ArticleSmall (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)2013
Exhaustion of racing sperm in nature-mimicking microfluidic channels during sorting.
Article in Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 49 papers.
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The Effects of Using Microfluidic Separation Sperm Selection for Unexplained Infertility(UEI) and Reccurrent Implantation Failure(RIF)
The Evaluation of the Effect of Microfluidic Sperm Sorting Chip 'Labs-on-a-chip' on IVF Success in Male Factor: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Who cites it
49 citing papers in PubMed.
- Effects of the microfluidic chip technique in sperm selection for intracytoplasmic sperm injection for unexplained infertility: a prospective, randomized controlled trial.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2019Trial
- ML-automated microfluidic circuit design.Science advances · 2026Article
- Sperm Preparation in ART: Traditional Methods and Emerging Technologies.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026Article
- Integration of Bioengineered Tools in Assisted Reproductive Technologies.Advanced healthcare materials · 2025Review
- Simple and rapid microfluidic device for processing raw human semen and separation of motile sperm based on their intrinsic behavior and morphology.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Straining Flow Effects on Sperm Flagellar Energetics in Microfluidic Cross-Slot Traps.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2025Article
- Comparative Efficacy of Swim-Up, Density-Gradient Centrifugation, and Microfluidic Sorting in Sperm Preparation, and the Impact on Motility, Morphology, and DNA Integrity.International journal of general medicine · 2025Article
- Enhanced sperm isolation via bulk acoustic waves for high-throughput motility screening.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Advances in microfluidic technology for sperm screening and in vitro fertilization.Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry · 2024Review
- Live motile sperm sorting device for enhanced sperm-fertilization competency: comparative analysis with density-gradient centrifugation and microfluidic sperm sorting.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2023Article
- Comparative Study of Sperm Selection Techniques for Pregnancy Rates in an Unselected IVF-ICSI Population.Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Article
- Lab-on-chip (LoC) application for quality sperm selection: An undelivered promise?Open research Europe · 2023Review
- Label-Free Microfluidic Impedance Cytometry for Acrosome Integrity Assessment of Boar Spermatozoa.Biosensors · 2022Article
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- The influence of the female reproductive tract and sperm features on the design of microfluidic sperm-sorting devices.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2022Review
- Simulating nature in sperm selection for assisted reproduction.Nature reviews. Urology · 2022Review
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- Viscous Cervical Environment-on-a-Chip for Selecting High-Quality Sperm from Human Semen.Biomedicines · 2021Article
- Rheotaxis-based sperm separation using a biomimicry microfluidic device.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Sperm Selection and Embryo Development: A Comparison of the Density Gradient Centrifugation and Microfluidic Chip Sperm Preparation Methods in Patients with Astheno-Teratozoospermia.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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Abstract
Fertilization is central to the survival and propagation of a species, however, the precise mechanisms that regulate the sperm's journey to the egg are not well understood. In nature, the sperm has to swim through the cervical mucus, akin to a microfluidic channel. Inspired by this, a simple, cost-effective microfluidic channel is designed on the same scale. The experimental results are supported by a computational model incorporating the exhaustion time of sperm.
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