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Fig. 4

From: Elasto-inertial microfluidics for bacteria separation from whole blood for sepsis diagnostics

Fig. 4

Elasto-inertial focusing of blood cells. Whole blood introduced from side inlet and Newtonian solution (a) or non-Newtonian (b) is introduced from middle inlet. No lateral migration of blood cell is observed for Newtonian solution, while for the non-Newtonian (PEO) fluid, blood cells are migrated away from the side channel towards the centerline of the channel. c The collected sample from middle (M) and side (S) outlets. d Quantification of the blood cells migration at different flow rates. The blood cells migration efficiency towards the middle outlet, analyzed by Coulter counter, was between 76 and 92% depending on flow rate. When the blood flow rate was increased from 30 to 60 µl/h, the efficiency was decreased to 71%

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