'iKnife' device analyzes surgical smoke to ID cancers

A new device that analyzes the smoke that arises when an electrosurgical tool slices through or cauterizes flesh may help physicians determine, during a surgery, whether tissues they're removing are cancerous or not.



via L.A. Times - Health http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/features/health/~3/WzGoWWMzL04/la-sci-sn-iknife-cancer-smoke-20130717,0,7199855.story