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They discovered that a “C” shape resembling Pac-Man from the 1980 video game series seemed to be best, and one of the biologists used microsurgical tools to carve the xenobots into that design.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 2, 2021

Dr. Silber said that he had performed more than 2,000 kidney transplants in rats, which required microsurgical techniques to sew together minute blood vessels the same size as those in human testicles.

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2019

Our thoughts might control a robot on the surface of Mars or a microsurgical bot navigating the inside of the human body.

From The Verge • Jun. 5, 2014

In real life, leeches are routinely used at trauma centers and for microsurgical procedures to keep blood flowing, thanks to their production of natural anticoagulants.

From Scientific American • Jul. 30, 2013

Yarber's microsurgical procedure involved the transplantation from her sister to her of a thin strip of cortical tissue � the part of the ovary that produces eggs.

From Time Magazine Archive