title: A smart pipette for equipment-free separation and delivery of plasma for on-site whole blood analysis.
abstract: A novel device of smart pipette has been suggested to extract and deliver plasma from whole blood in a disposable format. By operating an on-chip disposable micropump, approximately 30 μL of plasma was obtained from 100 μL of whole blood within 5 min without any external equipment for point-of-care blood analysis.
authors.affiliation: Bio IT Convergence Laboratory, Department of Electronics Convergence Engineering, Kwangwoon University, Seoul, 01897, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Sung B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Im
authors.affiliation: Bio IT Convergence Laboratory, Department of Electronics Convergence Engineering, Kwangwoon University, Seoul, 01897, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Sang C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Bio IT Convergence Laboratory, Department of Electronics Convergence Engineering, Kwangwoon University, Seoul, 01897, Republic of Korea. shim@kw.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Joon S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Shim
mesh_terms: D002469:Cell Separation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000166:cytology*; D006801:Humans; D046210:Microfluidic Analytical Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D010949:Plasma / Q000737:chemistry*; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems
keywords: Blood separation; Lab on a chip; Microfilter; Micropump; Point-of-care testing