Researchers use origami to advance cardiac catheters

Tuesday, July 26, 2016 - 11:01 in Physics & Chemistry

A graduate student in the University of Georgia College of Engineering is turning to the ancient Japanese art of origami for inspiration as he designs a novel cardiac catheter. Austin Taylor is developing a device that’s small enough to fit on the tip of a catheter but expands once inside the heart to provide physicians […]

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