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Huinan Lai¹, Xuejiao Ma², Ying Han²

¹Department of Engineering Mechanics, Key Laboratory of Soft Machines and Smart Devices of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.

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This study developed a magnetically controlled tool for precise cell migration, optimizing helical designs for faster, targeted delivery. The biocompatible carriers show promise for cell therapy and tissue repair applications.

Keywords:

cell migration cell transportation digital light processing directional delivery magnetic‐controlled cell carrier

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Area of Science:

Biomedical Engineering
Materials Science
Robotics

Background:

Guiding directional cell migration is crucial for applications like targeted therapy and tissue repair.
Existing methods for cell delivery often lack precision and efficiency.
Developing advanced tools for controlled cell transport is an ongoing research area.

Purpose of the Study:

To optimize the design of a magnetically controlled transportation tool for efficient and directional cell migration.
To investigate the performance of different geometric designs for magnetic cell carriers.
To establish precise motion control for cell carriers using a magnetic control system.

Main Methods:

Fabrication of magnetic carriers using digital light processing with selected biocompatible materials and 30 wt.% magnetic particle content.
Development and testing of three geometric designs: cylindrical, single-conical, and double-conical ribbon-shaped helical.
Construction of a Helmholtz coil-based magnetic control system for precise motion control.
Finite element simulations to optimize geometric parameters and experimental validation.

Main Results:

The single-conical ribbon-shaped helical structure demonstrated the highest speed (10 Hz rotation frequency).
Optimized helical robot designs achieved a motion speed of 0.97 mm s⁻¹, a 1.5-fold improvement over prior studies.
Cell experiments confirmed good biocompatibility, effective cell adhesion, and precise detachment/delivery under ultrasound.

Conclusions:

The optimized magnetically controlled tool offers efficient and precise cell migration guidance.
The developed technology provides a valuable reference for targeted delivery, precise therapy, and tissue repair using exogenous cells.
This study advances the field of micro-robotics for biomedical applications.