FUTURE TECH
The INS will utilize nanobots that are injected into the bloodstream through a syringe, breaking down the blood clot using the necessary tools. The purpose of this device would be to create a new way to treat ischemic strokes without the need of a catheter. A trained doctor would navigate the nanobots to the location of the blood clot. The nanobots will be made of material named silicon, because of its ability to be easily manipulated and controlled, along with being able to shrink the size to much smaller. The main problem of a creating such a small bot would be the power source. A small, silicon battery would be best, called silicon electrodes, or alucone,
which is about 150 nanometers wide. Rather than creating a small, functional battery that is able to fit the interior, a battery that retains a small shape and rechargeable would suit better. Magnetic fields outside would charge the battery. In order for the robot to fully manage to move itself through the blood stream, we would attach legs to the end, serving as a swimming tail for the bot. To remove the bot, the doctor would magnetically attract the nanobots to a specific location and then extract them with a needle, similar to how doctors draw blood. The inside of the nanobot will have claws that will cut away at the blockage and remove the clot, and another nanobot accompanying it will encase the plaque. The Injected Nanobot System, or INS, will have a varying amount of each type of nanobot for each patient, usually 1-2 for the plaque destroying nanobot and 2-3 for the plaque encasing nanobot. Navigation of the robot would be to use ultrasonic signals to detect the nanorobot's location and direct it to the right destination, where the blood clot is. Doctors would beam ultrasonic signals into the patient's body. The signals would either pass through the body; reflect back to the source of the signals, or both. The nanorobot could emit pulses of ultrasonic signals, which doctors could detect using special equipment with ultrasonic sensors. Doctors could keep track of the nanorobot's location and maneuver it to the right part of the patient's body. Using a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) device, doctors could locate and track a nanorobot by detecting its magnetic field.