A digital miniature pump for medical applications

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 519-523

  Hu, Min ^a   Du, Hejun ^a   Ling, Shihfu ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic actuator; Linear peristaltic pump; Logical control system; Portable infusion system

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL SENSORS;

DIGITAL MINIATURE PUMPS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC PUMPS;

EID: 0036971663     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2002.805620     Document Type: Article

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