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Tiny robots fitted with bioinspired ultrasound-activated cilia could clean the surfaces of implanted devices such as urinary stents and catheters. The cilia would brush biofilms off the devices, like a spinning brush at a car wash. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
May 7, 2025, 4:13 PM
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