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Magnetic catheter steering system coming from Swiss start-up
Posted 03/05/13 at 09:09 AM
... A new start-up being spun off from the IRIS labs at the ETH in Zurich, Switzerland offers promise of robotically-controlled catheters to support cardiac procedures.
... Aeon Scientific‘s new technology is also a platform for other medical applications including targeted drug delivery.
... In photo, the magnetics are shown on the left and enable moving the micron-sized rectangular medicine delivery system in the retina of an eye on the right, and steer it to the exact right spot.
