Effect of channel geometry on blood/plasma separation in microchannel bend structures

Micro Total Analysis Systems - Proceedings of MicroTAS 2005 Conference: 9th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 1352-1354

  Blattert, C ^a   Jurischka, R ^a   Tahhan, I ^a   Schoth, A ^a   Kerth, P ^b   Reinecke, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b PREVENTOR u TBC GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood; Centrifugal force; Plasma skimming; Separation

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CELLS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; MICROCHANNELS;

BLOOD SEPARATION; CENTRIFUGAL FORCES; CHANNEL GEOMETRY; MICROCHANNEL BEND; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; PLASMA SKIMMING; SEPARATION EFFICIENCY; SEPARATION MECHANISM;

SEPARATION;

EID: 84902440901     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (4)

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4. C. Blattert, R. Jurischka, A. Schoth, P. Kerth, and W. Menz, Separation of blood cells and plasma in microchannel bend structures, Proc. of SPIE, Vol. 5591, pp. 143-151 (2004).