Title :
Optimization of drug cocktail on an integrated microfluidic system
Author :
Wen-Yen Huang ; Kuan Wang ; Gwo-Bin Lee
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Power Mech. Eng., Nat. Tsing Hua Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
Abstract :
Optimization of drug cocktails has been an important issue for a number of therapies of complicated diseases; however, it is an extremely task using traditional methods. Here we demonstrate a new microfluidic platform capable of automatically dispensing, mixing a small amount of drug combinations, and adding them to the cell cultures such that a precise and fine-tuned drug cocktails may be formed for the subsequent cell-level testing. Our proposed system could decrease manual bias and enhance the throughput of drug cocktail formulation on an automated and minituriazed microfluidic system.
Keywords :
bioMEMS; diseases; drug delivery systems; microfluidics; mixing; automated microfluidic system; cell cultures; cell-level testing; diseases; drug cocktail formulation; drug cocktail optimization; drug combinations; integrated microfluidic system; minituriazed microfluidic system; mixing; therapies; DNA; Drugs; Indexes; Liquids; Microfluidics; Optimization; Power capacitors;
Conference_Titel :
Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), 2015 28th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Estoril
DOI :
10.1109/MEMSYS.2015.7051043