# A new way to heal hearts without surgery

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2016
- Speaker: Franz Freudenthal
- Year: 2016
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health, Engineering
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/franz_freudenthal_a_new_way_to_heal_hearts_without_surgery)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

At the intersection of medical invention and indigenous culture, pediatric cardiologist Franz Freudenthal mends holes in the hearts of children across the world, using a device born from traditional Bolivian loom weaving. "The most complex problems in our time," he says, "can be solved with simple techniques, if we are able to dream."

## Lectures

1. [A new way to heal hearts without surgery](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/franz_freudenthal_a_new_way_to_heal_hearts_without_surgery/734cdd621cbe), 10 min (TED's player)