer cable tie between and under the ribs so that a surgeon can use it to pull together pieces of the severed sternum.

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Will Kirk/JHU

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