• DocumentCode
    1873188
  • Title

    Minimally invasive needle-free bubble injector for gene therapy

  • Author

    Takahashi, Kazuki ; Omi, Shun ; Yamanishi, Yoko

  • Author_Institution
    Shibaura Inst. of Technol., Tokyo, Japan
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    18-22 Jan. 2015
  • Firstpage
    655
  • Lastpage
    657
  • Abstract
    We have successfully developed minimally-invasive needle-free bubble-injector designed for usage in air. The novelty is that minimally-invasiveness of injection whose resolution is less than 10 m, and hence cellular-scale and painless injection can be obtained. The bubble-injector can be employed to any kind of materials with wide range of hardness using strong impact of cavitation. The fine adjustment of invasiveness of injection can be controlled by the number of applied electric pulses. The developed injector can be used for wide range of biomedical study, especially in gene therapy.
  • Keywords
    biomedical equipment; cavitation; genetics; hardness; patient treatment; cavitation impact; cellular-scale injection; electric pulses; gene therapy; hardness; minimally invasive needle-free bubble injector; painless injection; Electrodes; Electron tubes; Fabrication; Glass; Robustness; Shock absorbers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), 2015 28th IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Estoril
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MEMSYS.2015.7051042
  • Filename
    7051042