BioMEMS –Advancing the Frontiers of Medicine

Advancing frontiers in industrial health.

BioMEMS for medicine: On-chip cell characterization and implantable microelectrodes

This paper surveys a few of the emerging bioMEMS technologies at EPFL for improved, inexpensive health care. The lab-on-a-chip systems use dielectrophoretic forces to direct cell movement within microfluidic networks and impedance spectroscopy for label-free inflow characterization of living cells. The implantable microelectrodes for neural applications are based on thin-film polymer foils with...

Biomedical Applications of Mems

Micromachining and MEMS technologies can be used to produce complex electrical, mechanical, fluidic, thermal, optical, and magnetic structures, devices, and systems on a scale ranging from organs to subcellular organelles. This miniaturization ability has enabled MEMS to be applied in many areas of biology, medicine, and biomedical engineering – a field generally referred to as BioMEMS. The fut...

Mems in Medicine

MEMS, or Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems are chips that are made in semiconductor fabs that combine electronic functions and mechanical actions. MEMS devices can sense and control making them valuable for numerous applications that include ink jet printers, automotive motion sensors and even digital projectors. But MEMS can also be used in the medical field to measure blood pressure within the...

Cellular Biomems a Screening Cytometer Sponsors Mit, Nsf Graduate Research Fellowship, Mit Presidential Graduate Fellowship Health Sciences and Technology Memp Fellowship Project Staff

Laboratory for Cellular BioMEMS – Research Themes Our group performs research on BioMEMS, applying microfabrication technology to illuminate biological systems, especially at the cellular level. Specifically, we develop technologies that enhance or enable the acquisition of information from cells. Our research builds upon various disciplines: electrical engineering, microfabrication, bioenginee...