Steerable Needle Lets Neurosurgeons Remove Brain Clots [ Watch the Video: Vanderbilt Scientists Employ Robotics to Fight Brain Clots ] Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online When a vein or artery in the brain bursts, the resulting blood leak causes an intracerebral hemorrhage. The pressure on the brain from the hemorrhage can cause severe damage and even death in 40 percent of cases. In an effort to reduce the damage caused by an ...
Aug. 9, 2013 - redOrbit