Artificial cilia-based microfluidics is a promising alternative in lab-on-a-chip applications
which provides an efficient way to manipulate fluid flow in a microfluidic environment with …

Smart biomaterials with the capacity to alter their properties in response to an outside
stimulus or from within the environment around them have picked up significant attention in …

This paper reports an active catheter-tip device functionalized by integrating a temperature-
responsive smart polymer onto a microfabricated flexible heater strip, targeting at enabling …

Small‐scale magnetic robots are extensively recognized as promising untethered devices
that can be controlled externally for numerous microscale applications. This study is …

Faster recovery, reduced trauma, and improved patient outcomes drive innovations in
minimally invasive surgery (MIS). Notwithstanding significant advancements, traditional MIS …

The treatment of many intravascular procedures begins with a clinician manually placing a
guidewire to the target lesion to aid in placing other devices. Manually steering the …

Abstract Purpose of Review Endovascular robotic surgery remains a little known entity in the
general medical community shrouded with misconception and intrigue. However, with …

Active steering catheters and guidewires for vascular intervention, employing pressure-
driven mechanisms, have been studied for their promise of safety, miniaturization capacity …

Abstract 3D bioprinting is one of the rapidly evolving fields of tissue engineering where
microengineering meets cells biology within an unprecedented precision to construct tissue …

Objective At present, the most commonly used filler polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) has
the disadvantages of monomer toxicity, heat and leakage, and cannot be applied in young …