Three-dimensional Printing of Thermoplastic Materials to Create Automated Syringe Pumps with Feedback Control for Microfluidic Applications

This method can help enable research in any field requiring precision liquid handling including molecular, cell, and systems biology, chemical engineering and microfabrication. The main advantage of this approach is that we are able to fabricate low-cost pressure-regulated syringe pumps. This technique should save money across a wide range of disciplines.

This technique showcases how we can couple additive manufacturing with open-source electronics to make a useful piece of laboratory instrumentation. To begin, download the STL design files from the supplemental files of this publication. Prepare these files for printing by opening them in a software package dedicated to the conversion of STL model files to executable instruction sets for the 3D printer being used.