A microfluidic "treadmill" for sperm selective trapping according to motility classification

2011 16th International Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference, TRANSDUCERS'11

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1320-1323

  Qiu, T ^a,b   Han, C ^a,b   Ma, R ^a,b   Xie, L ^a,b   Li, Z ^a,b   Su, K ^c   Wang, L ^b   Huang, G ^a,b   Wang, J ^c   Qiao, J ^d   Xing, W ^a,b   Cheng, J ^a,b  

^a Tsinghua University   (China)

^b NATIONAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FOR BEIJING BIOCHIP TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c SHANXI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

cell trapping; microfluidics; sperm motility

Indexed keywords

CELL TRAPPING; IN-VITRO; MALE INFERTILITY; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROSCOPIC METHODS; SPECIFIC VELOCITIES; SPERM MOTILITY; STRAIGHT LINES; SWIMMING SPEED;

ACTUATORS; MICROSYSTEMS; SOLID-STATE SENSORS;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 80052111636     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/TRANSDUCERS.2011.5969411     Document Type: Conference Paper

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