Researchers have developed a novel device that quite literally spins away the clots that block blood flow to the brain and cause strokes. As Stanford explains in a statement, the novel "mini-spinner" device may be able to save the lives of patients who experience "ischemic stroke" from brain stem clotting. Traditional clot removal, a process known as thrombectomy, generally uses a catheter that either vacuums up the blood blockage or uses wire mesh to ensnare it — a procedure that's as rough and imprecise as it sounds. Conventional thrombectomy has a very low efficacy rate because of this imprecision, and […]