What are some surgical applications of nanotechnology, in terms of instruments, robotics and simulation techniques?
Somewhere along the line we came up with this notion that one day surgeons will release swarms of tiny little nano-robots into the bloodstream, to clean clogged arteries, repair damaged tissues, and even help the body battle cancers and pathogens. This notion does seem far-fetched, and I dont see any nano-surgeries happening in the foreseeable future. More realistically, nano-technology can result in improved materials and materials manufacturing, which can in turn enable new families of miniaturized implants and possibly revolutionize the use of replacement bio-mechanical organs. [Recently], my mother swallowed a tiny camera that took eight hours of pictures along her digestive track as a means of diagnosis. How soon before it can affect the remedy either through micro, or should we say “nano,” surgery or targeted drug delivery? Your company uses nanotechnology for printable electronics applications. What are the supply chain implications of this, particularly involving bar coding, ra
