First paper of 2023! Easy fab bubble traps

Congrats to Hannah Musgrove, Amirus (Ovi) Saleheen, and Jon Zatorski on their latest paper, now published in Micromachines as part of the Womens Special Issue! To address the perennial problem of bubbles arising in the tubing of microfluidic cultures and organs-on-chip, they adapted a previously described, passive bubble trap design for fabrication by 3Dprinting or by high-throughput machining. These two fabrication methods enable reproducible, low-cost fabrication at moderate or large throughput, respectively. We share the design files in the linked Dataverse site, so feel free to try them out!

Top panel: cutaway diagram of the bubble trap, with bubbles trapped near the top of a cylindrical chamber by bouyancy, as fluid continues out the bottom of the chamber.  Bottom panel shows photos of 3D printed and machined traps.
Posted on February 12, 2023 and filed under Papers.