Universitât Bern

Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz Fhnw

Thomas Geiser

Janick Stucki

Olivier Thierry Guenat

Marcel Felder

Andreas Stucki

Erik Schkommodau

David Hradetzky

Stephan Bohringer

Amiq Gazdhar

Janick Daniel Stucki

Stephan BÖHRINGER

A device for in-vitro modelling in-vivo tissues of organs that includes a first body portion with at least one access chamber, a second body portion with at least one culturing chamber, and a culturing membrane dividing the at least one access chamber from the culturing chamber. The device further includes a third body portion with at least one actuation chamber having at least one limitation cavity, and an actuation membrane dividing the at least one culturing chamber from the at least one actuation chamber. With the device, a robust actuation system can be provided that does not depend on the mechanical properties of the actuation membrane material, nor on the pressure, and that allows to mimic three-dimensional deformations of the tissue, in particular of lung alveoli.

Device for in-vitro modelling in-vivo tissues of organs

The invention related to a device () for spraying charged droplets of a liquid towards a target along a spraying direction, comprising: a reservoir () for storing the liquid (L), a first electrode () being arranged at an outlet () of said reservoir (), a second electrode () forming a counter electrode to the first electrode () for accelerating said droplets (D) along the spraying direction (S), and a housing () holding the reservoir () as well as said electrodes ().

Electrospray device

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Hinterkappelen, Switzerland

Thomas Geiser