MINIATURE MARVELS: WIRELESS MILLIROBOTS SUCCESSFULLY NAVIGATE ARTERIESUT-RESEARCHERS NAVIGATE MILLIROBOTS THROUGH EX VIVO AORTA MODEL

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For the first time ever, wireless millirobots navigated a narrow blood vessel both along and against arterial flow. Researchers from the University of Twente and Radboudumc inserted the screw-shaped robots in a detached aorta with kidneys where they controlled them using a robotically controlled rotating magnet. Health Holland recently awarded a grant to further develop the technology to be able to remove blood clots.