Abstract
In the past decades, wireless milli and micro devices have been incorporated into medical procedures as a way to reduce invasiveness. However, the commercially available methods still consist of passive locomotion devices, which is a limiting factor to the development of minimally invasive devices. Magnetism simplifies the design of small-scale devices since it does not require on-board batteries or motors. This review presents locomotion techniques and features using magnetic actuation towards minimally invasive procedures. Requirements, advantages, and challenges are discussed.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 379-394 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering |
Volume | 47 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2019 |
Keywords
- Capsule robots
- Locomotion
- Magnetic actua-tion
- Magnetic control
- Medical applications
- Micro assembly
- Milli/micro robots