When trying to remove life-threatening clots from blood vessels, current technologies are successful on only about half of the first attempts – if at all. A new surgical tool, however, is claimed to ...

According to the World Stroke Organization, one in four adults will have a stroke at some point in their lifetime. Worldwide, this adds up to 12.2 million strokes every year – and 6.5 million of those ...

Emboa Medical’s scientific approach is in its name: emulate a boa constrictor, specifically its sharp, recurved teeth. The pre-clinical West Lafayette-based medical device startup founded on research ...

According to CDC estimates, as many as 900,000 people are affected by blood clots each year in the United States. Although serious, this medical condition is both preventable and treatable, if ...

Every year, nearly 900,000 Americans are affected by venous thromboembolism (VTE), a condition in which blood clots form in ...

Colorado head football coach Deion Sanders will have a procedure Tuesday to remove blood clots, but he does not anticipate missing time on the job. Sanders is having an aspiration thrombectomy in the ...