"Some college guys move coated wire with magnets" doesn't drum up admissions and donations and buff the reputation, but "MIT Engineers develop magnetic soft-continuum thread-like robot with lubricating hydrogel skin" does.
I'm not gonna lie. The idea of doctors steering a thin cable through my brain is one of nightmares.
But the fact that they're able to do so and save lives is a remarkable feat. I can only hope that we can eventually make most strokes much less debilitating.
Your experience sounds much better. I had a stuck 6mm kidney stone removed with laser under anaesthetic which after I had to walk around with a tube in my ureter for 6 weeks.