Blood cells sorting using cotton threads

Microfluidics systems have been developed for pretreatment of whole blood in last decades. Blood pretreatment or blood processing includes blood cell and plasma separation, white blood cell lysis and DNA purification, to name a few. In this project our focus is on blood cells sorting. Various method...

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Main Author: Yazdani, Fahimeh
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Published: 2015
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spelling my-utm-ep.486832020-06-17T02:41:39Z Blood cells sorting using cotton threads 2015 Yazdani, Fahimeh QP Physiology Microfluidics systems have been developed for pretreatment of whole blood in last decades. Blood pretreatment or blood processing includes blood cell and plasma separation, white blood cell lysis and DNA purification, to name a few. In this project our focus is on blood cells sorting. Various methods have been demonstrated in literature for blood cell sorting and separation as one essential step of blood sample pretreatment in both the macro and micro scale. In this study we proposed cotton threads as a matrix for fabrication of cell sorting systems. this kind of thread used in this study is inexpensive and fabricated microfluidic device is low volume and easy to use particularly appropriate for the developing world or remote areas, because of their relatively low fabrication costs .threads provide wicking channel for liquid via capillary forces without any external forces as a pump. The use of threads for cell sorting is based on liquid wicking along the gapes inside the threads which can be manipulated by twisting thread. This means more twisting in the same direction of real twist of thread make the gaps smaller which bigger cells cannot pass them and trapped in the channel results their separation from smaller cells. Fabricated device in this study has 3 different zones through the inlet to the outlet which each zone has a different TPI (Twists per Inch) means different sizes of gapes. Blood used to test the ability of fabricated device to sort different size of cells and the result showed efficient separation of red blood cells, white blood cells and plasma. Based on these results threads cab be consider as a proper material in microfluidic devices to sort different cells by their size. 2015 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/48683/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/48683/1/FahimehYazdaniMFBME2014.pdf application/pdf en public http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:89095?queryType=vitalDismax&query=Blood+cells+sorting+using+cotton+threads&public=true masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Bioscience and Medical Engineering Faculty of Bioscience and Medical Engineering
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Yazdani, Fahimeh
Blood cells sorting using cotton threads
description Microfluidics systems have been developed for pretreatment of whole blood in last decades. Blood pretreatment or blood processing includes blood cell and plasma separation, white blood cell lysis and DNA purification, to name a few. In this project our focus is on blood cells sorting. Various methods have been demonstrated in literature for blood cell sorting and separation as one essential step of blood sample pretreatment in both the macro and micro scale. In this study we proposed cotton threads as a matrix for fabrication of cell sorting systems. this kind of thread used in this study is inexpensive and fabricated microfluidic device is low volume and easy to use particularly appropriate for the developing world or remote areas, because of their relatively low fabrication costs .threads provide wicking channel for liquid via capillary forces without any external forces as a pump. The use of threads for cell sorting is based on liquid wicking along the gapes inside the threads which can be manipulated by twisting thread. This means more twisting in the same direction of real twist of thread make the gaps smaller which bigger cells cannot pass them and trapped in the channel results their separation from smaller cells. Fabricated device in this study has 3 different zones through the inlet to the outlet which each zone has a different TPI (Twists per Inch) means different sizes of gapes. Blood used to test the ability of fabricated device to sort different size of cells and the result showed efficient separation of red blood cells, white blood cells and plasma. Based on these results threads cab be consider as a proper material in microfluidic devices to sort different cells by their size.
format Thesis
qualification_level Master's degree
author Yazdani, Fahimeh
author_facet Yazdani, Fahimeh
author_sort Yazdani, Fahimeh
title Blood cells sorting using cotton threads
title_short Blood cells sorting using cotton threads
title_full Blood cells sorting using cotton threads
title_fullStr Blood cells sorting using cotton threads
title_full_unstemmed Blood cells sorting using cotton threads
title_sort blood cells sorting using cotton threads
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Bioscience and Medical Engineering
granting_department Faculty of Bioscience and Medical Engineering
publishDate 2015
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/48683/1/FahimehYazdaniMFBME2014.pdf
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