Title :
PDMS balloon pump with a microfluidic regulator for the continuous drug supply in low flow rate
Author :
Mukouyama, Yumi ; Morimoto, Yuya ; Habasaki, Shohei ; Okitsu, Teru ; Takeuchi, Shoji
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Ind. Sci., Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
This paper describes a small sized balloon pump for providing liquid in low flow rate without a driving source. The balloon pump is composed of a balloon tank and a microfluidic valve. The balloon tank can work as a reservoir to store liquid and an actuator to pump liquid. By connecting the microfluidic valve to the balloon tank, we achieved extremely low flow rates of the liquid. Therefore, our balloon pump will be applicable to implantable pumps for the continuous drug supply in low flow rates without batteries.
Keywords :
bioMEMS; drug delivery systems; microactuators; microfluidics; micropumps; PDMS balloon pump; actuator; balloon tank; continuous drug supply; implantable pumps; low flow rate; microfluidic regulator; microfluidic valve; Actuators; Liquids; Microchannels; Microfluidics; Partial discharges; Regulators; Valves;
Conference_Titel :
Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), 2015 28th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Estoril
DOI :
10.1109/MEMSYS.2015.7051045
