鶴岡典子さん Noriko Tsuruoka

2014年度修了:ナノデバイス医工学分野

Graduated in FY2014: Nanodevice Engineering

宮城県仙台市出身です。学部は工学部 機械知能・航空工学科を卒業しました。その後、大学院進学の際に医工学研究科に進学し、修士・博士課程を修了しました。医工学研究科で学んだ知識、体験したことを生かし、現在は工学研究科で医療・ヘルスケア機器に関する研究を行っています。

I was born in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture. I graduated from the Department of Mechanical Intelligence and Aerospace Engineering, Faculty of Engineering at Tohoku University. Later, I went to the Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering and completed my master’s and doctoral programs. Using the knowledge and experience I gained at the Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, I am researching medical and healthcare devices at the Graduate School of Engineering.

オープンキャンパスで芳賀研究室を見学し、私も医療機器の開発をしてみたいという思いから工学部 機械知能・航空工学科に入学しました。入学後、学部1年生の創造工学研修において芳賀研究室で研修する機会があり、医療機器開発の面白さに触れ、さらに医工学研究をしたいという思いが強まりました。学部3年生で芳賀研究室に配属された際に、医工学研究科が開設され、もともと医療機器開発に興味があったことから、大学院進学の際に医療の知識も学べる医工学研究科を選択しました。

I entered the Department of Mechanical Intelligence and Aerospace Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, because I wanted to develop medical devices after visiting the Haga Laboratory at an open campus. After entering the University, I had an opportunity to train in the Haga Laboratory during the creative engineering training course for first-year undergraduates. I was exposed to the fun of medical device development, which further strengthened my desire to do medical engineering research. When I joined Haga Laboratory in my third year of undergraduate studies, the Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering was established. Since I had been interested in medical device development, I chose Graduate School, where I could also learn about medicine.

大学院では、外径0.2 mmの鍼灸針表面に独自に開発した非平面微細加工技術を用いて微細流路を作製し、皮膚に刺入・留置し微小還流を行うことで皮膚内の成分を回収するデバイスを開発していました。皮膚内の低分子量の生体成分(乳酸やグルコースなど)は血中とほぼ同じ濃度であることが知られており、採血を行わなくても身体の状態が把握できるだけでなく、濃度のモニタリングを行うことで、運動中や食事の際の物質濃度変化を計測することが可能となります。

When I was a graduate student, we developed a device with microfluidic channels on the surface of an acupuncture needle with an outer diameter of 0.2 mm using our proprietary non-planar microfabrication technology to collect components in the skin by inserting the needle and performing micro-perfusion. Since it is known that low molecular weight biological components (lactic acid, glucose, etc.) in the skin have almost the same concentration in the blood, monitoring the concentration became possible to measure changes in the concentration of substances during exercise and meals without taking blood.

医工学研究科は、医学系・工学系の研究室の距離が近く、連携しながら進めている研究が多いことが特徴だと思います。実際に使用者となりうる医学系の先生からアドバイスをいただきながら研究を進めることで、実使用に合わせた研究開発が行えるだけでなく、研究のモチベーションにもつながります。また、様々な考え方の人とディスカッションを行う機会があり、自分自身も様々な視点で考える能力が身につくと思います。

The Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering is characterized by the proximity of its medical and engineering laboratories and the fact that many research projects are conducted in collaboration with them. By receiving advice from medical professors who are potential users of our products, we are not only able to conduct research and development that is tailored to actual use, but it also motivates us to do our research. In addition, we have opportunities to engage in discussions with people with various ways of thinking, and I believe that we ourselves can acquire the ability to think from various perspectives.

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