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ArticleScientific reports2018

Microfluidic cell sorting: Towards improved biocompatibility of extracorporeal lung assist devices.

Christian Bleilevens, Jonas Lölsberg, Arne Cinar, Maren Knoben, Oliver Grottke, Rolf Rossaint, Matthias Wessling

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Christian BleilevensDepartment of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Jonas LölsbergDWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, Aachen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0824-0976
Arne CinarDWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, Aachen, Germany.
Maren KnobenAVT - Chemical Process Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Oliver GrottkeDepartment of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Rolf RossaintDepartment of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Matthias WesslingDWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, Aachen, Germany. Manuscripts.cvt@avt.rwth-aachen.de.ORCID 0000-0002-7874-5315
RWTH Aachen University · DEDWI – Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Extracorporeal lung assist technology is one of the last options in critical care medicine to treat patients suffering from severe oxygenation and decarboxylation disorders. Platelet activation along with the consequent thrombus formation is a potentially life-threatening complication of this technique. To avoid platelet-dependent clot formation, this study aims at developing a microfluidic cell sorting chip that can bypass platelets prior to the membrane oxygenator of the extracorporeal lung assist device. The cell sorting chips were produced by maskless dip-in laser lithography, followed by soft lithography replication using PDMS. Citrated porcine whole blood with a clinically relevant haematocrit of 17% was used for the cell sorting experiments involving three different blood flow rates. The joint effects of flow focusing and hydrodynamic lifting forces within the cell sorting chip resulted in a reduction of up to 57% of the baseline platelet count. This cell sorting strategy is suitable for the continuous and label-free separation of red blood cells and platelets and is potentially applicable for increasing the biocompatibility and lifetime of current extracorporeal lung assist devices.

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AnimalsCell SeparationExtracorporeal Membrane OxygenationMaleMaterials TestingMicrofluidic Analytical TechniquesRespiration, ArtificialRespiratory InsufficiencySwine

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PMID29795137
PMCPMC5966447
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