Micropumps: Mechanisms, fabrication, and biomedical applications

X Luo, L Yang, Y Cui - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2023 - Elsevier
As the rapid development of medical devices, micropumps have received increasing and
widespread attentions for a variety of healthcare applications. The ongoing challenges for …

Piezoelectric micropumps: State of the art review

H Asadi Dereshgi, H Dal, MZ Yildiz - Microsystem Technologies, 2021 - Springer
The purpose of this paper is to present an overview of problems and some research gaps for
better understanding of piezoelectric micropump studies. Micropumps have important and …

Design and development of a piezoelectric driven micropump integrated with hollow microneedles for precise insulin delivery

A Datta, S Biswas, R Dhar… - … of Micromechanics and …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
A significant rise in diabetes has spurred researchers to develop more painless, patient-
friendly, precise therapeutic products for insulin delivery. There is extensive use of valveless …

Performance comparison of novel single and bi-diaphragm PZT based valveless micropumps

HA Dereshgi, M Yıldız, N Parlak - Journal of Applied Fluid …, 2020 - acikerisim.subu.edu.tr
A commercial micropump should provide properties that justify the simple structure and
miniaturization, high reliability, simple working principle, low cost and no need for complex …

Design of PZT micropumps for biomedical applications: Glaucoma treatment

MZ Yildiz, HA Dereshgi - Journal of Engineering Research, 2019 - kuwaitjournals.org
Micropumps have wide range of novel applications in medical field. The main purpose of
this study was to find potential electro-mechanical design aspects of a micropump for …

Analytical analysis of a circular unimorph piezoelectric actuator in the range of low voltages and pressures

H Asadi Dereshgi, H Dal, ME Sayan - Microsystem Technologies, 2020 - Springer
In this study, the static displacement behaviour of a three-layer axisymmetric circular
piezoelectric unimorph actuator subjected to voltage and uniform pressure loads for different …

Simulation and experiments on a valveless micropump with fluidic diodes based on topology optimization

P Zhou, T Zhang, TW Simon… - Journal of …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Micropumps are microelectromechanical system (MEMS) devices that pump small quantities
of liquids. They are used in many applications such as electronics cooling and drug delivery …

Valveless micro piezoelectric pump and mixer with wide-angle diffusers: Effect analysis of diffuser angle though piezoelectric-fluid coupled simulation

K Matsumoto, C Luo, S Yokoyama, M Miyabe… - Microsystem …, 2025 - Springer
Narrow-angle diffusers are often used for laminar flow in microfluidic devices to prevent
boundary layer separation, but micro piezoelectric pumps and mixers generate oscillatory …

Numerical study of novel MEMS-based valveless piezoelectric micropumps in the range of low voltages and frequencies

HA Dereshgi, MZ Yildiz - 2019 Scientific Meeting on Electrical …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents two piezoelectric based micropumps for biomedical applications. First,
Single Diaphragm Micropump (SDM) was proposed as reference micropump. Second, Bi …

Displacement analysis of a piezoelectric based multi-layered micropump diaphragm

H Asadi Dereshgi, MZ Yildiz, H Dal - Iranian Journal of Science and …, 2021 - Springer
This paper presents the diaphragm displacement analysis of multi-layered circular
piezoelectric actuator (MCPA) using analytical, numerical and experimental methods. The …