There is an increasing amount of research on microfluidic actuators with the aim to improve
drug dosing applications. Micropumps are promising as they reduce the size and energy …

Creating fully implantable robots that replace or restore physiological processes is a great
challenge in medical robotics. Restoring blood glucose homeostasis in patients with type 1 …

In-vivo sensors yield valuable medical information by measuring directly on the living tissue
of a patient. These devices can be surface or implant devices. Electrical activity in the body …

An automatic system in equipment can be recognized as a systematic control system to
minimize human tasks or automatically complete repetitive tasks without human …

Type-1 diabetes is one of the most prevalent metabolic disorders worldwide. It results in a
significant lack of insulin production by the pancreas and the ensuing hyperglycemia, which …

Micro dosing pumps are the beating heart of infusion systems. Among many technologies to
inject micro quantities of fluids, peristaltic pumps show high precision and the possibility to …

Over the past decade, there has been a growing interest in the development of an artificial
pancreas for intraperitoneal insulin delivery. Intraperitoneal implantable pumps guarantee …

介绍了隔膜泵, 柱塞泵和转子泵3 种类型微剂量给药设备的基本原理, 应用特点及研究现状,
分析了微剂量给药设备存在的主要问题及解决方法, 指出了智能化, 信息化和可穿戴/植入化是微 …

In this chapter, the design and fabrication of an advanced prototype of fully implantable
artificial pancreas refillable by means of ingestible mechatronic capsules is reported, with a …