Zimmermann Coy J, Schraeder Tyler, Reynolds Brandon, DeBoer Emily M, Neeves Keith B, Marr David W M
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, USA.
Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA.
Nano Sel. 2022 Jul;3(7):1185-1191. doi: 10.1002/nano.202100353. Epub 2022 Mar 7.
For disease of the lung, the physical key to effective inhalation-based therapy is size; too large (10's of μm) and the particles or droplets do not remain suspended in air to reach deep within the lungs, too small (subμm) and they are simply exhaled without deposition. μBots within this ideal low-μm size range however are challenging to fabricate and would lead to devices that lack the speed and power necessary for performing work throughout the pulmonary network. To uncouple size from structure and function, here we demonstrate an approach where individual building blocks are aerosolized and subsequently assembled in situ into μbots capable of translation, drug delivery, and mechanical work deep within lung mimics. With this strategy, a variety of pulmonary diseases previously difficult to treat may now be receptive to μbot-based therapies.
对于肺部疾病,基于吸入疗法的有效物理关键在于尺寸;颗粒或液滴尺寸过大(数十微米),则无法悬浮在空气中深入肺部;尺寸过小(亚微米级),则会直接呼出而不沉积。然而,处于这一理想低微米尺寸范围内的微型机器人制造具有挑战性,并且会导致设备缺乏在整个肺部网络中执行工作所需的速度和动力。为了将尺寸与结构和功能分离,我们在此展示一种方法,即单个构建模块被雾化,随后在原位组装成能够在肺部模拟物中进行平移、药物递送和机械工作的微型机器人。通过这种策略,以前难以治疗的多种肺部疾病现在可能适用于基于微型机器人的疗法。
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