Navigating the intricate and narrow vascular pathways of the body remains a formidable challenge in vascular embolization,often limiting the maneuverability and steerability of traditional catheters.This study,by T.T....Navigating the intricate and narrow vascular pathways of the body remains a formidable challenge in vascular embolization,often limiting the maneuverability and steerability of traditional catheters.This study,by T.T.Xu and co-workers,introduces dual-responsive reconfigurable miniature fiberbots,which are capable of catheter-assisted deployment,navigation,and embolization in vascular systems.Through meticulous design and magnetic control,this work successfully validates a multistage vascular embolization approach in the renal artery of rabbits in vivo.The experiments not only overcome the existing limitations of conventional catheterization techniques but also open new avenues for minimally invasive treatments.展开更多
基金support from the Hong Kong Research Grants Council(RGC),the Research Fellow Scheme(project no.RFS2122-4S03)the Strategic Topics Grant(project no.STG1/E-401/23-N)+1 种基金Research Impact Fund(project no.R4015-21)We also thank the support from the Multi-scale Medical Robotics Centre(MRC),InnoHK,at the Hong Kong Science Park and the SIAT-CUHK Joint Laboratory of Robotics and Intelligent Systems.
文摘Navigating the intricate and narrow vascular pathways of the body remains a formidable challenge in vascular embolization,often limiting the maneuverability and steerability of traditional catheters.This study,by T.T.Xu and co-workers,introduces dual-responsive reconfigurable miniature fiberbots,which are capable of catheter-assisted deployment,navigation,and embolization in vascular systems.Through meticulous design and magnetic control,this work successfully validates a multistage vascular embolization approach in the renal artery of rabbits in vivo.The experiments not only overcome the existing limitations of conventional catheterization techniques but also open new avenues for minimally invasive treatments.
