Adaptive wireless millirobotic locomotion into distal vasculature

Accessibility into the distal vascular systems to treat various diseases remains challenging using medical catheters. Here, Wang et al. demonstrate that a stent-shaped wireless magnetic soft robot enables adaptive locomotion and medical functions into these distal vascular regions.

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Main Authors: Tianlu Wang, Halim Ugurlu, Yingbo Yan, Mingtong Li, Meng Li, Anna-Maria Wild, Erdost Yildiz, Martina Schneider, Devin Sheehan, Wenqi Hu, Metin Sitti
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Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32059-9
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author Tianlu Wang
Halim Ugurlu
Yingbo Yan
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Anna-Maria Wild
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description Accessibility into the distal vascular systems to treat various diseases remains challenging using medical catheters. Here, Wang et al. demonstrate that a stent-shaped wireless magnetic soft robot enables adaptive locomotion and medical functions into these distal vascular regions.
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spelling doaj.art-c9faf2569a06465988307fa396631dc82022-12-22T04:01:48ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232022-08-0113111710.1038/s41467-022-32059-9Adaptive wireless millirobotic locomotion into distal vasculatureTianlu Wang0Halim Ugurlu1Yingbo Yan2Mingtong Li3Meng Li4Anna-Maria Wild5Erdost Yildiz6Martina Schneider7Devin Sheehan8Wenqi Hu9Metin Sitti10Physical Intelligence Department, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent SystemsPhysical Intelligence Department, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent SystemsPhysical Intelligence Department, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent SystemsPhysical Intelligence Department, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent SystemsPhysical Intelligence Department, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent SystemsPhysical Intelligence Department, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent SystemsPhysical Intelligence Department, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent SystemsPhysical Intelligence Department, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent SystemsPhysical Intelligence Department, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent SystemsPhysical Intelligence Department, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent SystemsPhysical Intelligence Department, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent SystemsAccessibility into the distal vascular systems to treat various diseases remains challenging using medical catheters. Here, Wang et al. demonstrate that a stent-shaped wireless magnetic soft robot enables adaptive locomotion and medical functions into these distal vascular regions.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32059-9
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Metin Sitti
Adaptive wireless millirobotic locomotion into distal vasculature
Nature Communications
title Adaptive wireless millirobotic locomotion into distal vasculature
title_full Adaptive wireless millirobotic locomotion into distal vasculature
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title_short Adaptive wireless millirobotic locomotion into distal vasculature
title_sort adaptive wireless millirobotic locomotion into distal vasculature
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