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Research & Publications

Built on research. Driven by possibility.

An interdisciplinary foundation in materials science, microfluidics and surgical practice. Born from research at the University of Cambridge.

WHERE DISCIPLINES CONVERGE

Engineering informed by a clinical question.

ArtioSense’s research connects advanced manufacturing with the challenge of force sensing across curved surfaces. The three foundational publications follow the progression from microfluidic fabrication to conformable sensing and model-joint calibration.

These papers describe scientific and laboratory results. They do not establish patient benefit or regulatory approval.

PUBLICATION LIBRARY / 2020 TO 2022

Science, in the original words.

2022FEATURED PAPER

Materials & Design / 219, 110747

Conformable and robust microfluidic force sensors to enable precision joint replacement surgery

Liam Ives; Alizée Pace; Fabian Bor; Qingshen Jing; Tom Wade; Jehangir Cama; Vikas Khanduja; Sohini Kar-Narayan.

Additively manufactured microfluidic force sensors, design optimisation and calibration in a 3D-printed model hip implant. Laboratory research supporting the sensing approach, not evidence of patient benefit.

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DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2022.110747

2021FOUNDATIONAL RESEARCH

Cell Reports Physical Science / 2(4), 100386

Aerosol-jet-printed, conformable microfluidic force sensors

Qingshen Jing; Alizée Pace; Liam Ives; Anke Husmann; Nordin Ćatić; Vikas Khanduja; Jehangir Cama; Sohini Kar-Narayan.

A flexible force sensor combining microfluidics and capacitive sensing, fabricated using aerosol-jet printing. The study explores tunable sensitivity and force range.

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DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrp.2021.100386

2020FOUNDATIONAL RESEARCH

Applied Materials Today / 19, 100618

Aerosol-jet printing facilitates the rapid prototyping of microfluidic devices with versatile geometries and precise channel functionalization

Nordin Ćatić; Laura Wells; Kareem Al Nahas; Michael Smith; Qingshen Jing; Ulrich F. Keyser; Jehangir Cama; Sohini Kar-Narayan.

Aerosol-jet-printed moulds for customised microfluidic geometries and spatially controlled channel functionalisation. Fabrication-platform research underpinning subsequent sensor development.

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DOI: 10.1016/j.apmt.2020.100618

RECOGNISED INNOVATION

Milestones with meaning.

2025

Cambridge Independent

Award for Innovation at the Science and Technology Awards.

2024

£1.4m NIHR i4i award

Product Development Award announced September 2024.

2023

Institute of Physics

Lee Lucas Award for ArtioSense’s force-sensing technology.

2022

Armourers & Brasiers

Venture Prize awarded to ArtioSense.

Professor Sohini Kar-Narayan’s 2024 Royal Academy of Engineering fellowship is an individual distinction. Company awards and founder achievements are attributed separately.

SCIENCE. ENGINEERING. MEDICINE.

The next question starts with collaboration.

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