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An integrated microfluidic platform for magnetic microbeads separation and confinement.

Qasem Ramadan·Victor Samper·Daniel P Poenar·Chen Yu
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An innovative microfluidic platform for magnetic beads manipulation is introduced, consisting of novel microfabricated 3D magnetic devices positioned in a microfluidic chamber. Each magnetic device comprises of an embedded actuation micro-coil in various design versions, a ferromagnetic pillar, a magnetic backside plate and a sensing micro-coil. The various designs of the micro-coils enable efficient magnetic beads trapping and concentration in different patterns. The finite element analysis (FEA) results show a significant increase of the developed force on suspended magnetic beads when the magnetic pillar and backside plate were integrated into the device structure. These simulation results were confirmed experimentally by measuring the magnetic beads trapping ratios for the different designs and structures of the devices under continuous flow conditions. The trapping ratios and profiles were studied using beads counting, measuring the change of inductance with the sensing micro-coil and by image processing. The devices have efficiently demonstrated a controlled and localized magnetic beads trapping and concentration at small spatial locations for the first time. The new results shown in this study demonstrate the feasibility of efficiently using these original devices as key elements in complex bio-analysis systems.

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Computer-Aided DesignEquipment DesignEquipment Failure AnalysisImmunomagnetic SeparationMagneticsMicrofluidic Analytical TechniquesMicrospheresSystems IntegrationEvaluation StudyJournal ArticleResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Qasem Ramadan, Victor Samper, Daniel P Poenar, Chen Yu. 2005-10-03. An integrated microfluidic platform for magnetic microbeads separation and confinement.. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2005.08.006

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