The paper, titled "Sensory Artificial Cilia for In Situ Monitoring of Airway ... conjunction with an airway stent within an artificial trachea and sheep trachea. Sensing signals are transferred ...

Researchers from Vanderbilt University have developed a system of artificial cilia that can reportedly monitor mucus ...

A system of artificial cilia capable of monitoring mucus conditions ... or in conjunction with an airway stent within an artificial trachea and sheep trachea. Sensing signals are transferred ...

Cilia are small hairs which beat to push the mucus back up the trachea so it can be swallowed and destroyed in the stomach. Clean air then enters the two bronchi, one bronchus going to each lung.