04/10/2026
Doctors have used surgical clamps for decades, but they can cause complications.
Dr. Bryan Tillman, professor of Surgery at , designed a retrievable rescue stent graft to overcome those complications and prevent the need for clamps. It can be inserted in a minimally invasive way through a catheter and then deployed in the artery, allowing a surgeon to repair the vessel around the stent without stopping blood flow.
A vascular surgeon has developed an innovative surgical stent that could improve surgery, help save wounded military members and even expand organ donation.