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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2016
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (US);
Tonguc Onur Tasci, Golden, CO (US);
Keith B. Neeves, Denver, CO (US);
David W. M. Marr, Golden, CO (US);
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a magnetic-field driven colloidal microbot that employs wall-based propulsion, method of forming the microbot and a method of using the microbot. The microbot can be formed in situ with the use of magnetic fields, and the magnetic fields can be used to translate the microbot to a specified location in a patient. The microbot does not depend on 'swimming' or flow currents within a patient to move, but instead can propel itself along a surface using a magnetic field. Once the magnetic field is removed, the microbot disassembles into colloidal particles.