Title :
Strategies for drug-delivery and chemical sensing using biomédical microrobots
Author :
Pané, Salvador ; Ergeneman, Olgaç ; Sivaraman, Karthik M. ; Lühmann, Tessa ; Hall, Heike ; Nelson, Bradley J.
Author_Institution :
Multi-Scale Robot. Lab., ETH Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
Abstract :
We present the state-of-the-art and future strategies for magnetic materials and functional coatings for biomedical microrobots. Coatings for sensing chemicals and for drug-delivery as well as ways of implementing them are being investigated. Two examples related to intraocular microrobots are shown in this work: a luminescence polymer-dye composite coating for the detection of intraocular oxygen; and a conductive polymer coating for drug delivery purposes.
Keywords :
chemical sensors; coatings; composite materials; conducting polymers; drug delivery systems; drugs; functionally graded materials; luminescence; magnetic materials; medical robotics; microrobots; polymer films; biomedical microrobots; chemical sensing; conductive polymer coating; drug delivery; functional coatings; intraocular microrobots; intraocular oxygen; luminescence polymer-dye composite coating; magnetic materials; Conferences;
Conference_Titel :
Nano/Molecular Medicine and Engineering (NANOMED), 2010 IEEE 4th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong/Macau
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-152-6
DOI :
10.1109/NANOMED.2010.5749823
