Improving technology, at the extended rate it moves today, is
overwhelming and can even be risky. But it
proves successful when it has positive results, especially within the
health-care industry.
“The Solitaire flow-restoration device” (no this is not a
card game) is a new gadget that earned federal approval a month ago in the
United States. According to the article on
Healthzone
it “is used in the brains of stroke patients much like an artery-opening
angioplasty procedure for heart blockages.”
The device is supposed to help improve the care of patients
who have suffered a stroke. “Studies of
the new device in Europe and Canada show that it significantly improved stroke
outcomes.”
Created by Covidien of
Dublin, Ireland, the procedure is to be minimally invasive. “Doctors
thread a thin tube through an artery — typically in the top of the leg—up to
the brain. Then they advance within that tube another instrument with a
miniature, slinky-like stent to the blockage. The stent expands and helps
doctors remove the clot more easily. To be sure the blockage is entirely
removed, doctors take pictures of the arteries.”
Today, technology
is unavoidable. But there are many
benefits besides utilizing it for our entertainment, and the health industry is
just one example.
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