• DocumentCode
    1717645
  • Title

    A high performance bidirectional micropump for a novel artificial sphincter system

  • Author

    Doll, A. ; Reimers, S. ; Heinrichs, M. ; Goldschmidtboeing, F. ; Schrag, H.-J. ; Hopt, U.T. ; Woias, P.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. for Microsystem Technol., Univ. of Freiburg, Germany
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2005
  • Firstpage
    188
  • Abstract
    We present the design, fabrication and testing of a novel medical implant based on a high performance silicon micropump. An analytical model was exploited for further optimization of our micropump design. The experimental data obtained are in a good accordance with theory. Two sphincter prostheses of different sizes were developed and tested. Their general medical capability as a prosthesis has been proven.
  • Keywords
    micromachining; micropumps; muscle; prosthetics; silicon; Si; artificial sphincter system; bidirectional micropump; medical implant; silicon micropump; sphincter prostheses; Fabrication; Hospitals; Humans; Implants; Medical tests; Micropumps; Muscles; Prosthetics; Pumps; Reservoirs;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, 2005. Digest of Technical Papers. TRANSDUCERS '05. The 13th International Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8994-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/SENSOR.2005.1496390
  • Filename
    1496390