The Marrow Miner – A Better Way to Harvest Bone Marrow
Posted Jul 29 2009 10:42pm
With all the recent technology with stem cells, this is fascinating to watch how this physician has created a device and procedure to harvest bone marrow with very little discomfort for the donor.
Daniel Kraft demos his Marrow Miner -- a new device that quickly harvests life-saving bone marrow with minimal pain to the donor. He emphasizes that the adult stem cells found in bone marrow can be used to treat many terminal conditions, from Parkinson's to heart disease.
From a prior post and worth placing here again, watch this video as to what is being done with stem cells and regenerative medicine and the economy as well as robotics. The picture above is “big dog” a real robot and is shown in the video below. BD
With all the recent technology with stem cells, this is fascinating to watch how this physician has created a device and procedure to harvest bone marrow with very little discomfort for the donor.
From a prior post and worth placing here again, watch this video as to what is being done with stem cells and regenerative medicine and the economy as well as robotics. The picture above is “big dog” a real robot and is shown in the video below. BD
Daniel Kraft invents a better way to harvest bone marrow | Video on TED.com
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