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Microsphere-Based Microfluidic Device for Plasma Separation and Potential Biochemistry Analysis Applications.

Hongyan XuZhangying WuJinan DengJun QiuNing HuLihong GaoJun Yang
Published in: Micromachines (2021)
The development of a simple, portable, and cost-effective plasma separation platform for blood biochemical analysis is of great interest in clinical diagnostics. We represent a plasma separation microfluidic device using microspheres with different sizes as the separation barrier. This plasma separation device, with 18 capillary microchannels, can extract about 3 μL of plasma from a 50 μL blood sample in about 55 min. The effects of evaporation and the microsphere barrier on the plasma biochemical analysis results were studied. Correction factors were applied to compensate for these two effects. The feasibility of the device in plasma biochemical analysis was validated with clinical blood samples.
Keyphrases
  • liquid chromatography
  • high throughput
  • mass spectrometry
  • risk assessment
  • circulating tumor cells
  • human health