For the first time in Europe, a patient has been fitted with a novel "dissolvable" treatment for a dangerous health condition - and the treatment will disappear completely. Stephen Laurie, 60 and from ...

A breakthrough in heart health is happening at a Tulsa hospital. Doctors at the Oklahoma Heart Institute are using a dissolvable heart stent on patients to replace those that leave metal behind. So ...

Abbott earned a groundbreaking FDA approval on Monday for its dissolving stent designed to unclog arteries below the knee. The device, called the Esprit BTK System, is meant to treat patients who have ...

You may have heard of dissolving stitches. Perhaps you’ve even gotten them yourself. Still, many people have yet to hear about the new dissolving heart technology. In 2016 the FDA approved the most ...

A British man at risk of amputation has become the first patient in Europe to be saved by a groundbreaking 'dissolvable stent' implant. The procedure is set to revolutionise treatment for thousands of ...

A boy has become the first in Britain to undergo a pioneering operation to repair a hole in his heart with a dissolvable patch. James Hoddinott dreams of becoming a marine biologist and wanted to ...

Surgeon James McCaslin, operating on Cramlington man Stephen Laurie, became the first in Europe to fit a stent that will help treat a dangerous condition before vanishing completely. For the first ...