Continuous separation of blood cells in spiral microfluidic devices

• Published in: Biomicrofluidics Vol. 7; no. 5; pp. 54101 - 54114
• Main Authors: Nivedita, Nivedita, Papautsky, Ian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States AIP Publishing LLC 01.09.2013
• Subjects: Regular

Blood cell sorting is critical to sample preparation for both clinical diagnosis and therapeutic research. The spiral inertial microfluidic devices can achieve label-free, continuous separation of cell mixtures with high throughput and efficiency. The devices utilize hydrodynamic forces acting on ce...