Sentence examples for tiny catheter from inspiring English sources

If Lock could dilate these valves using a tiny catheter, a child with the condition could avoid open-heart surgery.

During angioplasty, cardiologists first position a tiny catheter inside a blocked coronary and blow up a balloon to restore blood flow.

Like the pump, the sensor requires injecting a tiny catheter (less than an inch long) into the midsection of the body, and changing it every three days to avoid infection.

One hot new area for the device industry is diabetes monitors that check blood sugar levels every five minutes through a tiny catheter inserted just under the skin of the abdomen.

In an earlier trial five patients in the U.K. had undergone a surgery in which a tiny catheter implanted in their brains continuously delivered GDNF from a pump inserted in the stomach (the pump is refilled with a needle through the skin).

Tethered to a tiny catheter, the Elipse device would be swallowed like a pill.

And Animas, a division of Johnson & Johnson, makes programmable pumps the size of a cellphone that administer insulin doses through a tiny implantable catheter.

Thermocore Medical in England is testing a catheter containing tiny temperature sensors, betting that inflamed plaque is slightly hotter than the rest of the artery.

Furthermore, in clinical practice, CPCs may be more likely to be isolated from catheter-based tiny biopsy specimens rather than large masses of cardiac tissue.

Both companies are developing fiber-optic technologies to allow doctors to see inside tiny arteries, which might make catheters more effective in opening arterial blockages in the heart, as well.

As a result, tiny clots often form on the catheter wall, providing a suitable breeding ground for bacteria.