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EPFL researchers have invented a remarkably small and ultraflexible neurovascular microcatheter. Powered by blood flow, it can safely navigate the most intricately branched arteries in a matter of seconds. (Left-right): Selman Sakar, Julian Raub, and Mehdi Ali Gadiri

EPFL researchers have invented a remarkably small and ultraflexible neurovascular microcatheter. Powered by blood flow, it can safely navigate the most intricately branched arteries in a matter of seconds. (Left-right): Selman Sakar, Julian Raub, and Mehdi Ali Gadiri MagFlow and OmniMag

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Research and Tech Transfer , STI, Mechanical Engineering, Microengineering, Research and Tech Transfer
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EPFL/Alain Herzog
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CC0 Licence
Shooting date
Oct. 27, 2025
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Microcatheter delivers therapies to the tiniest blood vessels

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