Cubic cardiovascular platform using a chick embryo

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26630100
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Intelligent mechanics/Mechanical systems
• Research Institution: Kyushu Institute of Technology
• Principal Investigator: KAWAHARA Tomohiro 九州工業大学, 若手研究者フロンティア研究アカデミー, 准教授 (20575162)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): OHTSUKA Hirofumi 熊本高等専門学校, 制御情報システム工学科, 教授 (10223869) ; HUANG Wenjing 九州工業大学, 若手研究者フロンティア研究アカデミー, 研究員 (00633413)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 循環器シミュレータ / ニワトリ胚 / マイクロマニピュレータ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We propose a novel platform which consists of a cubic artificial eggshell containing a chick embryo for cardiovascular simulations. The cubic eggshell with PDMS membrane allows the total amount of oxygen to pass into the egg for the chick embryo culturing. In this project, we newly developed both a new methodology to induce blood vessels into multiple PDMS channels and a tele-operated 3-DOF micromanipulator to realize the proposed platform.

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