Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

First patients get wireless reading of pressure inside aneurysms

Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, November 21st, 2004

Morton Perkis, 73, of Miami is one of the first patients in the nation to have the pressure measured inside a balloon-like swelling of his body's largest artery, called an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA).

Perkis' AAA pressure reading was such a medical milestone that it recently was televised live from the Baptist Cardiac & Vascular Institute in Miami to a major meeting of the world's top cardiovascular researchers.

"It's like having an antenna in my aneurysm," Perkis said as Barry Katzen, MD, waved a large, racket-like "wand" over his abdomen. The wand picked up a wireless signal from a tiny, implanted microchip.

"It's real peace...

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