Special: Micropumps

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The trend seems to be set towards tiny - also in medical technology. Micropumps can be a helping hand for doctors and laboratory technicians.

Current news from the area of the tiniest pumps are presented in COMPAMED.de's Special.

Using material similar to bathtub caulk, University of Utah engineers invented a tiny, inexpensive "micropump" that could be used to move chemicals, blood or other samples through a lab-on-a-chip.
- Lab-on-a-Chip: Medical Micropump Should Aid Development

Researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology aim to surpass the inherent limitations of hearing aids and cochlear implants through the development of a micropump for administering drugs and gene-based therapy treatments.
- Research: Developing Micropump for Hearing-Loss Treatments

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