Micro - Manipulation and Micro - Robots
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چکیده
The author and Dr. Masayuki Nakao have been collaborating with clinicians from collegiate hospitals to develop a series of small three-dimensional structures to meet their special needs. So far, we have: (1) Produced microchips for immunologic tests with 10 micron wide reaction grooves. The microchips reduced the testing time down to a hundredth of that of conventional tests. (2) Developed a mechanical system for handling DNA. (3) Built a multipoint electrode to embed in the brain for measuring acoustic potential. (4) Developed an artificial voice generator and demonstrated that it can give vocal ability to speech-handicapped patients cordectomized by laryngeal cancer. (5) Developed a micro-pump to aspirate pus from the middle ear, and applied it in surgery for patients with otitis media. All these advances have demonstrated the benefits of collaboration between engineering and medical professionals.
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