A Self-Propelled Catheter
December 12, 2017 | Terry Sharrer
The conventional means for looking into lung’s airways is a camera-carrying bronchoscope with additional tools for taking a tissue biopsy. This takes considerable skill. But researchers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology have designed a self-propelled catheter to reach into very narrow sections. This piece doesn’t say what powers the head of the tube, but it must be intermittent air pressure that pulses it forward. In any case, it is the catheter itself rather than the skill of the operator which navigates the airways. See the video. MORE WITH VIDEO
Image Credit: Tokyo Institute of Technology and MedGadget.com