TY - JOUR
T1 - Three-dimensional printing physiology laboratory technology
AU - Sulkin, Matthew S.
AU - Widder, Emily
AU - Shao, Connie
AU - Holzem, Katherine M.
AU - Gloschat, Christopher
AU - Gutbrod, Sarah R.
AU - Efimov, Igor R.
PY - 2013/12/1
Y1 - 2013/12/1
N2 - Since its inception in 19th-century Germany, the physiology laboratory has been a complex and expensive research enterprise involving experts in various fields of science and engineering. Physiology research has been critically dependent on cutting-edge technological support of mechanical, electrical, optical, and more recently computer engineers. Evolution of modern experimental equipment is constrained by lack of direct communication between the physiological community and industry producing this equipment. Fortunately, recent advances in open source technologies, including three-dimensional printing, open source hardware and software, present an exciting opportunity to bring the design and development of research instrumentation to the end user, i.e., life scientists. Here we provide an overview on how to develop customized, cost-effective experimental equipment for physiology laboratories.
AB - Since its inception in 19th-century Germany, the physiology laboratory has been a complex and expensive research enterprise involving experts in various fields of science and engineering. Physiology research has been critically dependent on cutting-edge technological support of mechanical, electrical, optical, and more recently computer engineers. Evolution of modern experimental equipment is constrained by lack of direct communication between the physiological community and industry producing this equipment. Fortunately, recent advances in open source technologies, including three-dimensional printing, open source hardware and software, present an exciting opportunity to bring the design and development of research instrumentation to the end user, i.e., life scientists. Here we provide an overview on how to develop customized, cost-effective experimental equipment for physiology laboratories.
KW - 3-D printing
KW - Heart physiology
KW - Open source manufacturing
KW - Optical mapping
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84888873949&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1152/ajpheart.00599.2013
DO - 10.1152/ajpheart.00599.2013
M3 - Article
C2 - 24043254
AN - SCOPUS:84888873949
SN - 0363-6135
VL - 305
SP - H1569-H1573
JO - American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology
JF - American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology
IS - 11
ER -