Scanning Electron Microscopy Image of a Double-Sided Single Oxygenator Unit (IMAGE)

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Scanning Electron Microscopy Image of a Double-Sided Single Oxygenator Unit

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A new microfluidics innovation shows hope to improve artificial placentas so preterm newborns can properly develop lungs following birth. An international team demonstrated the new technique to construct microchannels with a more efficient gas exchange between infant blood and air. The improved design uses both sides of the membrane for gas exchange; the group used this design to develop a prototype that oxygenates blood through a thin membrane. This image shows a scanning electron microscopy image of a double-sided single oxygenator. unit

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Mohammadhossein Dabaghi

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