A microfluidic device for the characterisation of embolisation with polyvinyl alcohol beads through biomimetic bifurcations

Biomedical Microdevices

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 153-163

  Carugo, Dario ^a   Capretto, Lorenzo ^a   Willis, Sean ^b   Lewis, Andrew L ^b   Grey, David ^b   Hill, Martyn ^a   Zhang, Xunli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b BIOCOMPATIBLES UK LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bifurcation; Embolisation; Microfluidics; Polyvinyl alcohol hydrogel beads

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TESTING; BEAD SIZE; CHANNEL GEOMETRY; CHANNEL NETWORK; CLINICAL PROCESS; EMBOLISATION; HYDROGEL BEADS; IN-VIVO; MICRO DEVICES; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROCHANNEL NETWORK; PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SPATIAL LOCATION;

BIOMIMETICS; BLOOD VESSELS; HYDROGELS; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS);

BEAD BLOCK; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BIOMIMETICS; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOMETRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROGEL; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE PARTITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BIOMIMETICS; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HUMANS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84857781765     PISSN: 13872176     EISSN: 15728781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10544-011-9593-8     Document Type: Article

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