Untethered Micro-pipette Maneuvered in a Chip by Outer Magnetic Fieled
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ABSTRACT We have developed an on-chip micro-pipette, which has abilities of cell injection, local regent blow, enucleation, air bubble generator, piercing cells, and micro-manipulation, made by SU-8 photoresist for cloning, chimera technology, cell assays, and artificial lipid bilayer membrane making. We used the property of SU-8 which has a sufficient stiffness enough to penetrate cells as well as a sufficient softness enough to provide pumping functions, which is unlike a glass or silicon materials. Using this material, we improved our magnetically-driven micro-tool (MMT) as a multifunctional micro-tool.
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