The work is poised to make a significant difference in the way aneurysm surgery is conducted, physicians said.
“This type of precision can be realized with steerable tools and the successful deployment of these tools should move us forward in permitting improved access, decreased procedural time, better capacity utilization, decreased radiation exposure and other related and expected benefits,” said Dr. Alexander Norbash, chair of the Department of Radiology at UC San Diego Health.
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The next steps include a statistically significant number of animal trials and first in human trial.
The work was funded by the American Heart Association, the American-Australian Association Sir Keith Murdoch Scholarship, UC San Diego’s Galvanizing Engineering in Medicine program, the Chancellor's Research Excellence Scholarship, and the National Institutes of Health.
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