Lab-on-a-chip based blood plasma separation

Researchers have developed a cheap microfluidic device to separate plasma from whole blood with efficiency similar to centrifugation.  A filter at the top of a channel with blood flowing upwards separated the fluid phase from the cells. Gravity-assisted sedimentation prevented cells clogging the filter and subsequent hemolysis.

Hemolysis-free blood plasma separation, JH Son et al, Lab-on-a-chip, 2014, Accepted Manuscript, DOI: 10.1039/C4LC00149D

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