DAVIS - A new device is helping people with heart problems avoid open heart surgery and UC Davis is one of the first facilities in the country to use it. Active all his life, Gregory Jourdan knew ...

Robot-assisted heart surgery usually requires an assistant at the operating table to help the surgeon insert the robot arm through a small incision. The assistant has to constantly make sure the ...

A team has developed a plastic surgical field expansion plate that can help surgeons during robot-assisted heart surgery. Robot-assisted heart surgery usually requires an assistant at the operating ...

For the first time ever, millions of people around the world have an option other than open heart surgery to treat a serious condition — and Twin Cities researchers played a significant role. The ...

This polyether ether ketone plate has a thickness of 0.4 mm and can be fastened into a circular shape for use in robot-assisted heart surgery. Robot-assisted heart surgery usually requires an ...