It seems different from the You/Kuribayashi prototype for cardiac stent that was based on water bomb folds and was created about ten years ago. I believe it was never marketed. This new one, I’m reading, is based on curved folding, and would be applied to brain vessels fixing. Hopefully it will see the light beyond the labs.
Very interesting! Thank you Karen for sharing! Happy Holidays! Laura Rozenberg > On Dec 27, 2024, at 10:03 AM, Karen Reeds via Origami > <origami@lists.digitalorigami.com> wrote: > > > 12/27/2024 > I’m not sure how I got on the mailing list of the magazine of the University > of Minnesota’s College of Science and Engineering. But the origami on the > cover caught my eye. > > Scroll down to this article: > USING AN ANCIENT ART TO TREAT ANEURYSMS > Origami-inspired brain stents > By Joel Hoekstra > > https://cse.umn.edu/college/inventing-tomorrow/understanding-brain > > Here’s hoping that the origami-inspired research by Eckhard Quandt, Richard > James, and Huan Liu pays off soon — not just for medicine but also for > wind-turbine technology! > > Karen > karenmre...@gmail.com > > Sent from my iPhone
