Microfluidic blood/plasma separation unit based on microchannel bend structures

2005 3rd IEEE/EMBS Special Topic Conference on Microtechnology in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 38-41

  Blattert, C ^a   Jurischka, R ^a   Tahhan, I ^a   Schoth, A ^a   Kerth, P ^b   Menz, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b PREVENTOR u TBC GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood; Hot embossing; Injection molding; Lab on a chip; Microchannel bend; Microfluidic; Polymer; Separation; UV LIGA

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; FLUIDICS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; INJECTION MOLDING; ORGANIC POLYMERS; SEPARATION;

BLOOD TESTS; CENTRIFUGAL FORCE; HOT EMBOSSING; MICRO ASSAY DEVICES; MICROCHANNEL BEND; MICROFLUIDICS; SERUM;

MICROELECTRONICS;

EID: 33845340166     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MMB.2005.1548378     Document Type: Conference Paper

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