“You can use thread, dental floss, even the hair from a horse’s tail,” says Cheryl Lowry, a physician and deputy director at the Center for Polar Medical Operations at the University of Texas Medical ...

Surgeries with the endoscope are exacting and require special capabilities of the surgeon. The suturing of the tissue and the setting of the knots, in particular, is very complicated due to the lack ...

NORTH HAVEN, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Covidien (NYSE: COV), a leading global provider of healthcare products, today announced the worldwide launch of the SILS™ Stitch articulating suturing device for ...