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Cell Deformability |
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Cell Aggregation |
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Blood Critical Stress |
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Disposable Kit / Chip |
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Blood viscosity |
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A physical index to represent stickiness of blood.
The higher viscosity, the less fluidity becomes and the more pumping
power is required.
Elevated blood viscosity, which is known for the direct cause of
cardiovascular diseases, is caused by hyper-aggregation of RBCs,
degradation of cell deformability, and increased plasma viscosity.
Blood viscosity, however, is very difficult to measure and describe a
single number due to its shear-rate dependent viscosity.
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Critical Stress of Blood |
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Critical stress of blood, which is defined as a minimum shear stress
to required to disperse aggregated RBCs, can be a new index to repr
esent the viscosity of whole blood.
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| 1. Features |
An innovative method with disposable microchip can measure critical
shear stress at clinical environment
- optimal design considering Farhaeus
-Lindqvist effect
- short test time & easy measurement
- disposable test kit
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| 2. Specifications |
| Index |
CS (critical stress)
CT (critical time)
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| Sample volume |
8 ul |
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Light backscattering |
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RSAnD-300, RSD-300 |
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RSD-K03 (micro-capillary) |
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| A) Hematocrit-independence |
Critical stress is proven to be independent of hematocrit (J. Biomechanics, 2009). Conventional aggregation
measurement requires laboratory adjustment of hematocrit. However, the present measurement with RheoScan
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| B) Couette flow vs. Poiseullie flow |
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This difference is attributed to a lower effectiveness of the shear stress, which direction is parallel to the rouleau
x interface if alignment with the rouleaux interface is lacking.
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S. Chien et al, Microvasc. Res. 13 (1977), 327_333
H. Lim et al, J. Biomechanics, 43 (2009), 546_550 |
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