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Researchers develop a steerable, robotic brain needle for busting clots

2013-08-09 21:47:53| Extremetech

Navigating through the brain to remove blood clots is tricky business. A team from Vanderbilt University has recently developed a robotic probe that can be steered around critical structures with an external controller, and suction off clots which can not be safely treated by drugs.

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