Title :
Hydrogel-based contractile electrodes for stimulation of cells and tissues
Author :
Nishizawa, Masayasu
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Bioeng. & Robot., Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan
Abstract :
We developed techniques for preparing a muscular cells-arrayed hydrogel sheet and a microelectrodes-printed hydrogel sheet. The combination of these two hydrogel sheets enables the metabolic assay for muscular tissue under a controlled contractile motion.
Keywords :
biomechanics; biomedical electrodes; biomedical materials; cellular biophysics; hydrogels; lab-on-a-chip; materials preparation; muscle; cell stimulation; contractile motion control; hydrogel sheet combination; hydrogel-based contractile electrode; metabolic assay; microelectrode-printed hydrogel sheet preparation; muscular cells-arrayed hydrogel sheet preparation; muscular tissue; tissue stimulation; Films; Microelectrodes; Muscles; Polymers; Substrates; Sugar;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2013 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Osaka
DOI :
10.1109/EMBC.2013.6610127
