@inproceedings{830afca261ac4fb98cf7a2fe52162249,
title = "Cell sweeper for microfluidic cavity",
abstract = "A method to sweep out cells from an one-end-closed microfluidic cavity is presented with experimental results. Cell removal is useful for eliminating stuck cells or renewing a culture cavity. However, it cannot be easily achieved due to the flow limitation in a microfluidic system. The idea of the proposed method is to remove cells by secondary flow induced by periodic flow pumping. In experiment, a sequence of frequencies were applied to a cavity pre-filled with cells. We found secondary flow at 20Hz and 40Hz, and the flow effectively removed the cells in the cavity just within few seconds.",
keywords = "Cell removal, Pdms microfluidics, Secondary flow",
author = "Chia-Hung Tsai and Makoto Kaneko",
year = "2016",
month = oct,
language = "English",
series = "20th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2016",
publisher = "Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society",
pages = "1537--1538",
booktitle = "20th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2016",
note = "20th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2016 ; Conference date: 09-10-2016 Through 13-10-2016",
}