VIDEO - Tal Golesworthy: How I repaired my own heart

Tal Golesworthy is a boiler engineer who specializes in piping and plumbing. When he needed surgery to repair a life-threatening problem with his aorta, he mixed his engineering skills with doctors' medical knowledge to design a fix for the problem. In this TED talk, Golesworthy tells the story of the new device and explores some of the issues with the interdisciplinary work needed to create novel medical solutions.