Insulin pumps have transformed the way diabetes is managed by providing a more accurate and individualized method of delivering insulin, in contrast to conventional injection routines. This research explores the progression of insulin pumps, following their advancement from initial ideas to advanced contemporary systems. The report proceeds to categorize insulin pumps according to their delivery systems, specifically differentiating between conventional, patch, and implantable pumps.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this study, we assessed the performance characteristics of five different magnetorheological micropump designs, two of which were our proposed designs, while others were from the existing designs in the literature. Comparisons have been performed based on physics-based simulations, and the fully coupled magneto-solid-fluid interaction simulations were carried out in COMSOL Multiphysics software. For a fair and meaningful comparison, both the material and geometric properties were kept the same, and the simulations were run for one complete pumping cycle.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this study, we propose a duckbill valve microfluidic pump that relies on an electromagnetic actuation mechanism. An FEA/CFD-based approach was adopted for the design of the device due to the coupled electromagnetic-solid-fluid interactions in the device. The simulation methodology was confirmed with the previously published data in the literature to ensure the accuracy of the simulations.
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