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Coverage dated October 12, 2026 to October 13, 2026

Two Tiny Magnetic Robots Could Replace Open-Heart Surgery, Study Says

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Robots the size of a pencil tip could soon deliver antibiotics directly into infected heart tissue.

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  1. ZME Science

    Scientists Built Tiny Robots That Could Treat Dangerous Heart Infections from Within (opens ZME Science)

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    ZME Science's feed description

    Two magnetic robots work together to avoid invasive surgery.

  2. MedicalXpress

    Tiny robots speed medicine through body to the heart (opens MedicalXpress)

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    MedicalXpress's feed description

    Johns Hopkins University engineers have created robots the size of a pencil tip intended to travel through the body to deliver medicine to infections inside a beating heart.

  3. Forbes

    Two Tiny Magnetic Robots Could Replace Open-Heart Surgery, Study Says (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    Robots the size of a pencil tip could soon deliver antibiotics directly into infected heart tissue.