A rapid and low-cost nonlithographic method to fabricate biomedical microdevices for blood flow analysis

Micromachines

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 121-135

  Pinto, Elmano ^a,b   Faustino, Vera ^a   Rodrigues, Raquel O ^a,b   Pinho, Diana ^a,b   Garcia, Valdemar ^a   Miranda, João M ^b   Lima, Rui ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bifurcations; Biomicrofluidics; Blood flow; Low cost biochips; Microbubbles; Nonlithographic technique; Xurography

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BIOASSAY; BIOCHIPS; BLOOD; COSTS; FLUIDIC DEVICES; HEMODYNAMICS; IMPORTANCE SAMPLING; LITHOGRAPHY; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MICROARRAYS; MICROFLUIDICS; MOLDS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; SILICONES;

BIOMICROFLUIDICS; BLOOD FLOW; LOW COSTS; MICROBUBBLES; NONLITHOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUE; XUROGRAPHY;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84921682141     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2072666X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/mi6010121     Document Type: Article

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