Tiny, Injected Robots Could Revolutionize Eye Surgery

A device tiny enough to be injected into the eye without anesthetic could change the practice of eye surgery, according to a Wall Street Daily report.

The tiny robots, developed by a team of researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, could herald a new era of non-invasive surgery. The device essentially works as a magnet controlled by an electro-magnetic field outside the eye and requires that providers precisely control the fields and currents through electro-magnets.

The device has been tested on synthetic eyes or the eyes of dead animals thus far, but researchers have plans to use living animal trials and then human trials in the future. According to the report, if the device could fit into a 23-gauge needle, it could be injected into the eye with only topical anesthetic or even with no anesthetic at all. The device would also not require a suture.

Read the Wall Street Daily report on robot eye surgery.

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