Affiliations: [a] Bioengineering Institute; Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 | [b] Department of Physiology, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 | [c] Laboratoire de Biophysique, UER Sante Medecine Biologie Humaine, Universite Paris Nord, 74, rue Marcel Cachin, 93000 Bobigny, France
Note: [] Accepted by: Editor Y.C. Fung
Abstract: A number of different experimental techniques have been devised in recent years to use microsieving as a test of the filterability of suspensions of red blood cells. Various indices have been proposed to express the results of these tests. In the present paper a correlation is made of the intrinsic increase in resistance at the level of a single pore in the filter to the macroscopically observed pressure and flow through the entire filter. Further it is shown how a number of different tests may be used to derive the same index. The results apply only to situations in which there is no plugging of pores.
Keywords: filterability, red cells, microsieving, steady flow theory, pore plugging
DOI: 10.3233/BIR-1983-20305
Journal: Biorheology, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 311-316, 1983
