Development of micro-grippers for tissue and cell manipulation with direct morphological comparison

Micromachines

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1710-1728

  Cecchi, Rossana ^a   Verotti, Matteo ^a   Capata, Roberto ^a   Dochshanov, Alden M ^a   Broggiato, Giovanni Battista ^a   Crescenzi, Rocco ^a   Balucani, Marco ^a   Natali, Stefano ^a   Razzano, Giovanna ^a   Lucchese, Franco ^b   Bagolini, Alvise ^c   Bellutti, Pierluigi ^c   Sciubba, Enrico ^a   Belfiore, Nicola P ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell manipulation; MEMS; Microgripper; Tissue manipulation

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); GRIPPERS; HINGES; HISTOLOGY; MEMS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

BIOMEDICAL ANALYSIS; CELL MANIPULATION; CONJUGATE SURFACES; IN-VITRO ANALYSIS; MICROGRIPPER; MINIMALLY INVASIVE; NEW APPROACHES; TISSUE MANIPULATION;

TISSUE;

EID: 84949567535     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2072666X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/mi6111451     Document Type: Article

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