US Patent Issued to Georgia Tech Research, Emory University on March 24 for "Microrobots for neurosurgical applications" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,492, issued on March 24, was assigned to Georgia Tech Research Corp. (Atlanta) and Emory University (Atlanta).

"Microrobots for neurosurgical applications" was invented by Azadeh Ansari (Atlanta), Kimberly Hoang (Atlanta) and Tony Wang (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure provides a micro-robot comprising a body, a helical ridge disposed on an exterior surface of the body, and at least one end effector coupled to the body. At least a portion of the micro-robot can comprise a magnetic material. The micro-robot can be configured to be inserted into a patient's body. The micro-robot ...