Title : 
Micropipette motion detection by using optical fiber sensors
         
        
            Author : 
Ergenc, Ali Fuat ; Olgac, Nejat
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Connecticut Univ., Storrs, CT, USA
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
A novel noncontact sensing device is developed to detect the tip displacements of a glass pipette. The preliminary results are presented for the conceived technique.
         
        
            Keywords : 
biomedical equipment; biomedical measurement; cellular biophysics; fibre optic sensors; glass pipette; intracytoplasmic sperm injection; micropipette motion detection; noncontact sensing device; optical fiber sensor; tip displacement; Bandwidth; Biomembranes; Cameras; Fiber lasers; Glass; Motion detection; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Optical sensors; Optical signal processing;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Bioengineering Conference, 2005. Proceedings of the IEEE 31st Annual Northeast
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
0-7803-9105-5
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
0-7803-9106-3
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/NEBC.2005.1432018