Design and construction of a micropump for drug delivery applications
Contribuinte(s) |
Li, Yan Yang, Jiajia Wen, Peng Wu, Jinglong |
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Data(s) |
01/01/2010
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Resumo |
This paper presents design, construction, and evaluation of a micropump for drug delivery applications. The proposed micropump consists of three components: fluidics, electronics, and software. The fluidics component includes a silicone elastic diaphragm, a microservo, housing and two check valves. The diaphragm is modeled and simulated to establish its geometrical specifications. The housing is built using a rapid prototype machine. The electronics component consists of a microcontroller, a microswitch array, a simple display and a power unit. The software component is written in C and receives inputs from user, controls the microservo speed and displays the programmed speed. A number of experiments are conducted to evaluate the performance and capabilities of the micropump. The experiments focus on measurement of flow rate, dosage and duration of operation. A discussion of the performance and capabilities of the developed micropump is also given.<br /> |
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Idioma(s) |
eng |
Publicador |
IEEE |
Relação |
http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30029822/kouzani-designand-2010.pdf http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30029822/kouzani-designandconstruction-2010.pdf |
Direitos |
2010, IEEE. |
Palavras-Chave | #MEMS #Micropump #Drug Delivery |
Tipo |
Conference Paper |