Smart Pipette and Microfluidic Pipette Tip for Blood Plasma Separation
Byeongyeon Kim1, Sungyoung Choi1
1Department of Biomedical Engineering, Kyung Hee University, 1732 Deogyeong-daero, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, 446-701, Republic of Korea.
Small (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany)
|November 17, 2015
Abstract:
An integrated method for blood plasma separation is presented by combining a pneumatic device, which is referred to as a "smart pipette," and a hydrophoretic microchannel as a microfluidic pipette tip for whole-blood sample preparation. This method enables hemolysis-free, high-purity plasma separation through smart pipetting of whole blood, potentially providing the means for rapid, inexpensive blood sample preparation for point-of-care testing.
