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Verlaagde zwaartekracht Milieu Hardware Demonstraties van een Prototype Geminiaturiseerde doorstroomcytometer en Companion Microfluïdische Mixing Technology

Published: November 13, 2014 doi: 10.3791/51743
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*1, *1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 1
1DNA Medicine Institute, 2Harvard Medical School, 3NASA Glenn Research Center, 4ZIN Technologies
* These authors contributed equally

Materials

Name Company Catalog Number Comments
Micro air pump Smart Products, Inc. AP-2P02A Max pressure = 6.76 psi; 1.301” x 0.394” x 0.650”, 0.28 oz (8 g); available direct from Smart Products
Differential pressure sensor Honeywell International, Inc. ASDX015D44R Range  of  0-15 psi; 0.974" x 0.550" x 0.440", 0.09 oz (2.565 g); suppliers include Digi-Key and Mouser Electronics
Rigid plastic vial (small size) Loritz & Associates, Inc. 55-05 Polystyrene; ID 0.81" (20.6 mm), IH 2.06" (52.4 mm); available direct from LA Container Inc.; similar product available from Dynalab Corp.
latex examination gloves dynarex corporation 2337 Middle finger used for latex diaphragm in fluid source vial.  Other brands (e.g., Aurelia ®  Vibrant ™) acceptable.
Optical glue Norland Products NOA 88 Low outgassing adhesive; available direct from Norland; Also available from Edmund Optics Inc.
3-way solenoid valves The LEE Company LHDA0531115H Gas valves, but can function with liquid; 1.29" L, 0.28" D.  Discontinued product.  Similar products available from The LEE Company.
Volumetric water flowmeter OMEGA Engineering inc.  FLR-1602A Non-contacting flow rate meter strongly preferred.  We recommend SENSIRION LG16 OEM Liquid Flow Sensor for flow rates from nl/min up to 5 ml/min.
PCD-mini photon detector  Sensl PCDMini-00100 For fluorescence detection; available direct from Sensl
Accelerometer Crossbow Technology, Inc. CXL02LF3 3-demensional force detection.  Supplied to DMI by NASA.  Similar product available from Vernier Software & Technology, LLC. 
Stereomicroscope AmScope SE305R-AZ-E
CCD Camera Thorlabs DCU223C 1,024 x 768 Resolution, Color, USB 2.0; available direct from Thorlabs
USB and Trigger Cable (In/Out) for CCD Camera Thorlabs CAB-DCU-T1 Available direct from Thorlabs
Microbore tubing Saint-Gobain Corporation AAD04103 Tygon®; ID 0.02", OD 0.06", 500 ft, 0.02" wall. Suppliers: VWR, Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
Hollow steel pins New England Small Tube (Custom) 0.025" OD, 0.017" ID, 0.500” L, stainless steel tube, type 304, cut, deburred, passivated; enable microbore tubing connections, chip tubing connections
Slide clamp World Precision Instruments, Inc. 14042 Available direct from World Precision Instruments
Leur adaptor pieces World Precision Instruments, Inc. 14011 Available direct from World Precision Instruments
Silicon wafer Addison Engineering, Inc. 6" diameter; for SU-8 mold fabrication
Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) elastomer curing agent Dow Corning 3097358-1004 Supplier: Global Industrial SLP, LLC
Needle (23 gauge), bevel tip Terumo Medical Corporation NN-2338R Ultra thin wall; 23 G x 1.5"; 22 G also usable; suppliers: Careforde, Inc.,  Port City Medical
Dispensing needle (23 gauge), blunt tip CML Supply 901-23-100 23 G x 1";  available from CML Supply
Cover glass Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. 12-518-105E Gold Seal™ noncorrosive borosilicate glass; for PDMS chip cover; 24 x 60 mm; available from Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
Vacuum pump Mountain MTN8407 For degassing PDMS; supplier:  Ryder System, Inc. 
Vacuum chamber Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. 5311-0250 Nalgene™ Transparent Polycarbonate; available from Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
Plasma cleaner Harrick Plasma PDC-32G
Hand magnifier Mitutoyo 183-131 Use in reverse direction to enable viewing at ~15".
Ethanol CAROLINA 861283 For chip cleaning. Dilute to 70% using millipore water.
Water purification system Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. D11901 Available direct from Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
Optomechanical translation mounts Thorlabs K6X 6-Axis Kinematic Optic Mount; discontinued product; new product (K6XS) available direct from Thorlabs
Laptop Hewlett-Packard VP209AV HP Pavilion Laptop running Windows 7
Laptop tray (spring loaded) National Products, INC. RAM-234-3  RAM Tough-Tray™. Can accommodate 10 to 16 inch wide laptops.
USB splitter Connectland Technology Limited 3401167
USB Data Acquisition Cards (8 analog input, 12 digital I/O) National Instruments NI USB-6008 12-Bit, 10 kS/s Low-Cost Multifunction DAQ
USB Data Acquisition Cards (16 analog input, 32 digital I/O) National Instruments NI USB-6216 16-Bit, 400 kS/s Isolated M Series MIO DAQ, Bus-Powered
Control/acquisition Software National Instruments LabVIEW 2009 Custom coded National Instruments (NI) LabVIEW 
3D Solid Modeling Software Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp. SolidWorks 2011
2D Modeling Software AUTODESK AutoCAD LT 2008
Vertical equipment rack (NASA provided) N/A
Solid aluminum optical breadboard Thorlabs MB2424 24" x 24" x 1/2", 1/4"-20 Taps; available direct from Thorlabs
Industrial grade steel and hardener The J-B Weld Company J-B Weld Steel Reinforced Epoxy Glue
Micro-hematocrit capillary  Fisher Scientific 22-362-574 inner diamter 1.1 to 1.2 mm
1 ml syringes Henke-Sass, Wolf 4010.200V0 NORM-JECT®; supplier: Grainger, Inc.
Human red blood cells Innovative Research IPLA-WB3 Tested and found negative by supplier for: HBsAg, HCV, HIV-1, HIV-2, HIV-1Ag or HIV 1-NAT, ALT, and syphilis by FDA-Approved Methods.  Because no test methods can guarantee with 100% certainty the absence of an infectious agent, human derived products should be handled as suggested in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Manual on BIOSAFETY IN MICROBIOLOGICAL AND BIOMEDICAL LABORATORIES, FOR POTENTIALLY INFECTIOUS HUMAN SERUM OR BLOOD SPECIMENS
Phosphate buffered saline concentrate P5493 SIGMA 10x; diluted to 1x
Tween P9416 SIGMA TWEEN® 20
Centrifuge LW Scientific STRAIGHT8-5K Swing-Out 8-place Centrifuge.  Available through authorized dealers.  Other centrifuges available direct from LW Scientific.
HD video recorder Sony MHS-CM5
Orange fluorescent nucleic acid stain Invitrogen S-11364 SYTO® 83 Orange Fluorescent Nucleic Acid Stain.  Stored in DMSO solvent. Always wear reccommended Personal Protective Equipment. No special handling
advice required.
Fluorescent counting beads Invitrogen MP 36950 CountBright™ Absolute Counting Beads.  Always wear reccommended Personal Protective Equipment. No special handling advice required.

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Verlaagde zwaartekracht Milieu Hardware Demonstraties van een Prototype Geminiaturiseerde doorstroomcytometer en Companion Microfluïdische Mixing Technology
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Phipps, W. S., Yin, Z., Bae, C.,… More

Phipps, W. S., Yin, Z., Bae, C., Sharpe, J. Z., Bishara, A. M., Nelson, E. S., Weaver, A. S., Brown, D., McKay, T. L., Griffin, D., Chan, E. Y. Reduced-gravity Environment Hardware Demonstrations of a Prototype Miniaturized Flow Cytometer and Companion Microfluidic Mixing Technology. J. Vis. Exp. (93), e51743, doi:10.3791/51743 (2014).

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