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Design and Testing of a New Force-Sensing Cell Microinjector Based on Soft Flexure Mechanism | |
Yuzhang Wei; Qingsong Xu | |
2019-08-01 | |
Source Publication | IEEE Sensors Journal |
ISSN | 1530-437X |
Volume | 19Issue:15Pages:6012-6019 |
Abstract | Cell microinjection plays an important role in biological and medical fields. As compared with manual cell microinjection and position-based robotic cell microinjection, force-assisted robotic cell microinjection can improve the success rate and survival rate of the injected cells. In this paper, a novel force-sensing cell microinjector is proposed with a piezoresistive force sensor embedded in soft-material-based flexure mechanism. The soft flexures act as fixed-guided beams, which are introduced to achieve the force measurement with high sensitivity in pure one-degree-of-freedom direction. The microinjector is developed by considering the installation and replacement issues of the micropipette and the connection between the micropipette and the tube of compressed air. Four different prototypes of the cell microinjector with force sensor are fabricated, calibrated, and compared. Results show that the resolution and measurement ranges of an embedded force sensor are 0.65 mN and 16.5 mN, respectively. Experimental study on microinjection of crab eggs is conducted to validate the performance of the fabricated microinjector in practice. |
Keyword | Flexure Mechanism Force Sensing Mechanical Design Microinjection Micromanipulation Soft Sensor |
DOI | 10.1109/JSEN.2019.2909533 |
URL | View the original |
Indexed By | SCIE |
Language | 英語English |
WOS Research Area | Engineering ; Instruments & Instrumentation ; Physics |
WOS Subject | Engineering, Electrical & Electronic ; Instruments & Instrumentation ; Physics, Applied |
WOS ID | WOS:000474591000007 |
Scopus ID | 2-s2.0-85068693183 |
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Document Type | Journal article |
Collection | DEPARTMENT OF ELECTROMECHANICAL ENGINEERING |
Corresponding Author | Qingsong Xu |
Affiliation | Department of Electromechanical Engineering,Faculty of Science and Technology,University of Macau,Macau,Macao |
First Author Affilication | Faculty of Science and Technology |
Corresponding Author Affilication | Faculty of Science and Technology |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Yuzhang Wei,Qingsong Xu. Design and Testing of a New Force-Sensing Cell Microinjector Based on Soft Flexure Mechanism[J]. IEEE Sensors Journal, 2019, 19(15), 6012-6019. |
APA | Yuzhang Wei., & Qingsong Xu (2019). Design and Testing of a New Force-Sensing Cell Microinjector Based on Soft Flexure Mechanism. IEEE Sensors Journal, 19(15), 6012-6019. |
MLA | Yuzhang Wei,et al."Design and Testing of a New Force-Sensing Cell Microinjector Based on Soft Flexure Mechanism".IEEE Sensors Journal 19.15(2019):6012-6019. |
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