• 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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• 유체기계공업학회 2004년도 유체기계 연구개발 발표회 논문집
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• pp.743-747
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• 2004

In this study, micro blood separators capable of separating blood cell and blood plasma using microstructure are fabricated and their feasibility and separation performance are evaluated. Test results show the possibility of separating blood cell and blood plasma using microstructure. To improve separation performance and anti-clogging characteristic, technical points of tested micro blood separators are discussed and improved designs are presented.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.391-395
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 서로 다른 밀도의 유체 내 바이오 물질이 받는 중력과 부력 차를 이용한 연속적 세포 분리기를 제안하였다. 종래의 크기별 세포분리는 서로 다른 크기의 동일한 밀도를 가지는 세포를 분리하는데 한계가 있다. 반면, 본 논문에서 제안하는 세포 분리기는 미소유로 상하부에 밀도가 다른 다층 유체층 내에서 세포가 받는 중력과 부력 차이로 크기는 다르지만 동일한 밀도를 가지는 세포를 효율적으로 분리할 수 있다. 밀도가 다른 유체층(PBS, 밀도=1.0g/ml, Ficoll, 밀도=1.1g/ml) 내에서 전혈로부터 백혈구(직경=$6-10{\mu}m$, 밀도=1.06~1.1g/ml), 적혈구(직경=$4-6{\mu}m$, 밀도=1.09~1.2g/ml)를 밀도에 따라 분리한 효율이 각각 $90.9{\pm}9.1%$와 $86.4{\pm}1.99%$로 측정되었다 따라서, 본 세포 분리기는 크기 편차가 있는 동일 밀도의 세포를 크기에 둔감하고 밀도에만 민감한 분리가 가능하다.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2005

This paper presents the development of a microsystem for whole blood purification and electrophysiological analysis of the purified cells. Magnetophoresis using continuous diamagnetic capture (DMC) was utilized for whole cell purification and electrical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) was utilized for electrophysiological analysis of the purified cells. The system was developed on silicon and plastic substrates utilizing conventional microfabrication technologies and plastic microfabrication technologies. Using the magnetophoretic microseparator, white blood cells were purified from a sample of whole blood. The experimental results of the DMC microseparator show that 89.7% of the red blood cells (RBCs) and 72.7% of the white blood cells (WBCs) could be continuously separated out from a whole blood using an external magnetic flux of 0.2 T. EIS was used as a downstream whole cell analysis tool to study the electrophysiological characteristics of purified cells. In this work, primary cultured bovine chromaffin cells and human red blood cells were characterized using EIS. Further analysis capabilities of the EIS were demonstrated by successfully obtaining unique impedance signatures for chromaffin cells based on the whole cell ion channel activity.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제32권11호
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• pp.856-862
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• 2008

This paper presents the characterization of a continuous magnetophoretic microseparator for separating white and red blood cells from peripheral whole blood cells based on their native magnetic properties. The magnetophoretic microseparator separated the blood cells using a high gradient magnetic separation (HGMS) method without the use of additives such as magnetic beads or probing materials. Experimental results show that the paramagnetic capture mode microseparator can continuously separate out 93.5% of red blood cells and 97.4% of white blood cells from diluted whole blood, and the diamagnetic capture mode microseparator can continuously separate out 89.7% of red blood cells and 72.7 % of white blood cells by using applying an external magnetic flux of 0.2 T using a permanent magnet.

• Applied Science and Convergence Technology
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.196-202
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• 2015

Human blood consists of 55% of plasma and 45% of blood cells such as white blood cell (WBC) and red blood cell (RBC). In plasma, there are many kinds of promising biomarkers, which can be used for the diagnosis of various diseases and biological analysis. For diagnostic tools such as a lab-on-a-chip (LOC), blood plasma separation is a fundamental step for accomplishing a high performance in the detection of a disease. Highly efficient separators can increase the sensitivity and selectivity of biosensors and reduce diagnostic time. In order to achieve a higher yield in blood plasma separation, we propose a novel fluid wing structure that is optimized by COMSOL simulations by varying the fluidic channel width and the angle of the bifurcation. The fluid wing structure is inspired by the inertial particle separator system in helicopters where sand particles are prevented from following the air flow to an engine. The structure is ameliorated in order to satisfy biological and fluidic requirements at the micro scale to achieve high plasma yield and separation efficiency. In this study, we fabricated the fluid wing structure for the efficient microfluidic blood plasma separation. The high plasma yield of 67% is achieved with a channel width of $20{\mu}m$ in the fabricated fluidic chip and the result was not affected by the angle of the bifurcation.