Nanobots with embedded biosensors
View Patent ↗The present invention relates to medical nanobots with embedded biosensors for real-time and continuous in-vivo anatomic localization, diagnosis, disease surveillance, and therapeutic intervention.
1. A system which receives biological data, comprising:
a nanobot configured to be disposed within a human body, said nanobot having at least one embedded biosensor, said biosensor which operates in real-time to continuously obtain data from within the human body;
a transmitter/receiver disposed on said nanobot which transmits said data to an external transmitter/receiver;
an anatomic localizer which provides data on a position of said nanobot within the human body to said external transmitter/receiver; and
a processor configured to receive said data from said external transmitter/receiver of said nanobot, and analyze said data to determine anatomic localization of said nanobot at said position within the human body.
2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
an appendage disposed on said nanobot, said appendage which is a functional appendage.
3. The system of claim 2 , wherein said appendage is at least one of a camera, a cutting implement, a propulsion device, an attachment mechanism, or a collection device.
4. The system of claim 3 , further comprising:
a storage area disposed within said nanobot.
5. The system of claim 4 , further comprising:
a secondary storage device to which contents of said storage area are transferred.
6. The system of claim 3 , wherein each said nanobot can physically attach to another nanobot by aggregation using said attachment mechanism, to complete a designated action.
7. The system of claim 3 , wherein said nanobot is self-propelled using said propulsion device, such that said nanobot can be transported to said position within said human body designated by said anatomic localizer.
8. The system of claim 1 , wherein a position of said nanobot within said human body is time-stamped.
9. The system of claim 1 , wherein a position of said nanobot within said human body is stationary or fixed.
10. The system of claim 1 , wherein said external transmitter/receiver is one of disposed internal to said human body or external to said human body.
11. The system of claim 1 , wherein said anatomic localizer emits a tracking signal which is received by a receiving sensor on said nanobot, such that said nanobot is deployed to said anatomic localizer by a location module which directs a location of said nanobot.
12. The system of claim 11 , wherein said tracking signal is one of an electromagnetic pulse, a microwave signal, a light, a sound, or a vibration.
13. The system of claim 12 , wherein a deployment nanobot deposits said anatomic localizers to said position in said human body.
14. The system of claim 13 , wherein said deployment nanobot propels said nanobot to said anatomic location.
15. The system of claim 3 , wherein a signal emitted from said transmitter/receiver on said nanobot, signals anatomic registration between said nanobot and said anatomic localizer.
16. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a motion sensor disposed in said nanobot which signals an alert when said nanobot becomes detached from said position.
17. The system of claim 16 , wherein said nanobot can be stopped from emitting data upon detachment from said position, to prevent migration of other nanobots to an incorrect anatomic location.
18. The system of claim 3 , wherein each nanobot emits a predetermined signal to identify it from other nanobots.
19. The system of claim 18 , wherein said external transmitter/receiver transmits said predetermined signal to all nanobots which fulfill a predetermined criteria.
20. The system of claim 18 , wherein a specialized signal is transmitted from said external transmitter/receiver to all nanobots within a designated predetermined class of nanobots.