Robotic self-modulation enhances implantable long-acting drug delivery devices

Sci Robot. 2023 Aug 30;8(81):eadj8292. doi: 10.1126/scirobotics.adj8292. Epub 2023 Aug 30.

Tejal Desai^{1

2}, Alessandro Grattoni^{3

4

5}

¹ School of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA.
² Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
³ Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
⁴ Department of Surgery, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
⁵ Department of Radiation Oncology, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

Abstract

Integrating fibrotic capsule sensing with soft robotics may boost long-term performance of implantable drug delivery devices.