The cover illustrates that a contractile soft robotic actuator implanted above the diaphragm can augment its respiratory performance (as indicated by the right half of the image).
A soft robotic ventilator for assisting inspiration
A contractile soft robotic actuator implanted above the diaphragm in pigs with respiratory insufficiency restores the animals’ respiratory performance.
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Chief Editor, Nature Biomedical Engineering, Nature Research
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Nature Biomedical Engineering
This journal aspires to become the most prominent publishing venue in biomedical engineering by bringing together the most important advances in the discipline, enhancing their visibility, and providing overviews of the state of the art in each field.
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