Performance evaluations of prototype of tube-type micropump using heart muscle cells actuator

TRANSDUCERS and EUROSENSORS '07 - 4th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 2219-2222

  Morishima, K ^a   Obata, T ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioactuator; Cardiomyocytes; Chemical Energy; Micropump

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; MICROSYSTEMS; PUMPS; SENSORS; TRANSDUCERS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

BIOACTUATOR; CARDIOMYOCYTES; CHEMICAL ENERGY; CONTRACTILE FORCE; DRIVING PART; FLOW-THROUGH; HEART MUSCLE CELLS; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; MECHANICAL FORCES; MICRO PUMPING; MICROPUMP; NOVEL DESIGN; PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS; PROTOTYPING; SOLID-STATE SENSORS; THIN MEMBRANES; TUBE-TYPE;

MUSCLE;

EID: 50049127201     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SENSOR.2007.4300609     Document Type: Conference Paper

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