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Biopsy with thermally-responsive untethered microtools.

Adv Mater, 2013/1/25;25(4):514-9.

Gultepe E[1], Randhawa JS, Kadam S, Yamanaka S, Selaru FM, Shin EJ, Kalloo AN, Gracias DH

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PMID: 23047708DOI: 10.1002/adma.201203348

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Abstract
Thermally activated, untethered microgrippers can reach narrow conduits in the body and be used to excise tissue for diagnostic analyses. As depicted in the figure, the feasibility of an in vivo biopsy of the porcine bile duct using untethered microgrippers is demonstrated.
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Animals; Bile Ducts; Biopsy; Mucin-4; Robotics; Swine
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