Flow driven robotic navigation of microengineered endovascular probes

Lucio Pancaldi; Pietro Dirix; Adele Fanelli; Augusto Martins Lima; Nikolaos Stergiopulos; Pascal John Mosimann; Diego Ghezzi; Mahmut Selman Sakar

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-20195-z

Nature Communications (Dec 2020)

Flow driven robotic navigation of microengineered endovascular probes

Lucio Pancaldi,
Pietro Dirix,
Adele Fanelli,
Augusto Martins Lima,
Nikolaos Stergiopulos,
Pascal John Mosimann,
Diego Ghezzi,
Mahmut Selman Sakar

Affiliations

Lucio Pancaldi: Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Pietro Dirix: Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Adele Fanelli: Medtronic Chair in Neuroengineering, Center for Neuroprosthetics and Institute of Bioengineering, School of Engineering, EPFL
Augusto Martins Lima: Institute of Bioengineering, EPFL
Nikolaos Stergiopulos: Institute of Bioengineering, EPFL
Pascal John Mosimann: Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology
Diego Ghezzi: Medtronic Chair in Neuroengineering, Center for Neuroprosthetics and Institute of Bioengineering, School of Engineering, EPFL
Mahmut Selman Sakar: Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20195-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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The navigation of catheters through blood vessels requires flexible guiding wires that are pushable and tractable at the same time. Pancaldi et al. rely on hydrodynamic forces and magnetic torque in order to access even rather small capillaries with an ultraflexible magnetomechanical probe.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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