---
title: "Researchers Create a Nanotech Device That Can Destroy Blood Clots"
description: "Scientists have used nanoparticles to eliminate blood clots in the form of a field kit to be carried by medics on reaching the scene of a suspected heart attack or stroke case."
date: "2015-08-10"
modified: "2015-08-13"
authors:
  - name: "Hashem AL-ghaili"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/hashem_al-ghaili"
url: "https://futurism.com/researcher-create-a-nanotech-device-that-can-destroy-blood-clots"
categories:
  - "Future Materials"
  - "Nanotech"
  - "Science & Energy"
tags:
  - "medical"
---

# Researchers Create a Nanotech Device That Can Destroy Blood Clots

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/98328-050-4f03cfd9.jpg>)

- The new technology is composed of "a nanoparticle packed with a clot destroying compound. The outer shell of the nanoparticle is equipped with an antibody that is designed to target the cells that form blood clots (also known as activated platelets).
- The device could be used by paramedics in the location where someone who has suffered from a heart attack or stroke has been found. No specialist equipment is needed to deliver the treatment.
- The nanoparticles have been tested out using animals. The next step is try the particles out on people, through clinical trials.

### Author social links  
[Facebook](<https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010193103090>)  
[LinkedIn](<https://de.linkedin.com/in/hashem-al-ghaili-1b30679b>)