Micro-tube mass production device for microbial culture

K. Fujimoto; M. Ogawa; K. Higashi; Norihisa Miki

doi:10.1109/EMBC.2016.7590744

Micro-tube mass production device for microbial culture

K. Fujimoto, M. Ogawa, K. Higashi, Norihisa Miki

Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Abstract

This paper describes mass production system of micro-tubes for microbial culture in an open environment. Microbes are used in many fields, such as food, medicine, environmental and energy. We proposed a microbe culture system using hydrogel micro-tubes, which can protect the target microbes inside from competitive microbes outside of the tubes while allow oxygen and nutrition to diffuse through. The hydrogel micro-tubes can be produced by a microfluidic device, which can precisely control the flow and therefore, the tube geometry. For practical applications of the micro-tube-based microbial culture, one of the biggest challenges is the scale-up of the micro-tube-based culture system, or mass production of the tubes. We developed a fluidic system that can produce multiple micro-tubes in parallel. We characterized the mass-produced micro channels and verified the effectiveness of the system.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2016 38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2016
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	481-484
Number of pages	4
Volume	2016-October
ISBN (Electronic)	9781457702204
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2016.7590744
Publication status	Published - 2016 Oct 13
Event	38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2016 - Orlando, United States Duration: 2016 Aug 16 → 2016 Aug 20

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Other	38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2016
Country/Territory	United States
City	Orlando
Period	16/8/16 → 16/8/20

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Signal Processing
Biomedical Engineering
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Health Informatics

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Fujimoto, K., Ogawa, M., Higashi, K., & Miki, N. (2016). Micro-tube mass production device for microbial culture. In 2016 38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2016 (Vol. 2016-October, pp. 481-484). Article 7590744 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2016.7590744

Micro-tube mass production device for microbial culture. / Fujimoto, K.; Ogawa, M.; Higashi, K. et al.
2016 38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2016. Vol. 2016-October Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016. p. 481-484 7590744.

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Fujimoto, K, Ogawa, M, Higashi, K & Miki, N 2016, Micro-tube mass production device for microbial culture. in 2016 38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2016. vol. 2016-October, 7590744, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 481-484, 38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2016, Orlando, United States, 16/8/16. https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2016.7590744

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