2018
Mechanical Rubbing of Blood Clots Using Helical Robots Under Ultrasound Guidance
Islam S. M. Khalil, Dalia Mahdy, Ahmed El Sharkawy, Ramez R. Moustafa, Ahmet Fatih Tabak, Mohamed E. Mitwally +5
RA-L 2018
A simple way to mitigate the potential negative side-effects associated with chemical lysis of a blood clot is to tear its fibrin network via mechanical rubbing using a helical robot. Here, we achieve mechanical rubbing of blood clots under ultrasound guidance and using external magnetic actuation.