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    New Tool Will Help Neurosurgeons Perform Delicate Cutting Task [Image 2 of 2]

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    New Tool Will Help Neurosurgeons Perform Delicate Cutting Task

    FORT DETRICK, MARYLAND, UNITED STATES

    08.16.2024

    Photo by Paul Lagasse 

    Medical Research and Development Command

    Inspired by the rescue hooks he used to carry in his kit as a U.S. Army Special Forces medical sergeant, Dr. Alexander Villahermosa, an Army neurosurgery resident at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, invented a device that would make it easier for neurosurgeons to cut the thin membrane lining the brain, called the dura, when performing brain surgery. This drawing shows Villahermosa’s initial concept for how the device, called the Delta Hook™, might look and work.

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    Date Taken: 08.16.2024
    Date Posted: 08.16.2024 09:28
    Photo ID: 8594114
    VIRIN: 240816-O-SG040-1002
    Resolution: 3016x3770
    Size: 1.22 MB
    Location: FORT DETRICK, MARYLAND, US

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