Maker Faire Rome 2024
Arduino-based organ perfusion system.
Home: Italy
Laboratory equipment could be expensive and their cost can be unsustainable for scientists with limited financial resources. In order to overcome these limits we build a scalable organ perfusion system for research purposes based on Arduino boards, pressure transducers, peristaltic pumps, a thermostatic unit, and a micro-oxygenator. Our system is designed to measure the mechanical properties of rat liver, however, it can be rearranged to perform other research on subnormothermic or hypothermic ex-vivo perfusion of liver and kidney or to realize peritoneal or isolated limb perfusion models.
https://www.perfusionsystem.it
Maker
Università degli Studi di Genova
Stefano Di Domenico is an inquisitive senior surgeon who embodies a do-it-yourself approach: he has constructed training phantoms to educate residents on placing central vein catheters under ultrasound guide and to master bronchoscopy. His fascination with Arduino led him to design and build the perfusion system. Irene Nepita, a biomedical engineer, play a crucial role in collecting, analyzing, and understanding data. Joining the team with fervor are young surgeons Matteo Santoliquido and Beatrice Palermo. Guiding and inspiring us is Franco De Cian, an eminent professor of surgery: our mentor.
https://www.perfusionsystem.it/
