Researchers from Harvard University and Boston Children's Hospital have developed a breakthrough "soft robot" device that might improve your odds of surviving a heart attack. Unlike mechanical ...

A soft robot which embraces failing hearts to keep blood pumping could one day be used to help keep people with heart failure alive. Developed by researchers from Harvard University and described ...

Soft robotic sleeve can keep failing heart beating by wrapping around it and mimicking its natural rhythms through twisting and compression.

Every year about 2,100 people receive heart transplants in the United States, while 5.7 million suffer from heart failure. Given the scarcity of available donor hearts, clinicians and biomedical ...

By Dr. Sanchari Sinha Dutta, Ph.D. A groundbreaking soft robotic heart could transform treatment for end-stage heart failure, bringing us closer than ever to fully functional, biocompatible ...

Human anatomy is very well documented. Our internal features and structures, such as the chambers of the heart, are well understood by clinicians. So, when it comes to treating a range of conditions, ...

A blurry heart seems to be more fickle than a heart in focus, at least when it comes to visual perception. Kohske Takahashi, Ryosuke Niimi and Katsumi Watanabe from the University of Tokyo in ...