MEMS-based blood cell counting system

Author

Piacentini, Niccolò ; Demarchi, Danilo ; Civera, Pierluigi ; Knaflitz, Marco

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron., Politec. di Torino, Turino

fYear

2008

fDate

Aug. 31 2008-Sept. 3 2008

Firstpage

198

Lastpage

201

Abstract

Here we present a biomedical system for blood cell counting, based on micro-electro-mechanical-systems (MEMS) technology, designed and realized to obtain portability and low consumptions. The system consists of an assembly of three distinct parts: a micro electro-fluidic lab-on-a-chip (LOC), a mechanical-fluidic interface (MFI) and an electronic board (EB). LOC, realized in two versions, features a novel kind of parallel, multiple channel Coulter cell counter. MFI consists of a plastic holder for fluidic coupling and electrical connection to an EB, hosting all the electronics for cell counting. Preliminary experiments achieved proper fluidic working (absence of clogging, electrode stability, watertight coupling) and the proof-of-concept for combined electro-optical counting.

Keywords

bioMEMS; biomedical measurement; blood; cellular biophysics; electro-optical effects; lab-on-a-chip; microfluidics; MEMS blood cell counting system; biomedical system; electrode stability; electronic board; electrooptical counting; mechanical-fluidic interface; microelectro-mechanical-systems technology; microelectrofluidic lab-on-a-chip; parallel multiple channel Coulter cell counter; plastic holder; watertight coupling; Assembly systems; Blood; Cells (biology); Counting circuits; Couplings; Electrodes; Lab-on-a-chip; Micromechanical devices; Plastics; Stability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics, Circuits and Systems, 2008. ICECS 2008. 15th IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

St. Julien´s

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2181-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2182-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICECS.2008.4674825

Filename

4674825