Development of a high intensity focused ultrasound device for bio-samples preparation_Journal of Biomedical Engineering

Authors：

LEI Zhubing ¹ , PANG Xinpei ¹ , LI Li ² ,  MEI Qian ^1,2 ,  DONG Wenfei ^1,2

1. School of Biomedical Engineering (Suzhou), University of Science and Technology of China, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215163, P. R. China;
2. Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215163, P. R. China;

Corresponding author：

MEI Qian, Email: qmei@sibet.ac.cn; DONG Wenfei, Email: wenfeidong@sibet.ac.cn

Keywords：

Sample fragmentation; High-intensity focused ultrasound; Paraffin-embedded sample

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10.7507/1001-5515.202304061

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A miniaturized, low-cost high-intensity focused ultrasound device is developed for the problems of cross-contamination and uneven sample fragmentation in conventional ultrasound devices. This device generates ultrasonic waves through a concave spherical self-focusing piezoelectric ceramic piece, and creates a cavitation effect in the focusing area to achieve sample fragmentation. The feasibility of the device is demonstrated by physical simulation, then a driving circuit with adjustable power is designed and manufactured to generate 0 ~ 22.4 W acoustic power, and finally paraffin-embedded sample dewaxing experiments are performed to verify the validation of the device. The experimental results show that the dewaxing efficiency and safety of the high-intensity focused ultrasound device is significantly better than those of traditional chemical methods, and this device is comparable with commercial ultrasonic instruments. In summary, the high-intensity focused ultrasound device is expected to be applied in automated nucleic acid extraction and purification equipment and has a broad application prospect in the field of sample pre-processing.

Citation： LEI Zhubing, PANG Xinpei, LI Li, MEI Qian, DONG Wenfei. Development of a high intensity focused ultrasound device for bio-samples preparation. Journal of Biomedical Engineering, 2024, 41(1): 152-159. doi: 10.7507/1001-5515.202304061 Copy

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2. 黄俐杰, 何琼, 王锐, 等. 功能超声成像技术及其应用研究进展. 生物医学工程学杂志, 2022, 39(5): 1015-1021.
3. 戚晓东, 刘兴华, 冯立辉, 等. 多波束超声技术治疗乳腺癌临床效果的研究. 中国生物医学工程学报, 2020, 39(4): 504-507.
4. 常诗卉, 王佩国, 菅喜岐. 高强度聚焦超声脑肿瘤治疗焦域温度均匀分布调控的数值仿真研究. 生物医学工程学杂志, 2018, 35(6): 877-886.
5. Gonzalez-Calle A, Li R, Asante I, et al. Development of moderate intensity focused ultrasound (MIFU) for ocular drug delivery. BME Frontiers, 2022, 2022: 9840678.
6. Fant C, Granzotto A, Mestas J L, et al. DNA double-strand breaks in murine mammary tumor cells induced by combined treatment with doxorubicin and controlled stable cavitation. Ultrasound Med Biol, 2021, 47(10): 2941-2957.
7. 乔龙学, 吴太虎, 陈锋, 等. 非接触式超声裂解系统的设计与优化分析. 仪器仪表学报, 2013, 34(9): 2137-2146.
8. Holmes H R, Haywood M, Hutchison R, et al. Focused ultrasound extraction (FUSE) for the rapid extraction of DNA from tissue matrices. Methods Ecol Evol, 2020, 11(12): 1599-1608.
9. Bigelow T A, Xu J, Stessman D J, et al. Lysis of chlamydomonas reinhardtii by high-intensity focused ultrasound as a function of exposure time. Ultrason Sonochem, 2014, 21(3): 1258-1264.
10. Bomsztyk K, Mar D, Wang Y, et al. PIXUL-ChIP: integrated high-throughput sample preparation and analytical platform for epigenetic studies. Nucleic Acids Res, 2019, 47(12): e69.
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14. Christoffersen C, Wong W, Pichardo S, et al. Class-DE ultrasound transducer driver for HIFU therapy. IEEE Trans Biomed Circuits Syst, 2016, 10(2): 375-382.
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30. Sarnecka A K, Nawrat D, Piwowar M, et al. DNA extraction from FFPE tissue samples-a comparison of three procedures. Contemp Oncol (Pozn), 2019, 23(1): 52-58.

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