Laparoscopic surgery is a surgical procedure carried out in the abdominal and pelvic areas. The laparoscopic procedure is a minimally invasive surgery and doesn’t require large cuts in the skin to be performed by a surgeon. Laparoscopic surgery is made possible through an instrument called a laparoscope, a long, thin…

The P-CAD, which stands for percutaneous pericardial access device, is an innovative, disposable, all-in-one device that is used for pericardial drain placement and pericardiocentesis: a procedure carried out to drain fluid in the pericardium or pericardial sac. Surrounding the heart is the pericardium, a protective sac filled with fluid. It…

Jonathan Kiev, MD, is a Lexington, Kentucky-based cardiothoracic surgeon practicing medicine for over three decades. Since 2014, he has served as president of AOK Innovations, LLC, a company that designs and develops innovative medical devices. Some of Dr. …

Dr. Jonathan Kiev MD has been a board-certified cardiothoracic surgeon for over 30 years. As the president of AOK innovations, LLC, Jonathan Kiev MD participates in designing and developing innovative devices such as the PCAD used in cardiac tamponade treatment. Cardiac tamponade is a potentially life-threatening condition caused by fluid…

As the president of AOK Innovations, LLC, Jonathan Kiev, MD has patented and designed numerous innovative medical devices for use by medical professionals in hospitals, EMS, and battlefields. …

Video-assisted minimally thoracic surgery (VATS) began as early as the late 16th century, according to a 2019 journal article published in the scholarly journal Shanghai Chest. While performing an endoscopic inspection, Tulio Cesare Aranzi funneled sunlight through the nasal cavity using a flask with water. …

Lung transplants can be performed on persons of practically any age. Single lung, double lung, bilateral sequential, and heart-lung transplant are some of the different lung transplant surgeries available to patients in need. The majority of transplanted lungs come from dead organ donors. Transplants of this sort are called cadaveric…

Medical devices play a crucial role in helping medical personnel analyze, monitor, and treat patients. Medical devices can range from simple tongue depressors to sophisticated imaging systems and complex programmable pacemakers. The main product categories include electro-medical equipment, surgical implants and instruments, irradiation apparatuses, in-vitro diagnostic equipment, and dental goods.

Minimally invasive surgical techniques have had a huge impact on the medical field since their introduction in the 1980s and 1990s. In minimally invasive surgery (MIS), various methods and tools are used to operate on the patient with less injury than with open surgery. Computers, cameras, and instruments that make…