Title :
New embryo co-culture system for human Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART): Verification of the effects of mechanical stress to embryo co-culture system
Author :
Mizuno, Jun ; Nakamura, Hiroko ; Murayama, Yoshinobu ; Omata, Sadao ; Ando, Hiroaki ; Akaishi, Kazuyuki ; Watanabe, Natsumi ; Hirayama, Katsutoshi ; Kuriki, Eiko ; Watanabe, Akihiko ; INUI, Hiroaki
Author_Institution :
Inui Maternity Clinic, Inui Inst. for Frontier Reproductive Medicine & Infertility, Fukushima
Abstract :
In vitro fertilization (IVF) and in vitro culture (IVC) are important technics for human ART. Especially, IVC is most important factor to achieve good/high pregnancy rate. In order to reach this goal, we have to develop in vivo mimic/like human embryo co-culture system. We presented/introduced a new stretch embryo co-culture system for human ART
Keywords :
biomechanics; biomedical engineering; biomedical equipment; cellular biophysics; gynaecology; obstetrics; embryo co-culture system; human assisted reproductive technology; in vitro cell culture; in vitro fertilization; mechanical stress effects; pregnancy rate; Capacitive sensors; Cells (biology); Embryo; Glass; Humans; In vitro fertilization; In vivo; Mice; Stress; Subspace constraints; co-culture; human embryo; humanART; mechanicalstress;
Conference_Titel :
Microtechnologies in Medicine and Biology, 2006 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Okinawa
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0338-3
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0338-3
DOI :
10.1109/MMB.2006.251485
