The Navion, a clinical-scale electromagnetic navigation system, is the result of over 20 years of development. Its motivation began in 2003 with the goal of controlling the motion of magnetic microrobots; however, its first clinical use is proving to be for guiding magnetic catheters, guidewires and endoscopes.
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B.J.N. is a co-inventor on patents related to eMNS systems and a co-founder of MagnetbotiX AG and Nanoflex Robotics AG, two companies that market the Navion. He is the Founding Chairman of Nanoflex Robotics.
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Nelson, B.J. An electromagnetic robot for navigating medical devices. Nat Rev Bioeng (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44222-024-00174-5
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