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ABSTRACT

In Vitro Measurement of Blood Flow in Microvascular Network with Realistic Geometry

Ken-ichi Tsubota^1,2,*, Yuya Kodama¹, Hiroyoshi Aoki², Yutaka Yamagata²

1 Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi Inage, Chiba 2638522, Japan.
2 RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.
* Corresponding Author: Ken-ichi Tsubota. Email: tsubota@faculty.chiba-u.jp.

Molecular & Cellular Biomechanics 2019, 16(Suppl.2), 38-39. https://doi.org/10.32604/mcb.2019.07285

Abstract

We measured a blood flow in a polydimethysiloxane micro channel to reflect the complex geometry of a microvascular network. A flow rate was compared between two working fluids: water and blood. The measured flow rate reflected the bifurcation effects on the apparent viscosity determined by hematocrit, as well as the effects of the surrounding flow channels as bypasses.

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