Incorporation of novel MEMS tactile sensors into tissue engineered skin

2010 4th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, iCBBE 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Muhammad, H B ^a   Hunt, N C ^b   Shelton, R M ^a   Grover, L M ^b   Ward, M C L ^a   Oddo, C M ^c   Recchiuto, C T ^c   Beccai, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b School of Engineering   (United Kingdom)

^c SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mems tactile sensors; Pharmaceutical testing; Regenerative medicine; Skin; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TESTING; DAILY TASKS; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; PHARMACEUTICAL TESTING; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; SILICON-BASED MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; TACTILE SENSATION; TACTILE SENSORS;

BIOINFORMATICS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; DRUG PRODUCTS PLANTS; ENGINEERING; MEDICINE; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; SENSOR ARRAYS; TISSUE;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 77956134583     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICBBE.2010.5516011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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