Title :
Femtosecond laser nanosurgery in microfluidic devices and its emerging role in nerve regeneration studies
Author :
Guo, Samuel X. ; Bourgeois, Frederic ; Chokshi, Trushal ; Durr, Nicholas J. ; Hilliard, Massimo ; Chronis, Nikos ; Ben-Yakar, Adela
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
Abstract :
Fs-laser nanosurgery as a precise injury tool has opened new frontiers in achieving a thorough understanding of nerve regeneration in model organisms. Using microfluidic devices we can now perform high-throughput genetic/pharmacological screenings in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Keywords :
bioMEMS; genetics; high-speed optical techniques; lab-on-a-chip; laser applications in medicine; micro-optomechanical devices; microfluidics; nanotechnology; neurophysiology; surgery; wounds; Caenorhabditis elegans; femtosecond laser nanosurgery; high-throughput genetic screening; high-throughput pharmacological screenings; microfluidic chip; nerve regeneration; precise injury tool; Anesthetic drugs; Biomembranes; Fluorescence; Laser surgery; Microfluidics; Nanobioscience; Nanoscale devices; Nerve fibers; Optical pulses; Organisms;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Acapulco
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1931-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1932-6
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688576
