Optimal Structure of Particles-based Superparamagnetic Microrobots
Abstract
This paper presents an optimal design strategy for therapeutic magnetic
micro carriers (TMMC) guided in real time by a magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI) system. As aggregates of TMMC must be formed to carry
the most amount of drug and magnetic actuation capability, different
clustering agglomerations could be arranged. Nevertheless, its difficult
to predict the hydrodynamic behavior of any arbitrary-shaped object
due to the nonlinear hydrodynamic effects. Indeed, the drag effect
is related not only to the properties of the bolus but also to its
interaction with the fluid viscosity, the free-stream velocity and
the container geometry. In this work, we propose a mathematical framework
to optimize the TMMC aggregates to improve the steering efficiency
in experimental endovascular conditions. The proposed analysis is
carried out on various sizes and geometries of microcarrier: spherical,
ellipsoid-like and chain-like of microsphere structures. We analyze
the magnetophoretic behavior of such designs to exhibit the optimal
configuration. Based on the optimal design of the boluses, experimental
investigations were carried out in mm-sized fluidic artery phantoms
to demonstrate the steerability of the magnetic bolus using a proof-of-concept
setup. The experiments demonstrate the steerability of the magnetic
bolus under different velocity, shear-stress and trajectory constraints
with a laminar viscous fluidic environment. Preliminary experiments
with a MRI system confirms the feasibility of the steering of these
TMMCs in hepatic artery microchannel phantom.
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