{"690061":{"#nid":"690061","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech Engineers to Develop a New Catheter to Improve Heart Procedures","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhen patients undergo procedures to open blocked heart arteries, precision matters. Even small imperfections in placing a stent can affect blood flow and long-term health. Now, a research team led by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/degertekin\u0022\u003EF. Levent Degertekin\u003C\/a\u003E, Regents\u2019 Entrepreneur, George W. Woodruff Chair in Mechanical Systems, and professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, is working to change that with a new kind of catheter designed to give doctors clearer, real-time insight during these life-saving procedures.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBacked by a four-year, $2.2 million National Institutes of Health Research Project (R01) grant, the project aims to develop a microcatheter that combines high-resolution imaging with precise pressure sensing in a single device.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/news\/tech-engineers-develop-new-catheter-improve-heart-procedures\u0022\u003ERead the full story on the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering website\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhen patients undergo procedures to open blocked heart arteries, precision matters. Even small imperfections in placing a stent can affect blood flow and long-term health. Now, a research team led by F. Levent Degertekin, Regents\u2019 Entrepreneur, George W. Woodruff Chair in Mechanical Systems, and professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, is working to change that with a new kind of catheter designed to give doctors clearer, real-time insight during these life-saving procedures.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBacked by a four-year, $2.2 million National Institutes of Health Research Project (R01) grant, the project aims to develop a microcatheter that combines high-resolution imaging with precise pressure sensing in a single device.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Backed by a four-year, $2.2 million National Institutes of Health Research Project (R01) grant, the project led by F. Levent Degertekin aims to develop a microcatheter that combines high-resolution imaging with precise pressure sensing in a single device."}],"uid":"35851","created_gmt":"2026-04-29 21:28:57","changed_gmt":"2026-04-29 21:30:38","author":"aritchie6","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-04-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-04-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"680116":{"id":"680116","type":"image","title":"Figs_for_Degertekin_news_article.png","body":null,"created":"1777498147","gmt_created":"2026-04-29 21:29:07","changed":"1777498147","gmt_changed":"2026-04-29 21:29:07","alt":"A new kind of catheter designed to give doctors clearer, real-time insight during these life-saving procedures.","file":{"fid":"264356","name":"Figs_for_Degertekin_news_article.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/04\/29\/Figs_for_Degertekin_news_article.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/04\/29\/Figs_for_Degertekin_news_article.png","mime":"image\/png","size":493579,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/04\/29\/Figs_for_Degertekin_news_article.png?itok=sgFOB9q_"}}},"media_ids":["680116"],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"},{"id":"108731","name":"School of Mechanical Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:ashley.ritchie@me.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EAshley Ritchie\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}