Small, soft, and safe microactuator for retinal pigment epithelium transplantation

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 659-662

  Watanabe, Yusaku ^a   Maeda, Masanori ^b   Yaji, Naoko ^b   Nakamura, Ryoichi ^b   Iseki, Hiroshi ^b   Yamato, Masayuki ^b   Okano, Teruo ^b   Hori, Sadao ^b   Konishi, Satoshi ^a  

^a RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ALDEHYDES; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; FLUID MECHANICS; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICS; MECHATRONICS; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; PACKET NETWORKS; PAPER SHEETING; PNEUMATICS; REACTIVE ION ETCHING; SURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

HEAD SIZE; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO TESTS; INDEPENDENT CONTROL; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; MICRO ACTUATORS; MICRO-ELECTRO MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; PNEUMATIC BALLOON; PNEUMATIC PRESSURE; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RPE SHEET;

TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

EID: 40949093010     PISSN: 10846999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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