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From: jwill@cabell.vcu.edu (J. Sherwood Williams)
Subject: Re: Chip robots...why havn't we seen them yet?
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I think one possible application for such a device would be in the
creation of sugical robots .... perhaps small enough to slide down a
needle-sized tube and do plaque removal in arteries. Perhaps to be
left inside a cancer patient to remove newly-grown tumor tissue
before it becomes a problem. 



                              Robert S. Williams, MD
