Optimization of valveless micropump for drug delivery

Author

Jiaqi Wang ; Aw, Kean C. ; Sharma, Ritu

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Univ. of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

fYear

2014

fDate

13-16 April 2014

Firstpage

86

Lastpage

88

Abstract

With controlled drug delivery system, appropriate and effective amount of drug can be precisely delivered at appropriate time by a micropump. This is achieved with the use of diffuser and nozzle elements that eliminate the need for valve mechanism simplifying the micropump design and fabrication. A preliminary valveless micropump prototype has been demonstrated and the systematic optimization to improve the performance at low Reynolds number (Re <; 100), typical in drug delivery system, is presented here.

Keywords

bioMEMS; biodiffusion; drug delivery systems; microfabrication; micropumps; nozzles; optimisation; Reynolds number; controlled drug delivery system; diffuser; micropump design; micropump fabrication; nozzle elements; preliminary valveless micropump prototype; systematic optimization; valve mechanism; valveless micropump optimization; Clamps; Drug delivery; Market research; Micropumps; Prototypes; Strips; Drug delivery; IPMC; Micro-pump; Valveless;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems (NEMS), 2014 9th IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Waikiki Beach, HI

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NEMS.2014.6908765

Filename

6908765