POSTS TAGGED AS Biopsy

Sonobiopsy; Overcoming the Brain Blood Barrier

Noninvasive brain biopsy employing ultrasound and microbubbles overcomes blood-brain barrier obstacles
“Scientists at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. [MORE]

Harvard’s Robotic Arm for Endoscopic Surgery

Pop-up Soft Robotic Arm for Endoscopic Procedures
Quoting directly: “We were able to design a device that can lie flat when [MORE]

Highly Accurate 3-D Printed Biopsy Robot

Stormram 4, a 3-D printed biopsy robo
Because the “Stormram 4,” a 3-D printed biopsy robot, is made of plastic, it [MORE]

Swept Confocally Aligned Planar Excitation Microscopy

New High-Speed 3D Microscope—SCAPE
“[Columbia University] Researchers have developed a technology that could replace conventional biopsies and histology with real-time imaging [MORE]

Colon Explorer

Robotic tank-like device for colon exam and biopsy
“The new device out of CU Boulder, called Endoculus, has four sets of [MORE]

Lung Biopsy Robot

Auris Health Monarch robotic lung biopsy
Taking a lung biopsy is notoriously tricky, risking organ collapse.  Auris Health (Redwood City, CA) [MORE]

A Universal Cancer Biomarker

DNA methylation and cancer
Last December, researchers at the University of Queensland reported they found a distinct feature of DNA methylation [MORE]

A Self-Propelled Catheter

Robotic Bronchoscope
The conventional means for looking into lung’s airways is a camera-carrying bronchoscope with additional tools for taking a tissue [MORE]

Harvard’s Robotic Arm for Endoscopic Surgery

Soft Robotic Arm for Endoscopic Exam
Quoting directly: “We were able to design a device that can lie flat when the [MORE]

Highly Accurate 3-D Printed Biopsy Robot

3D Printed Robot
Because the “Stormram 4,” a 3-D printed biopsy robot, is made of plastic, it can be used for [MORE]

Implantable Biosensor for Cancer Monitoring

Cancer Monitoring Sensor
How can imaging tell if a tumor is enlarging from malignant growth or getting bigger because of an [MORE]

Moving Whole Tissue through a Microfluidics Device

Microfluidics Device
In processing a tumor biopsy, the pathologist puts the tissue sample through several steps of staining, washing and observing [MORE]

IBM’s Microfluidics Device for Oncologists

Microfluidics diagnostic chip
IBM’s search for new markets, after disappointing earnings in its more traditional fields, has turned [MORE]

Microgrippers for Biopsies

Microgrippers
During a colonoscopy, the physician may take one or more biopsies of suspicious looking polyps, while knowing that other [MORE]