Biomedical applications

Light-Cured Bio 3D Printing: From Materials to Parameters to Applications

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Light-Cured Bio 3D Printing: From Materials to Parameters to Applications

3D printing—an innovative manufacturing technology—has permeated more complex and refined fields from its initial applications in manufacturing, such as the production of plastic, metal, and other materials, including biomedicine. This “additive manufacturing” method of 3D printing can layer by layer print any biological tissue or organ required for tissue engineering. Among various 3D printing technologies, … Read more

Acoustic Actuators for Micro/Nanorobot Manipulation: Current and Future Perspectives

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Acoustic Actuators for Micro/Nanorobot Manipulation: Current and Future Perspectives

Cao HX, Nguyen VD, Park JO, Choi E, Kang B. Acoustic Actuators for the Manipulation of Micro/Nanorobots: State-of-the-Art and Future Outlooks. Micromachines (Basel). 2024 Jan 26;15(2):186. doi: 10.3390/mi15020186. PMID: 38398914; PMCID: PMC10890471. Compared to other actuation methods, acoustic actuators have the unique capability of non-contact operation of small objects (such as micro and nanoscale robots). … Read more

High-Performance Magnetic Metal Microrobot Development

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High-Performance Magnetic Metal Microrobot Development

Research Background The magnetic-controlled helical microrobot has broad application prospects in biomedical fields such as targeted therapy and minimally invasive surgery due to its capabilities of remote manipulation and drug transportation. However, the current micro-helical robots have low magnetic content and weak driving force, making it difficult to overcome the impact of environmental flow rates, … Read more

Femtosecond Laser Holographic Processing: Manufacturing Micro Spiral Robots

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Femtosecond Laser Holographic Processing: Manufacturing Micro Spiral Robots

Editor’s Note Driveable Micro Robots have broad application prospects in non-invasive surgery, targeted delivery, detoxification, and are receiving widespread attention. However, these applications place higher demands on the performance of micro robots. For example, in non-invasive surgery, people hope to safely manipulate micro robots to target diseased cells without contact. In targeted delivery, micro robots … Read more

Reconfigurable Microrobotic Collectives Illuminate Future Medicine and Environmental Remediation

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Reconfigurable Microrobotic Collectives Illuminate Future Medicine and Environmental Remediation

Abstract Mobile microrobots can navigate, sense the environment, and interact with it, potentially revolutionizing biomedicine and environmental remediation. Many self-organizing microrobotic collectives have been developed to overcome the inherent limitations of actuation, sensing, and manipulation of individual microrobots; however, reconfigurable collectives with robust transitions between behaviors are rare. Such multifunctional systems are advantageous for operation … Read more

Microrobots for Drug Delivery: Rolling and Swimming Capabilities

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Microrobots for Drug Delivery: Rolling and Swimming Capabilities

Click Jiangsu Laser Industry Technology Innovation Strategic Alliance Follow/ Pin Public Account News | Technical Article | Conference Forum | Processing Services Jiangsu Laser Alliance Introduction: The microrobotic system includes unconfined rolling magnetic microrobots, two-degree-of-freedom rotating permanent magnets, and ultrasound imaging systems, which have been developed for both in vitro and in vivo biomedical applications. … Read more

Femtosecond Laser Holographic Processing: Manufacturing Micro Helical Robots

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Femtosecond Laser Holographic Processing: Manufacturing Micro Helical Robots

Banner | Promotion Editor’s Note Driveable Micro Robots have broad application prospects in non-invasive surgery, targeted delivery, detoxification, etc., and have received widespread attention. However, these applications place more demands on the performance of micro robots. For example, in non-invasive surgery, people hope to safely manipulate micro robots to target diseased cells without contact. In … Read more

Micro Robots the Size of a Grain of Rice for Targeted Drug Delivery

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Reading Abstract A team of scientists in Singapore has developed a micro-sized intelligent robot, the size of a grain of rice, controlled by a micro-magnetic field, capable of targeted drug delivery within the body. This micro soft robot is made from non-toxic intelligent magnetic composite materials, highly flexible, and can “navigate” through complex environments in … Read more

Applications of Polycarbonate (PC) in Modern Plastics Industry

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Applications of Polycarbonate (PC) in Modern Plastics Industry

This morning, Sina Mobile Weibo launched a voting activity, details as follows: The voting deadline is July 15, 2020, at 10:24. The editor has already voted for plastics. Everyone can also hurry to vote to give the plastics industry a good name! Website:https://vote.weibo.com/h5/index/index?vote_id=2020_1361068_-_12952c In fact, the application of plastics in mobile phones and electronic products … Read more

The Marvelous Medical Robot

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The Marvelous Medical Robot

http://www.mdweekly.com.cn/ “Gao Feng•The Marvelous Medical Robot,[493]. Physician Report, 2017-3-16(10)” William Beaver, 70, suffers from an eye disease that distorts his vision, making it look like he is viewing through a funhouse mirror. Recently, he underwent a “marvelous” surgery at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, England, and his vision is recovering. What kind of “marvelous” … Read more