Metastasis requires the penetration of cancer cells through tight spaces, which is mediated
by the physical properties of the cells as well as their interactions with the confined …

This paper proposes a new index for evaluating the stiffness-based deformability of a cell
using a microchannel. In conventional approaches, the transit time of a cell through a …

An on-chip deformability checker is proposed to improve the velocity–deformation
correlation for red blood cell (RBC) evaluation. RBC deformability has been found related to …

Measuring the transit time of a cell forced through a bottleneck is one of the most widely
used techniques for the study of cell deformability in flow. It in turn provides an accessible …

The mechanical properties of cells are harmless biomarkers for cell identification and
disease diagnosis. Although many systems have been developed to evaluate the static …

The mechanical features of individual cells have been regarded as unique indicators of their
states, which could constantly change in accordance with cellular events and diseases …

The dispersion of cell deformability mapping is affected not only by the resolution of the
sensing system, but also by cell deformability itself. In order to extract the pure deformability …

An automatic system for evaluating single cell viscoelasticity is proposed and tested in this
paper. The system includes three main operations, and they are the operations of catch …

Construction of an activated three-dimensional (3D) tissue at outside of the human body is
desired, and expectations about the micro-manipulation to construct a 3D organization is …

Recently micromanipulation has gained much interest for industrial and biological
applications. To realize efficient manipulation of these applications, it is crucial to know the …