Closed-loop control system for well-defined oxygen supply in micro-physiological systems

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Beitragende

  • Tobias Steege - , Fraunhofer-Institut für Werkstoff- und Strahltechnik (Autor:in)
  • Mathias Busek - , Fraunhofer-Institut für Werkstoff- und Strahltechnik (Autor:in)
  • Stefan Grünzner - , Technische Universität Dresden (Autor:in)
  • Andrés Fabían Lasagni - , Technische Universität Dresden (Autor:in)
  • Frank Sonntag - , Fraunhofer-Institut für Werkstoff- und Strahltechnik (Autor:in)

Abstract

To improve cell vitality, sufficient oxygen supply is an important factor. A deficiency in oxygen is called Hypoxia and can influence for example tumor growth or inflammatory processes. Hypoxia assays are usually performed with the help of animal or static human cell culture models. The main disadvantage of these methods is that the results are hardly transferable to the human physiology. Microfluidic 3D cell cultivation systems for perfused hypoxia assays may overcome this issue since they can mimic the in-vivo situation in the human body much better. Such a Hypoxia-on-a-Chip system was recently developed. The chip system consists of several individually laser-structured layers which are bonded using a hot press or chemical treatment. Oxygen sensing spots are integrated into the system which can be monitored continuously with an optical sensor by means of fluorescence lifetime detection. Hereby presented is the developed hard- and software requiered to control the oxygen content within this microfluidic system. This system forms a closed-loop control system which is parameterized and evaluated.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)363-366
Seitenumfang4
FachzeitschriftCurrent Directions in Biomedical Engineering
Jahrgang3
Ausgabenummer2
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Sept. 2017
Peer-Review-StatusJa
Extern publiziertJa

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Schlagwörter

  • Hypoxia, Lab-on-a-chip, Microfluidic, Model-in-the-loop, Perfusion