title: Clot Retraction: A Miniaturized Hemoretractometer for Blood Clot Retraction Testing (Small 29/2016).
abstract: Whole blood coagulation testing provides valuable diagnostic information on diseases such as bleeding disorders, heart attack, deep venous thrombosis, etc. On page 3926, J. Fu and co-workers develop a miniaturized hemoretractometer to measure clot contraction upon blood coagulation with good reproducibility and robustness. This device design shows great application potential in point-of-care testing. Photo credit: David Peyer from University of Michigan.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
authors.forename: Zida
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
authors.forename: Xiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.|Michigan Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
authors.forename: Brendan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: McCracken
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
authors.forename: Yue
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.|Michigan Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.|Michigan Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.|Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
authors.forename: Jianping
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001777:Blood Coagulation / Q000502:physiology; D001780:Blood Coagulation Tests; D003018:Clot Retraction / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013696:Temperature
keywords: blood coagulation; clot retraction; miniaturization; point-of-care testing