Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

Adaptive wireless millirobotic locomotion into distal vasculature

  • Tianlu Wang,
  • Halim Ugurlu,
  • Yingbo Yan,
  • Mingtong Li,
  • Meng Li,
  • Anna-Maria Wild,
  • Erdost Yildiz,
  • Martina Schneider,
  • Devin Sheehan,
  • Wenqi Hu,
  • Metin Sitti

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32059-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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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.