Integrated microfluidic oxygenator bundles for blood gas exchange in premature infants

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 957-960

  Rochow, Niels ^a   Wu, Wen I ^a   Chan, Emily ^a   Nagpal, Dipen ^a   Fusch, Gerhard ^a   Selvaganapathy, P Ravi ^a   Monkman, Shelley ^a   Fusch, Christoph ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; ASSIST DEVICE; GAS EXCHANGE; IN-VITRO TESTS; NEWBORN PIGLET; OXYGEN SATURATION; PERFORMANCE TESTS; PREMATURE INFANTS; PUMPLESS; VASCULAR NETWORK;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; MEMS; MICROFLUIDICS; OXYGENATION; SILICONES;

OXYGENATORS;

EID: 84860448530     PISSN: 10846999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MEMSYS.2012.6170345     Document Type: Conference Paper

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