Foetoscope (IMAGE)
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The thin foetoscope is guided through the abdominal wall to the placenta. Small magnets in its tip react to an externally generated magnetic field, enabling the instrument to be bent with precision. The robotic platform is designed to occlude shared blood vessels in the placenta of twins with twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome.
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(Graphic created with BioRender.com: ETH Zurich)
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