Automatic cell cutting by high-precision microfluidic control

Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Ichikawa, Akihiko ^a   Tanikawa, Tamio ^a   Akagi, Satoshi ^b   Ohba, Kohtaro ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LIVESTOCK AND GRASSLAND SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Automation; Biomanipulation; Cloning; Micro manipulation; Microfluidics

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CHANNEL FLOW; CLONE CELLS; CLONING; FLUIDIC DEVICES; MAMMALS; MICROBEADS; MICROCHANNELS; MICROMANIPULATORS; PUMPS; SYRINGES; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

BIOMANIPULATION; CONTROL EXPERIMENTS; MICRO MANIPULATION; MICROFLUIDIC CHANNEL; MICROFLUIDIC CONTROL; MICROSCOPIC IMAGE; POSITIONING CONTROL; PRESSURE TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL CELLS; AUTOMATED CELL; HIGH VELOCITY; HIGH-PRECISION; MICROBEADS; MICROCHANNEL FLOW; MICROFLUIDIC CHIP; MINIMUM FLOW; PI CONTROL; SYRINGE PUMPS; TEFLON TUBES;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 84856294826     PISSN: 09153942     EISSN: 18838049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20965/jrm.2011.p0013     Document Type: Article

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