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Magnetic needle tackles suturing in challenging surgical fields
A magnetic needle and thread lets surgeons maneuver in tight spots.The current method of suturing used in surgery—stitching with a needle and thread—has been around for thousands of years. Kaifeng...
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What happens after a medical hackathon? Lessons from two winning projects
Judy Wang, MS, is a program manager in the Telehealth Program at Boston Children’s Hospital. Hackathons create ideas and excitement, but then reality sets in. Much has been written about the successes...
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What’s your innovation style? Lion or ant?
From a series on researchers and innovators at Boston Children’s Hospital. Kaifeng Liu, MD, a research fellow at Boston Children’s Hospital, takes his inspiration from ants. “We’re often amazed by the...
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Surgical 3-D printing: 300 prints, 16 specialties and counting
3-D printing is rapidly becoming a part of surgical planning. Since July 2013, Boston Children’s Hospital’s 3-D printing service, part of the Simulator Program, has received about 200 requests from 16...
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From idea to product: 6 tips for surgical innovators
Gabriel Ramos, MD, is a second-year general surgery resident from Puerto Rico and Boston Children’s Hospital’s first Surgical Innovation Fellow. Learning how to think like a clinician-innovator is a...
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From clinician to clinician-innovator: Designing a surgical innovation...
Ramos at Boston Children’s Hospital’s 3D printing facility (Photos: Katherine C. Cohen/Boston Children’s) Gabriel Ramos, MD, is a second-year general surgery resident from Puerto Rico, is Boston...
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