Grasping and Releasing Agarose micro Beads in Water Drops
The micromanipulation of micro objects is nowadays the focus of several investigations, specially in biomedical applications. Therefore, some manipulation tasks are required to be in aqueous environment and become more challenging because they depend upon observation and actuation methods that are c...
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doaj-e09d5f60573d4d2183888afd54bb03242020-11-25T00:11:29ZengMDPI AGMicromachines2072-666X2019-06-0110743610.3390/mi10070436mi10070436Grasping and Releasing Agarose micro Beads in Water DropsFederica Vurchio0Pietro Ursi1Alessio Buzzin2Andrea Veroli3Andrea Scorza4Matteo Verotti5Salvatore Andrea Sciuto6Nicola Pio Belfiore7Department of Engineering, University of Roma Tre, via della Vasca Navale 79, 00146 Rome, ItalyDepartment of General Surgery and Surgical Specialties “Paride Stefanini”, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Information Engineering, Electronic and Telecommunications, Sapienza University of Rome, Via Eudossiana, 18, 00184 Roma, ItalyDepartment of Information Engineering, Electronic and Telecommunications, Sapienza University of Rome, Via Eudossiana, 18, 00184 Roma, ItalyDepartment of Engineering, University of Roma Tre, via della Vasca Navale 79, 00146 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Mechanical, Energy, Management and Transportation Engineering University of Genoa, 16145 Genoa, ItalyDepartment of Engineering, University of Roma Tre, via della Vasca Navale 79, 00146 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Engineering, University of Roma Tre, via della Vasca Navale 79, 00146 Rome, ItalyThe micromanipulation of micro objects is nowadays the focus of several investigations, specially in biomedical applications. Therefore, some manipulation tasks are required to be in aqueous environment and become more challenging because they depend upon observation and actuation methods that are compatible with MEMS Technology based micromanipulators. This paper describes how three grasping-releasing based tasks have been successfully applied to agarose micro beads whose average size is about 60 <inline-formula> <math display="inline"> <semantics> <mi mathvariant="sans-serif">μ</mi> </semantics> </math> </inline-formula>m: (i) the extraction of a single micro bead from a water drop; (ii) the insertion of a single micro bead into the drop; (iii) the grasping of a single micro bead inside the drop. The success of the performed tasks rely on the use of a microgripper previously designed, fabricated, and tested.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/10/7/436microgrippersagaroseMEMScomb-drivesmicroscopycharacterizationminimally invasive surgerymicromanipulation |
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Federica Vurchio Pietro Ursi Alessio Buzzin Andrea Veroli Andrea Scorza Matteo Verotti Salvatore Andrea Sciuto Nicola Pio Belfiore Grasping and Releasing Agarose micro Beads in Water Drops Micromachines microgrippers agarose MEMS comb-drives microscopy characterization minimally invasive surgery micromanipulation |
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Grasping and Releasing Agarose micro Beads in Water Drops |
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Grasping and Releasing Agarose micro Beads in Water Drops |
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Grasping and Releasing Agarose micro Beads in Water Drops |
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Grasping and Releasing Agarose micro Beads in Water Drops |
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grasping and releasing agarose micro beads in water drops |
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The micromanipulation of micro objects is nowadays the focus of several investigations, specially in biomedical applications. Therefore, some manipulation tasks are required to be in aqueous environment and become more challenging because they depend upon observation and actuation methods that are compatible with MEMS Technology based micromanipulators. This paper describes how three grasping-releasing based tasks have been successfully applied to agarose micro beads whose average size is about 60 <inline-formula> <math display="inline"> <semantics> <mi mathvariant="sans-serif">μ</mi> </semantics> </math> </inline-formula>m: (i) the extraction of a single micro bead from a water drop; (ii) the insertion of a single micro bead into the drop; (iii) the grasping of a single micro bead inside the drop. The success of the performed tasks rely on the use of a microgripper previously designed, fabricated, and tested. |
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microgrippers agarose MEMS comb-drives microscopy characterization minimally invasive surgery micromanipulation |
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