On-Chip enucleation of bovine oocytes using microrobot-assisted flow-speed control

Micromachines

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 272-285

  Feng, Lin ^a   Hagiwara, Masaya ^b   Ichikawa, Akihiko ^a   Arai, Fumihito ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetically driven microtool; Microfluidic chip; Oocyte enucleation

Indexed keywords

FLOW DISTRIBUTION; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCES; LOCAL FLUID FLOW; MAGNETICALLY DRIVEN MICROTOOL; MICRO FLUIDIC SYSTEM; MICROFLUIDIC CHIP; MINIMALLY INVASIVE; OOCYTE ENUCLEATION;

FLUIDIC DEVICES;

DATA COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

EID: 84885134515     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2072666X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/mi4020272     Document Type: Article

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