Design and fabrication of a parasite-inspired, millimeter-scale tissue anchoring mechanism.

ABSTRACT: Optimizing mechanical adhesion to specific human tissue types is a field of research that has gained increasing attention over the past two decades due to its utility for diagnostics, therapeutics, and surgical device design. This is especially relevent for medical devices, which could benefit from the presence of attachment mechanisms in order to better target-specific regions of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract or other soft tissues for sensing, sample collection, and drug release. In this work, and inspired by the tissue anchoring adaptations found in diverse parasitic taxa, we present a design and manufacturing platform for the production of a nonintuitive bioinspired millimeter-scale articulated attachment mechanism using laminate fabrication techniques. The functional design closely m

SUBMITTER: Maquignaz G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11660956 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature