1. INTRODUCTION
Over 90,000 people suffer from nervous system injuries every year (Stabenfeldt, García & Laplaca, 2006) while spinal cord injury alone affects 10,000 people each year (Prang et al., 2006). The new invention, NeuRobot, a kind of nanorobot which is defined as a controllable machine at the nanometer scale that are composed of nano-scale components and algorithmically respond to input forces and information, is believed to bring the nanotechnology to the next level and be the answer to the incurable impairment of nervous system.
2. DESCRIPTION
Figure 1: A Figure Showing the Mechanical Structure of NeuRobot
2.1 MECHANICAL STRUCTURE
As shown in Figure 1, with a radius of 10 micrometers, the central part of NeuRobot consists …show more content…
The aim of all the so-called conventional treatments is only to help a person adapt to life with paralysis by making them as independent as possible. For example, a range of mobility aids, such as wheelchairs and orthoses, are used to compensate muscle weakness. Most people use a catheter which is a thin, flexible tube inserted through a hole in the abdomen to empty urine from their bladder. People with breathing difficulty need a ventilator which carries out the job of the diaphragm by controlling lung pressure. Basically, all these are helping the patients to cope with paralysis but not to cure the illness …show more content…
CONCLUSION
No longer needed to be bound to the mobility aids or assistive machines for the rest of their lives, NeuRobot offers hope for millions of paralysis sufferers worldwide. Together with the critical properties of being biocompatible, stable and permanent, the expectation is that NeuRobot can achieve substantially increased rates of therapeutic success compared to conventional remedies. Due to the immature integration technology, the development of the fully functional NeuRobot is rather challenging. However, owing to the scientific advancement on the fields of nanorobotic manipulation, it is predicted that the most critical elements of the treatment will reach a sufficient technological maturity to produce the fully functional NeuRobots.
In light of all the unprecedented benefits, the astonishing breakthrough and the readily available technologies, NeuRobot, is believed to be the revolutionary antidote to the impairment of the nervous system and the ultimate solution to the heavy demand for medical
Over 90,000 people suffer from nervous system injuries every year (Stabenfeldt, García & Laplaca, 2006) while spinal cord injury alone affects 10,000 people each year (Prang et al., 2006). The new invention, NeuRobot, a kind of nanorobot which is defined as a controllable machine at the nanometer scale that are composed of nano-scale components and algorithmically respond to input forces and information, is believed to bring the nanotechnology to the next level and be the answer to the incurable impairment of nervous system.
2. DESCRIPTION
Figure 1: A Figure Showing the Mechanical Structure of NeuRobot
2.1 MECHANICAL STRUCTURE
As shown in Figure 1, with a radius of 10 micrometers, the central part of NeuRobot consists …show more content…
The aim of all the so-called conventional treatments is only to help a person adapt to life with paralysis by making them as independent as possible. For example, a range of mobility aids, such as wheelchairs and orthoses, are used to compensate muscle weakness. Most people use a catheter which is a thin, flexible tube inserted through a hole in the abdomen to empty urine from their bladder. People with breathing difficulty need a ventilator which carries out the job of the diaphragm by controlling lung pressure. Basically, all these are helping the patients to cope with paralysis but not to cure the illness …show more content…
CONCLUSION
No longer needed to be bound to the mobility aids or assistive machines for the rest of their lives, NeuRobot offers hope for millions of paralysis sufferers worldwide. Together with the critical properties of being biocompatible, stable and permanent, the expectation is that NeuRobot can achieve substantially increased rates of therapeutic success compared to conventional remedies. Due to the immature integration technology, the development of the fully functional NeuRobot is rather challenging. However, owing to the scientific advancement on the fields of nanorobotic manipulation, it is predicted that the most critical elements of the treatment will reach a sufficient technological maturity to produce the fully functional NeuRobots.
In light of all the unprecedented benefits, the astonishing breakthrough and the readily available technologies, NeuRobot, is believed to be the revolutionary antidote to the impairment of the nervous system and the ultimate solution to the heavy demand for medical