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A 3-dimensional mesofluidic biological monitoring module has been successfully designed and fabricated using a low-temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) technology. This mesofluidic device consists of a network of micro-channels, a spherical mixing cavity and measuring ports. A selection of appropriate commercially available ceramic tapes has been chosen with regard to their biocompatibility performance. Specific processing procedures required for the realization of such a complex structure are demonstrated. Three dimensional numerical flow simulations have been conducted to characterize the concentration profiles of liquids at a specific measuring port and verified by experiment.
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Smetana, W. et al. (2010). A Ceramic Microfluidic Device for Monitoring Complex Biochemical Reactive Systems. In: Fred, A., Filipe, J., Gamboa, H. (eds) Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies. BIOSTEC 2009. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 52. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11721-3_8
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