Contractile force measurement of cardiomyocytes using a hybrid biopolymer microcantilever array

Contractile force measurement of cardiomyocytes using a hybrid biopolymer microcantilever array

This paper reports a method for quantitative and real-time contractile force measurement of cardiomyocytes using a hybrid biopolymer micracrocantilever array. We designed and fabricated a hybrid biopolymer microcantilever array made of PDMS (polydimethylsiloxane) elastomer to overcome the above prob...

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Published in:Digest of Papers Microprocesses and Nanotechnology 2005 pp. 208 - 209
Main Authors: Jaewook Ryu, Jungyul Park, Seungkyu Choi, Eunseok Seo, Jae Min Cha, Seokchang Ryu, Jinseok Kim, Sang-Ho Lee, Byungkyu Kim
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2005
Subjects:
Adhesives
Cardiology
Cells (biology)
Force measurement
Heart
micro cantilever
Motion measurement
Muscle actuator
Muscles
PDMS
Surface morphology
Surface treatment
Transducers
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Summary:This paper reports a method for quantitative and real-time contractile force measurement of cardiomyocytes using a hybrid biopolymer micracrocantilever array. We designed and fabricated a hybrid biopolymer microcantilever array made of PDMS (polydimethylsiloxane) elastomer to overcome the above problems. Culturing primary cardiomyocytes on PDMS microcantilever array leads to self-organization of cells on the structure, which enables to make massively paralleled arrangement of cells in the hybrid system.
ISBN:4990247221
9784990247225
DOI:10.1109/IMNC.2005.203811