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  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Robotics
  • Medical Diagnostics

Background:

  • Mucus viscosity is a key biomarker for health and disease, but current sensing methods are limited.
  • In situ measurement is challenging due to the difficulty of accessing confined bodily spaces and potential sample degradation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a novel method for in situ sensing of mucus viscosity using wireless miniature sensors.
  • To enable minimally invasive delivery of these sensors deep within the body using a robotic system.

Main Methods:

  • A magnetically actuated, millimeter-scale soft climbing robot was designed for sensor delivery.
  • Wireless miniature viscosity sensors were deployed by the robot onto soft biological tissues.
  • Medical imaging was used to track the sensors for spatiotemporal viscosity mapping.

Main Results:

  • The soft robot successfully accessed confined spaces and deployed sensors on tissue surfaces.
  • The system demonstrated the capability for in situ, spatiotemporal sensing of biofluid viscosity.
  • This approach offers a minimally invasive alternative to current diagnostic techniques.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed robotic delivery and viscosity sensing method enables in situ biofluid property monitoring.
  • This technology has the potential for early disease diagnosis and continuous health monitoring.
  • Further development could lead to advanced internal diagnostic tools.