Modeling and characterization of a nanoliter drug-delivery MEMS micropump with circular bossed membrane

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 164-175

  Yih, Tachung C ^a   Wei, Chiming ^b   Hammad, Bashar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bossed membrane; Characterization; Drug delivery; MEMS; Micropump; Modeling; Nanoliter

Indexed keywords

BOSSED MEMBRANE; DRUG DELIVERY; MEMS; MICROPUMP; NANOLITER;

COMPOSITION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FLOW RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SOLID; THEORY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; INFUSION PUMPS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICROCHEMISTRY; MICROFLUIDICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOMEDICINE;

EID: 33645670678     PISSN: 15499634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2005.01.002     Document Type: Article

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