Method and system for propelling and controlling displacement of a microrobot in a blood vessel
CA 2425795 C · Owner: Soulez, Gilles · Inventors: Jean-Baptiste, Mathieu; Soulez, Gilles; Beaudoin, Gilles
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The present invention relates to a method and system for propelling and controlling displacement of a microrobot through a patient's blood vessel. The microrobot is formed with a body containing field-of-force responsive material wherein in response to a field of force, the material undergoes a force in the direction of a gradient of the field of force. The microrobot is positioned in a blood vessel for displacement through the blood vessel and a field of force with a given gradient is generated and applied to the microrobot in view of propelling the microrobot through the blood vessel in the direction of the gradient of the field of force. A direction and amplitude of the gradient of the …
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- Filed April 15, 2003 and granted March 27, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 15, 2023.
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