Suggested shape for a first generation endovascular untethered microdevice prototype.
Shape design optimization for an untethered microdevice meant to navigate in the human bloodstream is studied based on previous variational Finite Element (FE) work done. The suggested shape for a first generation prototype is a prolate spheroid design, which enables to minimize the drag force and to maximize the use of the MRI's magnetic gradients.
Hinojosa
Felix
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NanoRobotics Laboratory, Department of Computer Engineering and Institute of Biomedical Engineering, &#201;cole Polytechnique de Montr&#233; (EPM),Campus of the Universit&#233; de Montr&#233;al, Montr&#233;al (Qu&#233;bec) Canada.
Martel
Sylvain
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