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Scientists in Netherlands have mimicked the way parasitoid wasps lay eggs to design a new tool for keyhole surgery. Currently tools used in these procedures are prone to clogging because they use suction. The new device avoids this by using friction.

The team, at Delft University of Technology, have a working prototype and hope the tool will be ready within a few years.

Voice: Patrick Aryee
Digital producers: Christopher Brooks and Jennifer Green
Animator: Jules Bartl
With thanks to Dr Aim茅e Sakes and Prof Paul Breedveld at TUDelft and Andrew Forbes, Associate Professor at University of Iowa

(Image: Artwork of an operating theatre, Credit: 麻豆约拍/Jules Bartl)