Microrobots for targeted delivery and therapy in digestive system

Y Wang, J Shen, S Handschuh-Wang, M Qiu, S Du… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Untethered miniature robots enable targeted delivery and therapy deep inside the
gastrointestinal tract in a minimally invasive manner. By combining actuation systems and …

End-to-end design of ingestible electronics

A Abdigazy, M Arfan, G Lazzi, C Sideris… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Ingestible electronics can potentially be used to track and treat gastrointestinal diseases in
real time. In the past decade, substantial improvements have been made to ingestible …

Medical capsule robots: A renaissance for diagnostics, drug delivery and surgical treatment

SS Mapara, VB Patravale - Journal of Controlled Release, 2017 - Elsevier
The advancements in electronics and the progress in nanotechnology have resulted in path
breaking development that will transform the way diagnosis and treatment are carried out …

[HTML][HTML] Video capsule endoscopy and ingestible electronics: emerging trends in sensors, circuits, materials, telemetry, optics, and rapid reading software

D Miley, LB Machado, C Condo… - Advanced Devices & …, 2021 - spj.science.org
Real-time monitoring of the gastrointestinal tract in a safe and comfortable manner is
valuable for the diagnosis and therapy of many diseases. Within this realm, our review …

[HTML][HTML] Radio frequency controlled wireless drug delivery devices

AN Khan, A Ermakov, G Sukhorukov… - Applied Physics Reviews, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Drug delivery devices have revolutionized the course of therapeutic treatment in the recent
past. These devices provide a firm foundation for diverse strategies to overcome the …

Fundamentals of the gut for capsule engineers

L Barducci, JC Norton, S Sarker… - Progress in …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The gastrointestinal (GI) tract is a complex environment comprised of the mouth, esophagus,
stomach, small and large intestines, rectum and anus, which all cooperate to form the …

Current status and future directions of ingestible electronic devices in gastroenterology

PA Thwaites, CK Yao, EP Halmos… - Alimentary …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Advances in microelectronics have greatly expanded the capabilities and
clinical potential of ingestible electronic devices. Aim To provide an overview of the structure …

Performance evaluation of a magnetically driven microrobot for targeted drug delivery

Z Cai, Q Fu, S Zhang, C Fan, X Zhang, J Guo, S Guo - Micromachines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Given that the current microrobot cannot achieve fixed-point and quantitative drug
application in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, a targeted drug delivery microrobot is proposed …

Magnetically controlled multifunctional capsule robot for dual-drug delivery

L Zheng, S Guo, M Kawanishi - IEEE Systems Journal, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a multifunctional capsule robot (MCR) with active locomotion, dual-drug
load, and selective drug release. The MCR has a high ratio of the volume of loaded drug to …

Design and Control of a Magnetically-actuated anti-interference microrobot for targeted therapeutic delivery

Y Qin, Z Cai, J Han - IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter proposes an anti-interference targeted therapeutic delivery microrobot, where the
targeted therapeutic delivery to the lesion site in human intestine can be operated by the …