Ultrasound 'Scalpels' Offer Incision-Free Surgery

With some modification, the same ultrasound technology that allows parents to see their children in the womb could one day allow surgeons to operate inside the body without making a single cut. The technique, called ‘histotripsy,’ is being developed by biomedical engineer Charles Cain and his team at the University of Michigan in the U.S., and was detailed at the Acoustical Society of America meeting in New Orleans.
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