US 12,246,144 B2
Guidewire steering micro-robot
Hong Soo Choi, Daegu (KR); Jun Sun Hwang, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Jin Young Kim, Daegu (KR); Beom Joo Kim, Daegu (KR); Hyunki Lee, Daegu (KR); Sung Jun Lim, Daegu (KR); and Hwajun Jeong, Incheon (KR)
Assigned to Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology, (KR)
Filed by Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology, Hyeonpung-myeon (KR)
Filed on Oct. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/499,638.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0156778 (KR), filed on Nov. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0160999 A1, May 26, 2022
Int. Cl. A61M 25/01 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 25/0158 (2013.01) [A61M 25/0138 (2013.01); A61M 2205/583 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A guidewire steering micro-robot comprising:
a guidewire; and
a steering unit provided at an end portion of the guidewire, the steering unit comprising a magnetic body to control and steer a position of the guidewire by an external magnetic field, and a connector connecting the guidewire and the steering unit, the magnetic body being contained within the connector,
wherein the steering unit further comprises a position display unit configured to absorb and emit a light irradiated from an outside of a body of a patient.