| Literature DB >> 23047708 |
Evin Gultepe1, Jatinder S Randhawa, Sachin Kadam, Sumitaka Yamanaka, Florin M Selaru, Eun J Shin, Anthony N Kalloo, David H Gracias.
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.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 23047708 PMCID: PMC3832625 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201203348
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Adv Mater ISSN: 0935-9648 Impact factor: 30.849