An improved electrolytic pump for potential drug delivery applications

Ying Yi, Ulrich Buttner, Armando Arpys Arevalo Carreno, Ian G. Foulds

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Abstract

This work presents a novel prototype of an electrolytic pump that uses a platinum (Pt) coated-nickel mesh in the pumping chamber for increasing the recombination rate electrolysis products. The Pt coated-nickel mesh that acts as a catalytic reforming element is able to significantly reduce the pulsed pumping period of the pump, resulting in a more controllable system. Our presented electrolytic pump can provide the cyclical actuation required for a solid drug in reservoir delivery system and shows potential application in the field of drug delivery.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationBIODEVICES 2014 - 7th Int. Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices, Proceedings; Part of 7th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2014
PublisherSciTePress
Pages295-298
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)9789897580130
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Event7th International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices, BIODEVICES 2014 - Part of 7th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2014 - Angers, Loire Valley, France
Duration: Mar 3 2014Mar 6 2014

Publication series

NameBIODEVICES 2014 - 7th Int. Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices, Proceedings; Part of 7th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2014

Other

Other7th International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices, BIODEVICES 2014 - Part of 7th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2014
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityAngers, Loire Valley
Period03/3/1403/6/14

Keywords

  • Electrolytic pump
  • Platinum mesh
  • Pumping rate
  • Recombination rate

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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