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Microrobots to Drill Through Blocked Arteries (VIDEO)

July 1, 2015

Via: Medgadget
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Researchers at Drexel University have developed microscopic “swimmers” that may one day be used to break up blood vessel occlusions. Currently, such treatments are done within cath labs, but there’s only a limited number of places in the body that a catheter can be pushed into.

The new swimmers may be able to move down even the narrowest vessels, drilling through occlusions that would otherwise be simply inaccessible.

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