Soft Capsule Magnetic Millirobots for Region-Specific Drug Delivery in the Central Nervous System.

ABSTRACT: Small soft robotic systems are being explored for myriad applications in medicine. Specifically, magnetically actuated microrobots capable of remote manipulation hold significant potential for the targeted delivery of therapeutics and biologicals. Much of previous efforts on microrobotics have been dedicated to locomotion in aqueous environments and hard surfaces. However, our human bodies are made of dense biological tissues, requiring researchers to develop new microrobotics that can locomote atop tissue surfaces. Tumbling microrobots are a sub-category of these devices capable of walking on surfaces guided by rotating magnetic fields. Using microrobots to deliver payloads to specific regions of sensitive tissues is a primary goal of medical microrobots. Central nervous system (CNS) tiss

SUBMITTER: Mair LO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8340882 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature