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Tiny Conveyance: Micro- and Nanorobots Prepare to Advance Medicine

2018; IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society; Volume: 9; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1109/mpul.2017.2772118

2154-2317

Leslie Mertz,

Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies

In the science-fiction classic Fantastic Voyage [1], a shrink-ray zaps a submarine and the crew within it, and the resulting microscopic vehicle ventures inside a human body to destroy a blood clot and save a prominent patient's life. While that scenario remains in the realm of make-believe, it may not be long before micro- and nanoscale robots can navigate a person's blood vessels and execute a medical task, such as the targeted delivery of drugs or even the performance of some medical procedures.