Tiny, Implantable, Self-Propelled Medical Device (IMAGE)

Stanford University School of Engineering

Tiny, Implantable, Self-Propelled Medical Device

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Engineers at Stanford have developed a wirelessly powered, self-propelled medical device that can propel itself through the blood stream to deliver drugs, perform diagnostics or microsurgeries.

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Illustration by Carlos Suarez, StrongBox3d

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