Experimental study of blood flow characteristics in microchannels with stenosis and bifurcations using developed microfluidic devices
Rakhimov A. A.
1, Valiev A. A.
11Mavlyutov Institute of Mechanics UFRC RAS, Ufa, Russia
Email: ragar83@mail.ru, azatphysic@mail.ru
The paper investigates blood flow in microfluidic devices manufactured using soft photolithography, simulating vascular stenosis with different constriction parameters. It was found that with a constriction of 50 μm width, erythrocytes are significantly accelerated, and at 200 μm the flow is more uniform. Tandem stenoses demonstrate a "streamlined" zone between constrictions, increasing with increasing distance between them. The results can be used to model blood flow and develop methods for diagnosing vascular pathologies. Keywords: microfluidic device, stenosis, blood, erythrocyte.
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