Surgeons are increasingly turning to less-invasive techniques, such as utilizing long, thin needles – instead of scalpels – to access targets within the body. A new needle, with a steerable tip, could ...

June 1, 2012 — Several government agencies have teamed up to issue a safety communication recommending the use of blunt-tip surgical suture needles to reduce the risk for needlestick injuries and ...

To understand what’s going on with a patient, doctors may take a biopsy—a sample of tissue extracted from a suspicious lump, for example. Fine needles are typically used for this purpose, in a ...

Kaitlin McCreery is the coauthor of a new paper published in Small that deals with diagnosing diseases such as osteoarthritis in soft tissue. McCreery is currently a PhD student in the Neu Lab where ...

The quality of needles used in acupuncture worldwide is high but needs to be universally improved to increase safety and avoid potential problems such as pain and allergic reactions, researchers have ...