DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The “Global
Microbots Drug Delivery Advances, Therapeutic Applications & Opportunity
Insight 2025” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s
offering.
Report Highlights
- Overview of Microbots
- Real Life Application of Microbots
- Microbots: Application In Medicine & Biotechnology
- Need of Microbots: Thrust To Targeted Drug Delivery Mechanism
- Technological Advancement in Medical Microrobotics
-
Microbot Drug Deliver by Indication/Therapy: Cancer, Stem Cell
Therapy, Blood Circulatory System, Neurological Problems & Others
The report gives comprehensive insight on various issues involved with
the research, development and commercialization of microrobots for the
application of targeted drug delivery. Report highlights ongoing
advancements in the field of medical microrobots and their relevance
with respect to multiple indication and therapies.
Medical robotics is a very promising new branch. It is a field that uses
tiny robots to travel inside a patient and carry out surgery, diagnosis
or drug delivery. They would have the highest scientific and societal
impacts on healthcare and bioengineering applications.
Milli/submilli/microrobots are the best alternative to existing medical
devices (flexible endoscopes and catheters), mobile medical
milli/microrobots have the ability to access small and complex regions
of the human body like blood capillaries, gastrointestinal (GI), brain,
spinal cord and inside the eye while being minimally invasive. Through
microrobots, it is possible to access unprecedented sub-millimeter size
regions inside the human body which has not yet been possible by any
conventional medical devices.
The most promising application of microrobots in the biomedical field is
for targeted drug delivery which allows doctors to inject or dispense
drugs to specific or hard-to-reach areas in the body that need them.
Targeted therapy boosts the concentration of therapeutics, for instance,
drugs, proteins, genes, mRNA, stem cells, radioactive seeds and imaging
contrast agents in a specific targeted site inside the body while
keeping the side effects to a minimal level in rest of the body.
Furthermore, microbots can be controlled by the clinicians which help
them control the release kinetics of the drug and modulate the
concentration at the therapeutic window. This adjustment would lead to
prolonging the effect of single dose administration in the targeted
region.
All the traditional methods of treatment that are presently used don’t
have the potential to reach some of the inaccessible places in the human
body. So whenever there is some problem in the hard-to-reach places of
the body it is always guesswork, for instance, in the brain or a
neurological-related concern. Even though there are advanced
technologies like CT scan and MRI, these technologies provide only a few
images of the problematic zone in the brain but nothing concrete. There
are still no technologies which can penetrate the blood-brain barrier
and perform a diagnosis.
Microrobots have a lot of advantages in the biomedical field due to its
miniature structure. It has the ability to go inside the body and reach
inaccessible places and collect tissue samples to further analyze. For
conducting a biopsy with microrobots, especially for bone marrow biopsy
or bone biopsy, there is no need for the patient to go through surgery.
Also, it is much less painful. In prostate biopsy with needles, multiple
needle biopsies are taken at one time from the prostate gland. Sometimes
to reach the prostate, a probe is inserted into the rectum. While
microbots are so tiny there is no need for these painful procedures.
Microbots go to the targeted site, grab onto tissue sample and taken out
of the body.
In the near future, microbot will definitely occupy the targeted drug
delivery and minimally invasive surgery arena. As these are the most
sought for and demanding line of work. Targeted drug delivery and
minimally invasive surgeries will not only be less painful for the
patient but will also help in cutting the healthcare expenditure. This
will definitely draw the attention of the government towards the
usefulness of microbots and more grants may be released for R&D on
microrobotics.
Also, with growing research and development larger companies working on
robotics will bend towards the medical use of the microrobots, hence
providing institutes with funding to continue their research to better
their product. In this fast forward and technologically driven era,
microbots are meant to be the future answer to the medicinal queries and
distress. With minimally to non-invasive surgeries it will be easy to
treat any age of patient with complicated health conditions also. At
present, the microbots might be going through a rough patch but it will
slowly transition into the best treatment method.
Key Topics Covered
1. Overview of Microbots
1.1 Introduction to Microbots
1.2 History & Evolution of Microbots
2. Design Of Microbots
2.1 Design
2.2 Control
3. Actuation Of Microbots
3.1 Electromagnetic Actuators (EMA)
3.2 MEMS Based Magnetic Actuator
4. Microbots Working Mechanism
5. Real Life Application of Microbots
5.1 Snake-Like Microbot
5.2 SWARM
5.3 Harvard’s Ambulatory Micro Robot (HAMR)
5.4 Microbees
5.5 ViRob
5.6 Micro-Scallops
6. Microbots: Application In Medicine & Biotechnology
6.1 Disease Diagnosis/Imaging
6.2 Telemetry
6.3 Targeted Therapy
6.3.1 Drug Delivery
6.3.2 Brachytherapy
6.3.3 Hyperthermia & Thermoablation
6.3.4 Stem Cell Delivery
6.4 Minimally Invasive Surgery
6.5 Tissue Engineering
6.6 Cell Manipulation
6.7 Wound Healing
6.8 Material Removal
6.8.1 Ablation
6.8.2 Biopsy
6.9 Controllable Structures
7. Need of Microbots: Thrust To Targeted Drug Delivery Mechanism
8. Technological Advancement in Medical Microrobotics
8.1 Microtumblers (TUMs)
8.2 Photolithography
8.3 3D Printing Techniques
8.4 Biocompatible & Biodegradable Materials
8.5 Wireless communication
9. Microbots: Cancer Treatment
9.1 Drug Delivery to Tumor Cells
9.2 Minimally Invasive Surgery in Cancer Treatment
10. Microbots in Ophthalmology
10.1 Drug Delivery Using Microbots
10.2 Microrobots For Minimally Invasive Intraocular Therapies
11. Microbots in Blood Circulatory System
11.1 Drug Delivery to Arteries via Microbots
11.2 Minimally Invasive Cardiovascular Surgery
12. Microbots: Treatment & Diagnosis in Gastrointestinal Tract
12.1 Drug Delivery in GI Tract through Microbots
12.2 Diagnosis of GI Tract Using Microbots
12.3 Minimally Invasive Surgery in GI Tract
13. Microbots in Treating Renal Ailments
13.1 Targeted Drug Delivery Inside Renal System
13.2 Microbots Assisting Renal System Imaging
14. Microbots inside the Ear (Hearing Restoration)
15. Microbots Fixing Neurological Problems
15.1 Self Cleaning Shunt: Treating Hydrocephalus
15.2 Drug-Delivering Microbots To Treat Lacunar Strokes
16. Microbots: Carrier of Stem Cells
17. Microbots in Drug Delivery
17.1 Locomotive Drug Delivery Particle
17.2 Different Modes Of Microbot Drug Delivery
18. Global Microbot Drug Delivery Market Dynamics
18.1 Driving Force for Microbot Research
18.2 Microbot Drug Delivery Market Challenges
19. Intellectual Property & Commercialization
20. Future of Microbots in Medicine
For more information about this report visit https://www.researchandmarkets.com/r/6ityo6
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