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Intelligent Micro/Nanorobots for Targeted Interventional Therapy: From Bench to Clinic
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Zirui Zhang et al. reviewed the application and challenges of mobile nanomachines in interventional therapy. By converting exogenous energy, including chemical, magnetic, optical, and ultrasonic sources, into mechanical forces, micro/nanorobots (MNRs) enable precise actuation at unprecedented scales. Evolving far beyond traditional drug delivery, these
Zirui Zhang +5 more
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Continuum Robots in Surgery: From Engineering Design to Clinical Practice
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.The hyper‐redundant nature of continuum robot structures enables near‐infinite degrees of freedom leading to immense potential for medical applications. This review provides a historical background of continuum robots and novel ideas shaping their progress to current structural design, sensing technology, modeling techniques, and control methods.
Griffin Smith +6 more
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PLoS ONEIntroductionDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, ventilator shortages necessitated the development of new, low-cost ventilator designs. The fundamental requirements of a ventilator include precise gas delivery, rapid adjustments, durability, and user ...
Daniel Shyu +3 more
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Magnetically Actuated Microrobot for Drug Delivery: Current Progress and Challenges
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Magnetically actuated microrobots are reshaping targeted drug delivery through wireless propulsion, programmable materials, and localized therapeutic release. This review examines how fabrication, body material selection, structural architecture, loading mechanisms, and imaging‐guided control converge to enable microrobotic therapies while identifying ...
Yang Yang, David J. Cappelleri
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Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Flexible surgical robots are advancing minimally invasive interventions for cardiovascular diseases and cancer by enabling precise navigation through complex, submillimeter anatomical pathways. This review highlights recent innovations in actuation, bio‐integrated sensing, AI‐assisted control, and friction‐reduction technologies, discusses current ...
Hermione Truong +14 more
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Mechanical heart valves and pregnancy
JRSM Cardiovascular DiseasePregnancy is an exciting time, with great anticipation of the future for the woman and her baby. However, for women with mechanical heart valves (MHVs) pregnancy is a challenging undertaking fraught with risk to them and their baby. This article considers the issues for the woman, highlighting pre-surgical opportunities, pre-pregnancy counselling, the ...
Bronagh Kelly, Niki Walker
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.Multidimensional laser‐induced graphene (LIG) spanning from 0D to 3D architectures is comprehensively reviewed for multifunctional biomedical platforms, including biosensing, theranostics, and bioactive interface applications, which highlights its potentials for point‐of‐care diagnostics, wearable health monitoring, smart drug delivery, and tissue ...
Li Zhang +3 more
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.A pneumatically actuated multi‐tissue microphysiological system is integrated with AI‐based machine vision and automatic sampling and replenishment systems. The platform allows for the emulation of translationally relevant long‐term pharmacokinetic exposure scenarios for multiple weeks while enabling longitudinal monitoring of response biomarkers ...
Jibbe Keulen +15 more
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.A portable, sensorized, and controlled dexterous thumb‐enhanced glove helps stroke survivors swipe phones, twist caps, and perform other tasks. It is based on a powerful continuously, segmented origami dual chamber actuator to achieve active thumb CMC and MCP joint assistance and passively extend the IP joint.
Disheng Xie +10 more
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.Primary cultures of neuroblasts isolated from the nucleus basalis of Meynert of 12‐weeks‐old human foetuses were prepared. Whole‐cell patch‐clamp recordings were performed by injecting a depolarizing stimulus current (+500 pA; 500 ms), and the membrane voltage recorded; this stimulus current evoked periodic‐like oscillations in membrane voltage ...
Elisabetta Coppi +9 more
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