Fabrication of a controllable bio-micropump driven by skeletal muscle cells

TRANSDUCERS 2009 - 15th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 124-127

  Kogure, Tsukasa ^a   Akiyama, Yoshitake ^a   Hoshino, Takayuki ^a   Morishima, Keisuke ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioactuator; Electrical stimulation; Micropump; Skeletal muscle cell

Indexed keywords

BIOACTUATORS; DRIVE FORCE; DRIVING FORCES; ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; MICRO PATTERN; MICRO PUMP; PARALLEL LINE; RAT SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE CELLS;

ACTUATORS; CYTOLOGY; DIAPHRAGMS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; MICROCHANNELS; MICROSYSTEMS; MUSCLE; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PUMPS; SILICONES; SOLID-STATE SENSORS; SPACECRAFT;

CELLS;

EID: 71449086569     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SENSOR.2009.5285549     Document Type: Conference Paper

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