An accidental discovery that can save lives

@gunsnrosesgirl3 This tiny device can shrink dangerous blood clots. It’s called the ‘milli-spinner’ and its invention was partly an accident…

@gunsnrosesgirl3 Useful procedure to save lives. Bookmark it for later.

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@gunsnrosesgirl3 Some of the best inventions started with ‘wait… what just happened?’ 👀💡

@gunsnrosesgirl3 Your heart structure from the inside: 🫀😲

@gunsnrosesgirl3 The machine know as heart is designed to pump well above 2,000 gallons of blood per day & beats 2.5 billion times till you reach the age 70. In a day, the blood travels a total of 19,000 km that's 4 times the distance across the US from coast to coast.

@gunsnrosesgirl3 This kid brought flowers to his favorite Home Depot employee on her birthday ❤️

@gunsnrosesgirl3 Teen saves his choking friend with Heimlich maneuver during school lunch

@gunsnrosesgirl3 In the US an angioplasty costs over 200k. In Thailand it's 8k. We need to start sending people on vacations to get procedures.

@gunsnrosesgirl3 That will damage arteries and veins and cause significant restenosis of the vascular smooth muscle cells

@gunsnrosesgirl3 I believe a surgeon at UC Davis Medical Center used this method on my husband to clear his carotid artery, which was 90% blocked. They use airbags to keep the plaque from traveling to kidneys or brain during the procedure. He had great results!

@gunsnrosesgirl3 Human nervous system

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@gunsnrosesgirl3 A patient was initially diagnosed with a bladder stone, but it turned out it was a calcified baby who was never born. Fetal remains can in fact turn into calcium in a process that shields the mother from infections. [📹 thesocialmediatimes]

@gunsnrosesgirl3 This could tide us over until the Borg give us access to Nanoprobes.

@gunsnrosesgirl3 It’s worth mentioning that a similar device was first created by Stefan Velja, a talented student from Serbia, who designed a clot-capturing mechanism while still in high school and won international recognition for it. Brilliant young mind, years ahead of time.

@gunsnrosesgirl3 This is unbelievable! Oh my God, how did this happen? @grok

It started with a lab mistake: a researcher accidentally spun a suction device during testing, creating a powerful vortex that pulled out large blood clots far better than standard methods. This led to the Millie Spinner, boosting treatment success from ~50% to ~90%. Serendipity in science!

@AngelaLeyvaCD9 @gunsnrosesgirl3 what year?

The milli-spinner breakthrough was published in June 2025, based on research by Renee Zhao at Stanford. The exact year of the accidental spinning discovery isn't specified in sources, but it occurred during recent experiments leading up to the publication, likely 2024 or early 2025.

✅ Rotational Atherectomy device 💥 Let’s break it down simply 👇 --- ⚙️ Mechanism The Rotablator is a rotating burr coated with diamond chips. It spins at ~150,000–200,000 rpm, selectively ablating (shaving off) calcified and fibrotic plaque inside coronary arteries. The debris generated is microscopic (<5 µm) and passes safely through the microcirculation. --- 💡 Key Concept 👉 It selectively removes hard, calcified plaque while sparing normal elastic arterial tissue. 👉 Think of it as a “rotating drill” that sands down calcium so that stents can expand properly. --- 🏥 Clinical Use Used in heavily calcified coronary lesions that are resistant to: Balloon angioplasty Stent delivery or expansion --- ⚠️ Important Does NOT remove soft thrombus or lipid core (so not for fresh occlusions or soft plaques). May cause bradycardia or vasospasm during the procedure → managed with vasodilators.

@gunsnrosesgirl3 Most of the life saving drugs are the result of accidental discoveries

@gunsnrosesgirl3 Useful procedure to save lives. Bookmark it for later.

@gunsnrosesgirl3 We still know so little about the universe. That’s reason enough to wake up every day — to learn, build, and push what’s possible.

@gunsnrosesgirl3 You know it's really funny that if they just looked into all the devices they've made for plumbing we basically have every tool possible to remove clogs already discovered just make them microscopic and we could save even more

@gunsnrosesgirl3 This isn't exactly a novel concept.

@gunsnrosesgirl3 I wonder if they could do this in place of stints etc for heart disease

@gunsnrosesgirl3 it's a pipe snake for your veins

@gunsnrosesgirl3 Not with smooth muscles

@gunsnrosesgirl3 So, the spin made all the difference?

@gunsnrosesgirl3 Congratulations 🍇

@gunsnrosesgirl3 Amazing. Now that doesn’t take away the need for blood thinners I think. 🤔 I’ll be thrilled when the generic to eliquis comes out. ❤️

@gunsnrosesgirl3 Pissah!

@gunsnrosesgirl3 You can use laser as well

@gunsnrosesgirl3 Will it clean out the calcium deposits and loose up the calcium inside the arteries?

@gunsnrosesgirl3 I might have one in my leg I gotta get it checked out! 😭

@gunsnrosesgirl3 Seems the inventor got inspiration from plumbing tool designs.