Piezo-Assisted Intra-Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection: A Comparative Study of Two Penetration Techniques

Author

Putra, Andi Sudjana ; Huang, Sunan ; Tan, Kok Kiong ; Ng, Soon Chye ; Panda, Sanjib Kumar ; Lee, Tong Heng ; Tay, Arthur

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore

fYear

2007

fDate

1-3 Oct. 2007

Firstpage

13

Lastpage

17

Abstract

This paper discusses the application of piezo-actuator in intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). Specifically, it presents a comparative study of two techniques in the penetration of oocyte (egg cell) : linear-reciprocating and partially-rotating techniques. The other conditions during penetration, including media preparation, installation, and controller, are maintained the same during the operation. The experiment shows that piezo-assisted ICSI achieves better results compared to manual ICSI even when mercury is not used (as is usually the case). Furthermore, partially-rotating technique causes less vibration to the oocyte compared to linear-reciprocating technique.

Keywords

biomedical engineering; piezoelectric actuators; linear-reciprocating techniques; media preparation; oocyte penetration techniques; partially-rotating techniques; piezoassisted intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Biomembranes; Capacitive sensors; Conducting materials; Control systems; Frequency; In vitro fertilization; Laboratories; Mice; Safety; Stress; ICSI; penetration; piezo-actuator; vibration;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Control Applications, 2007. CCA 2007. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0442-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0443-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCA.2007.4389198

Filename

4389198