The new design could one day provide continuous, consistent drug dispersal without succumbing to fibrosis complications.
around the foreign object, thus eventually forcing the implant to malfunction or fail. This reaction can drastically limit a procedure’s efficacy, but a new breakthrough combining soft robotics and artificial intelligence could soon clear the troublesome hurdle., a collaboration between researchers at MIT and the University of Galway resulted in new medical device tech that relies on AI and a malleable body to evade scar tissue buildup.
“Imagine a therapeutic implant that can also sense its environment and respond as needed using AI,” Rachel Beatty, co-lead author and postdoctoral candidate at the University of Galway,. “This approach could generate revolutionary changes in implantable drug delivery for a range of chronic diseases.”
The technology’s secret weapon is its conductive, porous membrane capable of detecting when it is becoming blocked by scar tissue. When this begins to occur, a machine learning algorithm kicks in to oversee an emerging treatment known as mechanotherapy, in which soft robotic implants inflate and deflate at various speeds and sizes to deter scar tissue formation.
Beyond diabetes, they envision a future where the device can be easily adapted to a variety of medical situations and drug delivery regimens. According to Duffy, the advances could soon “provide consistent and responsive dosing over long periods, without clinician involvement, enhancing efficacy and reducing the need for device replacement because of fibrosis,” he said in the August 31 statement.Andrew Paul is Popular Science's staff writer covering tech news.
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