Blood Flow Detector Software Shows Promise In Preventing Brain Damage

Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and Cambridge University in England have designed an automated means of continuously tracking potentially dangerous changes in blood flow to the brain in real time, a system that shows promise for preventing brain damage and death in children with head injuries. A report on the work, including results of preliminary testing in baby pigs, will appear in the October issue of Stroke. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Medical Devices on September 9th, 2007