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Article: Micro-miniature medicine: reducing the size of electronics increases implantable possibilities.
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- Designfax
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- January 1, 2003
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Few markets have witnessed as significant an impact from the miniaturization of electronics as products for the medical profession. With consumer devices, the reduction in form factor enhances the portability of "fun" objects like CD players and cameras. The military depends on size reduction for increasing the tools of the foot soldier. In medicine, however, a smaller package permits new avenues for treating a patient directly at the source of the complaint. In time, micro-miniaturization may even produce the nanobots of today's fantasies, devices injected into the bloodstream to clear arterial blockages and assault tumors.
For now, however, advances in ...