Electromagnetic pump and hardware development for organs-on-chips

Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2018.

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Main Author: Bhushan, Brij M
Other Authors: David L. Trumper.
Format: Thesis
Language:eng
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/117299
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spelling mit-1721.1/1172992019-04-12T22:46:23Z Electromagnetic pump and hardware development for organs-on-chips Bhushan, Brij M David L. Trumper. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering. Mechanical Engineering. Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2018. This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-260). MicroPhysiological Systems (MPS), also called organs-on-chips, attempt to mimic the relevant human multi-organ physiology in-vitro. They have potential applications in drug development and personalized medicine by enabling more accurate testing of physiological drug response earlier in the development cycle. On-platform pumps provide greater flexibility and design freedom and are a key feature of such platforms. One approach to multi-organ MPS platforms has been developed in our lab and uses an open-well system to culture tissues of various organs. A common fluid-media circulates between the organs using on-platform pneumatic diaphragm micro-pumps. These pumps require significant effort in setup and depend on external pressure and vacuum sources. An independent, portable pump with low power consumption is desirable. There are also on-going efforts in the field to make sterile platform components low-cost and single use, to reduce user setup time and sterilization effort. This thesis describes a scaled-up version of an ElectroMagnetic (EM) pump. The pump uses a teeter-totter EM actuator having a low energy consumption of about 1 mJ/stroke. The EM actuator minimizes energy by a latching design that requires a short pulse of energy only to switch its state and its springs store energy which is recovered in the reverse stroke. This thesis also describes injection-molded, single-use platforms with onboard pneumatic diaphragm micro-pumps. It describes various valve and pump geometries and a model to predict large deflections of polymer diaphragms. We integrate the EM actuators with these platforms, demonstrating temperature rise of less than 0.1 'C, valve sealing up to 60 kPa, and a pumping frequency of 1 Hz, limited by diaphragm behavior. In addition, we improve platform features using spillways which allow for better passive leveling of fluid height between MPSes. This thesis also presents the selection of polymer tubing to resolve condensation issues in pneumatic channels of an MPS platform inside a cell culture incubator. by Brij M. Bhushan. S.M. 2018-08-08T18:52:45Z 2018-08-08T18:52:45Z 2018 2018 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/117299 1045071235 eng MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 260 pages application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Electromagnetic pump and hardware development for organs-on-chips
title Electromagnetic pump and hardware development for organs-on-chips
title_full Electromagnetic pump and hardware development for organs-on-chips
title_fullStr Electromagnetic pump and hardware development for organs-on-chips
title_full_unstemmed Electromagnetic pump and hardware development for organs-on-chips
title_short Electromagnetic pump and hardware development for organs-on-chips
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