Smallest Ever Steerable Cardiac Ablation Catheter

Researchers at ETH Zurich and École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland have developed the thinnest ever steerable cardiac ablation catheter. The device has a magnetic tip, which can be navigated using an external magnetic field with incredible accuracy via a computer.

Existing guiding catheters are typically steered by a pull wire (Read more...)

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