Uploaded September 2023 | Updated September 2026, 24 minutes ago
Ghost Medical created a 3D animation for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that walks through the lifecycle of a novel shear-thinning micro-gel implant designed to occlude the left atrial appendage (LAA).
The animation showcases a trans-septal catheter navigating into the left-atrial appendage, the sequence shows blue, radiopaque micro-gels flowing from the catheter into a collagen “sock,” their rheology shifting from liquid-like under shear to a jammed, solid scaffold that perfectly conforms to the appendage’s complex contours; the middle segment highlights the fully filled, shape-locked plug and the translucent collagen casing that seals the ostium; finally, the animation advances in simulated time to reveal native endocardial tissue sprouting across and eventually enveloping the porous scaffold, visually underscoring how the device biointegrates and leaves behind a soft autologous cap.
The shear-thinning micro-gel implant is designed to permanently seal the left-atrial appendage (LAA), the thumb-shaped cul-de-sac in the heart where 90 % of stroke-causing clots form in people with non-valvular atrial fibrillation. By injecting a flowable alginate micro-gel into a thin collagen “sock,” the system creates a custom-shaped, soft scaffold that conforms to any LAA anatomy, then jams into a solid plug and invites native tissue to overgrow it. This approach eliminates the shape-mismatch, peri-device leaks, metal-frame erosion, and chronic device thrombus risks that plague today’s one-size-fits-few nitinol plugs and it removes the need for lifelong anticoagulant drugs.
To learn more about Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - https://www.mit.edu/
Ghost Productions is a leading medical animation studio and surgical VR simulation developer. Our mission is to make medicine more accessible and easy to understand. We specialize in creating high-quality, medically accurate medical graphics, animations, and virtual surgery simulations that are both informative and inspiring. Whether you need to market a surgical device, educate patients, or explain a pharmaceutical product's mechanism of action, we have the expertise and resources to deliver a superior product at competitive prices. Our medical animations can convey complex information in a fraction of the time it takes traditional surgical videos, and our 3D anatomy and physiology are unmatched.
To learn more about our medical visualization services -ghostproductions.com/services
ghostproductions.com/services/animation
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Let us help you bring your medical project to life today.
Ghost Medical created a 3D animation for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that walks through the lifecycle of a novel shear-thinning micro-gel implant designed to occlude the left atrial appendage (LAA).
The animation showcases a trans-septal catheter navigating into the left-atrial appendage, the sequence shows blue, radiopaque micro-gels flowing from the catheter into a collagen “sock,” their rheology shifting from liquid-like under shear to a jammed, solid scaffold that perfectly conforms to the appendage’s complex contours; the middle segment highlights the fully filled, shape-locked plug and the translucent collagen casing that seals the ostium; finally, the animation advances in simulated time to reveal native endocardial tissue sprouting across and eventually enveloping the porous scaffold, visually underscoring how the device biointegrates and leaves behind a soft autologous cap.
The shear-thinning micro-gel implant is designed to permanently seal the left-atrial appendage (LAA), the thumb-shaped cul-de-sac in the heart where 90 % of stroke-causing clots form in people with non-valvular atrial fibrillation. By injecting a flowable alginate micro-gel into a thin collagen “sock,” the system creates a custom-shaped, soft scaffold that conforms to any LAA anatomy, then jams into a solid plug and invites native tissue to overgrow it. This approach eliminates the shape-mismatch, peri-device leaks, metal-frame erosion, and chronic device thrombus risks that plague today’s one-size-fits-few nitinol plugs and it removes the need for lifelong anticoagulant drugs.
To learn more about Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - https://www.mit.edu/
Ghost Productions is a leading medical animation studio and surgical VR simulation developer. Our mission is to make medicine more accessible and easy to understand. We specialize in creating high-quality, medically accurate medical graphics, animations, and virtual surgery simulations that are both informative and inspiring. Whether you need to market a surgical device, educate patients, or explain a pharmaceutical product's mechanism of action, we have the expertise and resources to deliver a superior product at competitive prices. Our medical animations can convey complex information in a fraction of the time it takes traditional surgical videos, and our 3D anatomy and physiology are unmatched.
To learn more about our medical visualization services -ghostproductions.com/services
ghostproductions.com/services/animation
ghostproductions.com/services/vr
ghostproductions.com/services/illustration
Let us help you bring your medical project to life today.
