Chapter 31 - Carbon Nanotube Wire for Use in Precision Medical Devices: Micro and Nano Technologies

Zhangzhang Yin, Zhongyun Dong, Marc Cahay, Sarah Pixley, Kevin J. Haworth, Maham Rahimi, Sook Kuan Goh, Sandra Starnes, Madhura Patwardhan, Sumeet Chaudhary, Mark J. Schulz

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Abstract

Carbon nanotube (CNT) technology is improving around the world to the point where new types of devices can be made. Spinning millimeter-length CNT into yarn and drawing ribbon and twisting into yarn have been demonstrated, and the yarn is being used as electric and thermal conductors. It is also becoming feasible to use carbon nanotube hybrid conductive tapes and yarn to make tiny electromechanical components such as wires, coils, transformers, and electric motors. These components further enable the manufacturing of precision medical devices, such as biomedical wires, sensors, actuators, manipulators, and millirobots for minimally invasive in vivo diagnosis and treatment. Precision biomedical microdevices promise to improve disease diagnosis and treatment, improve health-care delivery, and spur novel medical system development. Treatments for heart disease, cancer, neural repair, drug delivery, probing, reconstruction, and healing might be advanced using miniature precision devices. The concept of CNT-based precision medical devices is a new area of research, and the state of the art in their development and potential applications are discussed in this chapter.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationNanotube Superfiber Materials (Second Edition)
EditorsMark J. Schulz, Vesselin Shanov, Zhangzhang Yin, Marc Cahay
PublisherWilliam Andrew Publishing
Pages825-849
Number of pages25
ISBN (Print)978-0-12-812667-7
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019

Keywords

  • Carbon nanotube yarn
  • Biomedical wire
  • Precision medical devices
  • Biosensor
  • Millirobot

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