Journal
ENGINEERING
Volume 5, Issue 3, Pages 580-585Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.eng.2018.11.033
Keywords
Tubular structure; Bioactuator; Peristaltic pump; Optogenetics; Biomaterial; Muscle actuator; Tissue engineered; Soft robot
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- JSPS [17J01742]
- MEXT KAKENHI [21676002, 23111705, 26249027, 17H01254]
- Industrial Technology Research Grant Program from the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) of Japan
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [17J01742, 17H01254] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Peristalsis is widely seen in nature, as this pumping action is important in digestive systems for conveying sustenance to every corner of the body. In this paper, we propose a muscle-powered tubular micro pump that provides peristaltic transport. We utilized Drosophila melanogaster larvae that express channelrhodopsin-2 (ChR2) on the cell membrane of skeletal muscles to obtain light-responsive muscle tissues. The larvae were forced to contract with blue light stimulation. While changing the speed of the propagating light stimulation, we observed displacement on the surface of the contractile muscle tissues. We obtained peristaltic pumps from the larvae by dissecting them into tubular structures. The average inner diameter of the tubular structures was about 400 mu m and the average outer diameter was about 750 mu m. Contractions of this tubular structure could be controlled with the same blue light stimulation. To make the inner flow visible, we placed microbeads into the peristaltic pump, and thus determined that the pump could transport microbeads at a speed of 120 mu m.s(-1). (C) 2019 THE AUTHORS. Published by Elsevier LTD on behalf of Chinese Academy of Engineering and Higher Education Press Limited Company. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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