Low cost microfluidic device for partial cell separation: Micromilling approach

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology

Volumn 2015-June, Issue June, 2015, Pages 3347-3350

  Lopes, Raquel ^a   Rodrigues, Raquel O ^a,b   Pinho, Diana ^a,b   Garcia, Valdemar ^a   Schutte, Helmut ^c   Lima, Rui ^a,b,d   Gassmann, Stefan ^c  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c JADE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cell free layer; Microfluidic device; Micromilling; Nonlithographic technique; Red blood cells

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CELLS; COSTS; CYTOLOGY; FLUIDIC DEVICES; MANUFACTURE; MICROCHANNELS; MICROMACHINING; MILLING (MACHINING);

CELL-FREE; MICRO MILLING; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; NONLITHOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUE; RED BLOOD CELL;

MICROFLUIDICS;

EID: 84937682910     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICIT.2015.7125594     Document Type: Conference Paper

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