Tomohiro Kawahara
Kyushu Institute of Technology
105 Papers
296 Citations
Tomohiro Kawahara is an academic researcher from Kyushu Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Forceps. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 101 publications. Previous affiliations of Tomohiro Kawahara include Yokohama City University & Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Papers
On-chip magnetically actuated robot with ultrasonic vibration for single cell manipulations
Masaya Hagiwara,Tomohiro Kawahara,Yoko Yamanishi,Taisuke Masuda,Lin Feng,Fumihito Arai,Fumihito Arai +6 more
TL;DR: High accuracy, high speed, and high power microrobot, swine oocyte manipulations are presented in a microfluidic chip and the output force is increased twice as much by the ultrasonic vibration.
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Driving method of microtool by horizontally arranged permanent magnets for single cell manipulation
TL;DR: In this article, the authors presented an innovative driving method for a magnetically driven microtool to achieve precise positioning control while maintaining a high power output derived from commercialized permanent magnets.
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Local streamline generation by mechanical oscillation in a microfluidic chip for noncontact cell manipulations
TL;DR: In this article, a local streamline is generated when high-frequency oscillation of the microtool is induced in a microfluidic chip, and cells then flow in the microchannel in accordance with the streamline, and their position, posture and trajectories are controlled.
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On-chip microrobot for investigating the response of aquatic microorganisms to mechanical stimulation
Tomohiro Kawahara,Tomohiro Kawahara,Masakuni Sugita,Masaya Hagiwara,Fumihito Arai,Hiroyuki Kawano,Ikuko Shihira-Ishikawa,Atsushi Miyawaki +7 more
TL;DR: A novel, magnetically driven microrobot equipped with a frame structure to measure the effects of stimulating aquatic microorganisms and determine the relationship between the applied force and the response of a single cell is proposed.
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Precise Control of Magnetically Driven Microtools for Enucleation of Oocytes in a Microfluidic Chip
TL;DR: This paper presents two innovative driving methodologies using a magnetically driven microtool (MMT) for precise cell manipulations and automation systems that reduce the friction on the MMT effectively and the enucleation of oocytes is demonstrated to show the effectiveness of the method.
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