July 1, 2010Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering1,965 citations
Microrobots for Minimally Invasive Medicine
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Key Points
- This review aims to survey the technology of medical microrobots, discuss their potential impact, and provide design resources.
- Comprehensive survey of current medical microrobot technology.
- Exploration of potential applications and impacts in healthcare.
- Collection of engineering tools for designing medical microrobots.
- Medical microrobots can significantly reduce invasiveness of procedures.
- Potential for entirely new therapeutic and diagnostic approaches.
- Engineering tools provided can assist in future microrobot design.
Abstract
Microrobots have the potential to revolutionize many aspects of medicine. These untethered, wirelessly controlled and powered devices will make existing therapeutic and diagnostic procedures less invasive and will enable new procedures never before possible. The aim of this review is threefold: first, to provide a comprehensive survey of the technological state of the art in medical microrobots; second, to explore the potential impact of medical microrobots and inspire future research in this field; and third, to provide a collection of valuable information and engineering tools for the design of medical microrobots.
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