Microrobots for minimally invasive medicine

Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue , 2010, Pages 55-85

  Nelson, Bradley J ^a   Kaliakatsos, Ioannis K ^a   Abbott, Jake J ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

medical; microrobot; minimally invasive; surgical; untethered; wireless

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL; MICRO ROBOTS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SURGICAL; UNTETHERED; WIRELESS;

SURGERY;

DATA COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE REMOVAL; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; EAR; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FLOWMETER; EYE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INFRARED RADIATION; LOCOMOTION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MICROROBOT; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSTATE; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; STENT; TELEMETRY; ULTRASOUND; URINARY TRACT; VISION; DEVICES; MICROSURGERY; PROCEDURES;

HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; ROBOTICS;

EID: 77955605195     PISSN: 15239829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-bioeng-010510-103409     Document Type: Review

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