Design and Control of a Magnetically-Actuated Capsule Robot With Biopsy Function.

Journal: IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering
Published Date: Aug 19, 2022

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Wireless capsule endoscopy has been well used for gastrointestinal (GI) tract diagnosis. However, it can only obtain images and cannot take samples of GI tract tissues. In this study, we designed a magnetically-actuated biopsy capsule (MABC) robot for GI tract diagnosis.

Authors

  • Dongxu Ye
  • Junnan Xue
  • Sishen Yuan
  • Fan Zhang
    Department of Anesthesiology, Bishan Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
  • Shuang Song
    Department of Ophthalmology, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
  • Jiaole Wang
    Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Max Q-H Meng
    The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong.

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