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Record 1 2016-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biotechnology
  • Applications of Automation
  • Surgery
CONT

A surgical nanorobot, programmed or guided by a human surgeon, could act as a semiautonomous on-site surgeon inside the human body. Such a device could perform various functions such as searching for pathology and then diagnosing and correcting lesions by nanomanipulation, coordinated by an on-board computer while maintaining contact with the supervising surgeon via coded ultrasound signals.

Key term(s)
  • surgical nano-robot
  • surgical nano-bot

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biotechnologie
  • Automatisation et applications
  • Chirurgie
CONT

C'est peut-être dans le domaine de la santé que les applications des nanotechnologies sont les plus spectaculaires. [...] Les applications sont multiples : nanoprothèses, nanorobots chirurgicaux, nanomédicaments se dirigeant tout seuls dans le corps, nanocaméras pour remplacer l'endoscopie traditionnelle…

Key term(s)
  • nano-robot chirurgical

Spanish

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