Incorporation of novel MEMS tactile sensors into tissue engineered skin

摘要：

Tactile sensation is important for the performance of daily tasksand prevention of injury. Full thickness wounds of greater than4cm diameter will not spontaneously heal. Tissue engineeringcan be used to replace the lost skin, but this skin will often fail tobe reinnervated. This results in loss of tactile sensations. Herewe have developed a novel, silicon basedMicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) sensor array that iscapable of detecting tactile experiences of the tissue engineeredskin. Tissue engineered skin with tactile experiences can also beuseful in the replacement of animal testing in the pharmaceuticalindustry.

作者: H.B.Muhammad N.C.Hunt R.M.Shelton L.M.Grover M.C.L.Ward C.M.Oddo C.T.Recchiuto L.Beccai

作者单位: MEMS Group, School of Mechanical Engineering School of Chemical Engineering School of Dentistry University of Birmingham Birmingham, United Kingdom Advanced Robotics Technology and Systems Laboratory Polo SantAnna Valdera-Scuola Superiore SantAnn

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: The 4th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering(第四届IEEE生物信息与生物医学工程国际会议 iCBBE 2010)

会议地点: 成都

会议语种:英文

页码: 1-4

在线出版日期: 2010-06-18（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）