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Jan Medical’s Nautilus Neurowave Platform Could Be a Game-Changer for Quickly Identifying Stroke and Other Brain Abnormalities

January 29, 2013 OneMedPlace Team 0

Every 21 seconds, someone suffers a serious brain injury, such as a stroke, which is the third-leading cause of death in the United States and the leading cause of long-term disability. Today, Jan Medical is on the cusp of commercializing its first application of a revolutionary system, Nautilus NeurowaveTM, designed to help doctors quickly identify vasospasm and strokes.

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Stroke Treatment Puts Clots Up for Grabs

June 11, 2010 vanderson 0

Ischemic stroke, or a stroke that occurs in the brain, is an acutely time-sensitive disease: The longer it goes untreated, the more likely death or severe brain damage will result. Unfortunately, the current standard for treating ischemic stroke is time-sensitive as well.

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Fantastic Voyage: Researchers Develop Miniature Surgical Robots

March 30, 2009 bjohnson56 0

It sounds like something out of a sci-fi film: microscopic robots that can be injected into the bloodstream to perform surgical procedures. This futuristic concept is closer to reality than one might think. Researchers at Australia’s Monash University have created tiny surgical microbots to treat conditions including stroke and arterial blockage.