Ferromagnetic soft catheter robots for minimally invasive bioprinting

Cheng Zhou; Youzhou Yang; Jiaxin Wang; Qingyang Wu; Zhuozhi Gu; Yuting Zhou; Xurui Liu; Yueying Yang; Hanchuan Tang; Qing Ling; Liu Wang; Jianfeng Zang

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-25386-w

Nature Communications (Aug 2021)

Ferromagnetic soft catheter robots for minimally invasive bioprinting

Cheng Zhou,
Youzhou Yang,
Jiaxin Wang,
Qingyang Wu,
Zhuozhi Gu,
Yuting Zhou,
Xurui Liu,
Yueying Yang,
Hanchuan Tang,
Qing Ling,
Liu Wang,
Jianfeng Zang

Affiliations

Cheng Zhou: School of Optical and Electronic Information and Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Youzhou Yang: School of Optical and Electronic Information and Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Jiaxin Wang: Department of Urology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Qingyang Wu: School of Optical and Electronic Information and Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Zhuozhi Gu: School of Optical and Electronic Information and Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Yuting Zhou: The Key Laboratory of Bionic Engineering (Ministry of Education) and the College of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Jilin University
Xurui Liu: School of Optical and Electronic Information and Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Yueying Yang: School of Optical and Electronic Information and Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Hanchuan Tang: School of Optical and Electronic Information and Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Qing Ling: Department of Urology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Liu Wang: CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, Department of Modern Mechanics, University of Science and Technology of China
Jianfeng Zang: School of Optical and Electronic Information and Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25386-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Direct bioprinting in vivo has the potential to enable new clinical strategies but is currently limited by printing techniques. Here, the authors report on the development of a ferromagnetic soft catheter for magnetic computer controlled minimally invasive bioprinting and demonstrate the printing potential in vivo.

Published in Nature Communications

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