Fabian Landers

Doctorate at the Multi-Scale Robotics Laboratory at ETH Zurich: - Microrobots -Minimally invasive surgery - Drug delivery

[Bernard Bendok, MD @BernardBendokMD]

Our PNT/NSI team in collaboration with ETH Zurich just navigated an untethered micro robot with nano robotic components through a phantom model external carotid circulation to the middle meningeal artery. The micro robot was in Zürich and was navigated successfully by our team from Phoenix (5700 miles). The future of Neurovascular Surgery will include untethered, micro, and nano robots to deliver therapies.

@MayoClinicCV @cvsection @mayoclinicneuro
@mayoclinic

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Forget pills – this microrobot delivers drugs directly inside the brain.

Scientists at ETH Zurich have created a minuscule, steerable microrobot that could revolutionize stroke treatment by delivering drugs directly inside the brain’s blood vessels.

Barely wider than a millimeter, the robot is a soft, biodegradable gel capsule filled with medication and laced with magnetic nanoparticles. Doctors can guide it remotely through arteries using powerful external magnets, navigating even the narrowest, fastest-flowing vessels in the brain.

When the capsule reaches the precise spot—such as a clot causing a stroke—a targeted high-frequency magnetic field gently warms it, melting the gel and releasing the drug exactly where it’s needed, with almost no spillover into the rest of the body.

The system has been successfully tested in realistic models of human blood vessels and in live pigs and sheep. To make the robot visible under medical imaging, the team added safe heavy-metal contrast agents.

Current stroke treatments often require flooding the entire body with potent clot-busting drugs, which can cause dangerous bleeding elsewhere. This precision approach could dramatically lower those risks while improving outcomes.

Navigating the bloodstream is extraordinarily difficult—the heart’s forceful pumping creates turbulent, high-pressure conditions—but the Swiss team solved this with an advanced hybrid magnetic control system that keeps the robot stably on course.

Still in the preclinical stage and not yet tested in humans, the technology nevertheless marks a major step toward minimally invasive, highly targeted therapies for strokes, brain tumors, aneurysms, and other conditions that are currently almost impossible to treat precisely from inside the body.

[Wevolver @WevolverApp]

Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a microrobot capable of transporting drugs to specific locations within the body, with the potential for use in hospitals in the near future.

Check out the full article here: https://t.co/KVCQYP7Ido

Image/video credits: @ETH

#robotics #microrobots #technology #engineering #healthcare #MedicalDevices #robots #innovation

[Popular Science @PopSci]

They zip around and destroy blood clots before they cause problems. https://t.co/begCR1ZjY4

[ANGIE @angie_h2020]

ANGIE: The Future of Targeted Drug Delivery Using Magnetic Microrobots
https://t.co/ofvZ0X6sOz
Prof. Dr. Bradley Nelson and Prof. Dr. Salvador Pané introduce the ANGIE project, a significant advancement in targeted drug delivery. #StrokeResearch #StrokeInnovation #nanomedicine

[Fabian Landers @FabianCLanders]

@mqasem Big thanks to @mqasem for featuring us! We’ll be at the @PrototypesforH exhibition in Emirates Towers until tomorrow night. Come by and say hi if you’re around!
@SwissVascular @ANGIE_h2020
#Dubai #EmiratesTowers #PrototypesforHumanity

[Dr. Mohamed Qasem د. محمد قاسم @mqasem]

أول ابتكار في "حلول دبي للمستقبل" هو هذا. كبسولة مغناطيسية تتحرك بالمغنطة بداخل أوردة الدماغ، ثم تطلق محتوياتها باستخدام ذبذبات، فيصل الدواء للمكان الصحيح تماما.

[Fabian Landers @FabianCLanders]

I am excited to share that we’ve been awarded the BRIDGE Programme Proof of Concept grant! 🎉

For more updates, follow Swiss Vascular here on LinkedIn and visit our website at https://t.co/H3WHjU4wbh

#EndoluminalInterventions #VascularModels #BRIDGEPoC

[BRIDGE Programme (SNSF / Innosuisse) @BRIDGE_funding]

🏆New Proof of Concept projects set to go! Each of these 10 young researchers receive up to CHF 130,000 in funding to implement their project.
Projects (https://t.co/IvgxYOChJj)
BRIDGE: a joint programme by @Innosuisse and @snf_ch. #BridgePoC

[The Hamlyn Centre @ICLHamlynRobots]

We’re kicking off with some exciting workshops for #HSMR24!

[BRAIN Conference @brainconferenc1]

The final winner of the #BRAINConference 2023 abstract awards is @FabianCLanders, congratulations!🎉

His abstract was on electromagnetic navigation systems for enhanced endoluminal device control

We're excited to announce that abstracts will be returning to BRAIN Conference 2024, more information to follow!

In the meantime, you can register for this year's BRAIN Conference here: https://t.co/cRG2QdUSzk

#Neuroradiology #Neurology

[Stroke Europe @StrokeEurope]

In the @HorizonEU @ANGIE_h2020 project the research team developed 3D re-constructions of their patient’s brain vessels based on MRI scans. The models are now available for education, improving access to stroke treatment training. More👉https://t.co/IML6CWDEGr #BrainAwarenessWeek

[NeuroNews @NN_publishing]

Switzerland-based startup firm Nanoflex #Robotics has announced that it recently installed its first remote-ready robotics system for #Neurovascular procedures at the @JacobsInstitute
https://t.co/VR4BO6ow6b

[Stroke Europe @StrokeEurope]

The @HorizonEU @angie_h2020 project aim to develop nano-robots to assist delivery of targeted drugs and unblock blood vessels to fight stroke from within. Fabian Landers tells us how their 3D models could provide access to earlier and more extensive training. #BrainAwarenessWeek

[ANGIE @angie_h2020]

A podcast series within a project? Issues on Targeted Drug Delivery discussed with world renowned experts! Check it out!
🔴YouTube channel: https://t.co/GMwFZD6CLQ
🌐https://t.co/5JZDqvBTwd

@EUeic @HorizonEU @EU_Commission

[ANGIE @angie_h2020]

Join our interactive ChatLab platform - and talk to the experts! Our networking platform connects you with thinkers in different fields of Targeted drug delivery.
https://t.co/4Qd0EtO4IN
@EUeic @HorizonEU @EU_Commission
#targeteddrugdelivery #targetedtherapy #nanomedicine

[Advanced Portfolio @AdvPortfolio]

Here, PVA-based magnetic hydrogel microrobots were developed by @PaneSalvador and co-workers.

These microrobots' high mobility, tunable stability, and biocompatibility make them a great platform for targeted drug and cell delivery.

Find it #OpenAccess: https://t.co/F1IPJ1jtUb

[ANGIE @angie_h2020]

Stay tuned for the official launch of the ANGIE technology.
https://t.co/2sp9cHHTa3 via @YouTube
#research #medicalrobotics #targeteddrugdelivery #technology #horizoneu

[ANGIE @angie_h2020]

Our first podcast is LIVE! 🎙️
Today we're joined by @FabianCLanders to discuss how Targeted Drug Delivery is approached within the @angie_h2020 project.
Watch on #Youtube: https://t.co/QwsCThC68K
#horizoneu #podcast #targeteddrugdelivery #nanomedicine #research #stroke

[Satoshi Tateshima, MD, DMSc @STateshimaMD]

A magnetically steerable wire for neuro-intervention.

[Avril Drummond💙 @AvrilDrummond1]

Send your abstracts and come to Barcelona! #LifeAfterStroke @lisakidd22 @JonesFio @UKStrokeForum @JulietBou @rubina1402 @DoftpionCarina @JonBarrick1 @RCOT_NP