“Membrane micro emboss following excimer laser ablation (MeME-X) process” for pressure-driven micro active catheter

Abstract

We have developed MeME-X process to break-through the conventional miniaturization limit of the pressure-driven micro active catheter by two orders of magnitude. The world’s smallest micro active catheter of r∼200µm was successfully fabricated using MeME-X process. The catheter was made of thin biocompatible polymer membrane and actuated just by water pressure for safe intravascular surgery.