Kouzani, A.Ivankovic, M.Fielding, M.Kaynak, A.Yang, C.Duan, W.Hu, E.2011-06-062011-06-062010Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE/ICME International Conference on Complex Medical Engineering / Yan Li, Jiajia Yang, Peng Wen, Jinglong Wu (eds.): pp. 182-1879781424468423http://hdl.handle.net/2440/64262This paper presents design, construction, and evaluation of a micropump for drug delivery applications. The proposed micropump consists of three components: fluidics, electronics, and software. The fluidics component includes a silicone elastic diaphragm, a microservo, housing and two check valves. The diaphragm is modeled and simulated to establish its geometrical specifications. The housing is built using a rapid prototype machine. The electronics component consists of a microcontroller, a microswitch array, a simple display and a power unit. The software component is written in C and receives inputs from user, controls the microservo speed and displays the programmed speed. A number of experiments are conducted to evaluate the performance and capabilities of the micropump. The experiments focus on measurement of flow rate, dosage and duration of operation. A discussion of the performance and capabilities of the developed micropump is also given.en(c)2010 IEEEConference paper002010244010.1109/ICCME.2010.55588482-s2.0-7795779061232539Hu, E. [0000-0002-7390-0961]