Description
Recent Progress in Medical Miniature Robots: From Bench to Bedside serves as aspecialized and dedicated reference on miniature robots and their related biomedicalapplications. This book presents the latest achievements in the research of miniaturerobotics and introduces a variety of miniature robots on the milli-/micro-/nano-scale, withtethered/untethered and individual/swarm designs, describing the various types andanalyzing the underlying principles per class. Recent Progress in Medical Miniature Robots:From Bench to Bedside is suitable for clinicians, academicians, healthcare professionals,researchers, students, engineers, and scientists working in the field of medical miniaturerobots and related biomedical applications.- Provides authoritative coverage of the fundamental research and medical applicationsof miniature robotics, from mm-scale to nm-scale and with tethered/untethered andindividual/swarm designs- Focuses on the state-of-the-art research and up-to-date results of medical miniature robots- Describes the key medical applications of miniature robots, and provides insightsinto the ongoing research, and speculates on the future directions of medicalminiature robots
Table of Contents
1. Flow-assisted and flow-driven endovascular medical instruments2. Magnetically controlled continuum miniature robot3. Magnetic guidewire/catheter for endovascular treatment4. A new drive system for microagent controls in targeted therapy based on rotating gradient magnetic fields5. Innovation in microrobotics for the treatment of Asherman's syndrome: A perspective study6. Design and fabrication of a magnetic actuation miniature soft robot for biological sampling7. Functionalization of microrobots for biomedical applications8. Clinical imaging of miniature robots in relevant biological scenarios9. Magnetic microrobots from individual to collective steering10. Sperm-micromotors for assisted reproduction and drug delivery11. Untethered microrobots for minimally invasive removal of blood clots12. Micro-/nanorobots for combating biofilm infections13. Magnetic actuation of flexible and soft robotic systems for medical applications14. In vitro diagnostics via micro/nanorobotic platform
