Ray Price performed laparoscopic surgery in Mongolia using a low cost device invented at the University of Utah's Center for Medical Innovation. The device, which costs about $85 to produce, will allow doctors to perform minimally invasive surgery virtually anywhere—even without a hospital or reliable electricity. Only 18% of the world's population has access to laparoscopic surgery, a standard for many conditions in developed countries because it results in faster recovery, less pain, fewer hospital stays, and lower risk of infection. For full article:
New Low-Cost Surgical Tool Could Help Patients in Third World