New device offers brain tissue real-time observations to neurosurgeons — 5 observations

A new neurosurgical device can alert a surgeon about a tissue’s healthiness during brain surgery, according to Counsel&Heal.

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Here are five observations:

 

1. The “smart” scalpel relays whether a tissue is healthy by offering a surgeon a visual and auditory warning.

 

2. The device offers results in less than a half second. It is intended for tumors in the early onset stage.

 

3. Researchers have tested the device on tumors in pig brains, with successful results.

 

4. The next trial will involve humans.

 

5. David Oliva Uribe, MSc., developed the device.

 

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