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ArticleScientific reports2018

A Microfluidic Device for Simultaneous Extraction of Plasma, Red Blood Cells, and On-Chip White Blood Cell Trapping.

Da-Han Kuan, Chia-Chien Wu, Wei-Yu Su, Nien-Tsu Huang

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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 29 papers.

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29citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 88 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Da-Han KuanGraduate Institute of Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics, National Taiwan University, 10617, Taipei, Taiwan.
Chia-Chien WuGraduate Institute of Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics, National Taiwan University, 10617, Taipei, Taiwan.
Wei-Yu SuGraduate Institute of Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics, National Taiwan University, 10617, Taipei, Taiwan.
Nien-Tsu HuangGraduate Institute of Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics, National Taiwan University, 10617, Taipei, Taiwan. nthuang@ntu.edu.tw.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2569-805X
National Taiwan University · TW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study reports a microfluidic device for whole blood processing. The device uses the bifurcation law, cross-flow method, and hydrodynamic flow for simultaneous extraction of plasma, red blood cells, and on-chip white blood cell trapping. The results demonstrate successful plasma and red blood cell collection with a minimum dilution factor (0.76x) and low haemolysis effect. The extracted red blood cells can also be applied for blood type tests. Moreover, the device can trap up to ~1,800 white blood cells in 20 minutes. The three components can be collected simultaneously using only 6 μL of whole blood without any sample preparation processes. Based on these features, the microfluidic device enables low-cost, rapid, and efficient whole blood processing functionality that could potentially be applied for blood analysis in resource-limited environments or point-of-care settings.

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Cell SeparationEquipment DesignErythrocyte CountErythrocytesHumansLab-On-A-Chip DevicesLeukocytesMicrofluidic Analytical TechniquesPlasma

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PMID30337656
PMCPMC6194116
OpenAlexW2897042756

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