title: Suggested shape for a first generation endovascular untethered microdevice prototype.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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.
authors.forename: Felix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hinojosa
authors.forename: Sylvain
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Martel