CN109975265B - A three-dimensional scaling microfluidic device and method for multidirectional induced Dean flow - Google Patents
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技术领域:Technical field:
本发明专利涉及一种三维缩扩微流控器件及方法,尤其适用于一种肿瘤研究领域中无需借助鞘液流及外场力条件下使用的多向诱导Dean流的三维缩扩微流控器件及方法。The patent of the present invention relates to a three-dimensional shrink-expanding microfluidic device and method, which is especially suitable for a three-dimensional shrink-expanding microfluidic device in the field of tumor research that does not require the use of sheath liquid flow and external field force to induce Dean flow in multiple directions. and methods.
背景技术:Background technique:
随着时代的发展,恶性肿瘤已经成为影响人类公共健康的重大问题,人民对健康幸福生活的追求与医疗诊断资源相对匮乏之间的矛盾日益突出。现场即时诊断(Point-of-care testing, POCT)仪器,因具有检测装置微型化、操作过程简单化、诊断结果即时化及检测费用平民化等独特优势,在完善资源匮乏地区医疗建设、应对突发事故灾害和推动家庭护理诊断等领域具有广阔应用前景,是解决上述矛盾的有力工具。依托先进微结构加工工艺,微流控(Microfluidic)技术通过微米级流道精确操控微升、毫升级别样品,是开发新一代POCT仪器的主流技术。With the development of the times, malignant tumors have become a major problem affecting human public health, and the contradiction between people's pursuit of a healthy and happy life and the relative lack of medical diagnosis resources has become increasingly prominent. On-site point-of-care testing (POCT) instruments have unique advantages such as miniaturization of detection devices, simplified operation processes, instant diagnosis results, and civilian testing costs. It has broad application prospects in the fields of accident disasters and promotion of home care diagnosis, and is a powerful tool to solve the above contradictions. Relying on advanced microstructure processing technology, Microfluidic technology precisely controls microliter and milliliter samples through micrometer flow channels, which is the mainstream technology for developing a new generation of POCT instruments.
作为POCT仪器重要前处理单元之一,样品预聚焦的精度将直接制约检测仪器的性能指标。现有的微流控聚焦技术据操控机制的不同可概括为以下三类:第一类是从传统宏观方法演化而来的鞘液夹流技术;第二类是基于电、磁、声、光等外场的主动聚焦技术;第三类是基于复杂形态微流道诱导流体,并通过流体自身作用操控粒子的被动聚焦技术。对细胞检测而言,理想的粒子聚焦器件应具有:①操作简单,②无需鞘液流辅助,③聚焦流束窄,④聚焦位置远离流道壁面,⑤处理通量高等特点。各国学者虽已在微流控聚焦领域取得突出成就,但实现一种微流控聚焦器件能同时兼具上述优势仍存在巨大挑战:如鞘液夹流技术面临高通量鞘液流的引入,且应用于微流控芯片中粒子聚焦多呈二维平面状态;主动聚焦技术则需要庞大、昂贵的外部设备,且一般通量较低,操作繁琐。相较而言,作为一种典型的被动聚焦技术,惯性微流控(Inertial Microfluidic)巧妙利用微尺度流体的惯性效应(惯性迁移及横截面Dean流)实现粒子运动状态及平衡位置的精确操控,具有流道结构简单,无需鞘液夹流,无需借助外场力以及处理通量高等显著优势,是近年来得到广泛关注的一种微纳米生物粒子操控方法。As one of the important pre-processing units of POCT instruments, the precision of sample pre-focusing will directly restrict the performance indicators of the detection instrument. The existing microfluidic focusing technology can be summarized into the following three categories according to the different control mechanisms: the first category is sheath liquid entrainment technology evolved from traditional macroscopic methods; the second category is based on electricity, magnetism, sound, light Active focusing technology with equal external field; the third type is passive focusing technology based on complex morphological micro-channels to induce fluid and manipulate particles through the action of the fluid itself. For cell detection, an ideal particle focusing device should have the following characteristics: (1) simple operation, (2) no need for sheath flow assistance, (3) narrow focus flow, (4) focusing position far from the wall of the flow channel, and (5) high processing throughput. Although scholars from all over the world have made outstanding achievements in the field of microfluidic focusing, there are still huge challenges in realizing a microfluidic focusing device that can have the above advantages at the same time. Moreover, the particle focusing applied in microfluidic chips is mostly two-dimensional plane state; active focusing technology requires huge and expensive external equipment, and generally has a low flux and is cumbersome to operate. In contrast, as a typical passive focusing technology, Inertial Microfluidic cleverly utilizes the inertial effects of micro-scale fluids (inertial migration and cross-sectional Dean flow) to achieve precise control of particle motion states and equilibrium positions. It has the obvious advantages of simple flow channel structure, no need for sheath liquid flow, no need for external field force and high processing throughput.
然而,现有的惯性聚焦技术大多是将粒子排布于两个或两个以上平衡位置,且聚焦平衡位置贴近流道壁面,传统单侧或平面对称双侧缩扩流道、螺旋流道及非对称正弦流道等结构仅能在主流道截面的横向方向上诱导生成一组Dean涡流,致使粒子聚焦存在两个平衡位置,且平衡位置贴近壁面,易产生壁面对检测光束的散射,限制了传统流式细胞术或其它光学检测手段的应用。鉴于此,本发明专利设计一种三维缩扩新型结构,并据此提出一种多向诱导Dean流操控生物粒子单列、截面中心位置聚焦方法,可为血液中肿瘤细胞的精准检测提供重要样品预聚焦单元,以简单流道结构及操控方法实现流式检测精度和灵敏度的大幅提升。However, most of the existing inertial focusing technologies arrange the particles in two or more equilibrium positions, and the focusing equilibrium position is close to the wall of the flow channel. Structures such as asymmetric sinusoidal flow channels can only induce a set of Dean eddy currents in the lateral direction of the main flow channel section, resulting in two equilibrium positions for particle focusing, and the equilibrium positions are close to the wall surface, which is prone to scattering of the detection beam from the wall, which limits the Application of traditional flow cytometry or other optical detection methods. In view of this, the patent of the present invention designs a new three-dimensional shrink-expanded structure, and based on this, proposes a multi-directional induced Dean flow to control the biological particle single-column and cross-sectional center position focusing method, which can provide important sample prediction for the accurate detection of tumor cells in blood. Focusing unit, with a simple flow channel structure and manipulation method to achieve a significant improvement in the accuracy and sensitivity of flow detection.
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发明专利目的:针对上述技术中的不足之处,提供一种克服现有惯性微流控器件在操控粒子聚焦时存在多个聚焦平衡位置且平衡位置贴近流道壁面的不足,实现生物细胞在流道截面中心位置处的单列精准聚焦,为高精度流式检测提供重要样品预聚焦单元的多向诱导Dean流的三维缩扩微流控器件及方法。Purpose of the invention patent: Aiming at the shortcomings of the above technologies, to provide a method that overcomes the shortcomings of the existing inertial microfluidic devices when controlling particle focusing that there are multiple focusing equilibrium positions and the equilibrium positions are close to the wall of the flow channel, so as to realize the flow of biological cells. The single-column precise focusing at the center of the channel section provides a three-dimensional shrink-expanding microfluidic device and method for multi-directional induced Dean flow of an important sample pre-focusing unit for high-precision flow detection.
技术方案:为实现上述目的,本发明的多向诱导Dean流的三维缩扩微流控器件,它包括微流控芯片,微流控芯片内设有三维缩扩流道,三维缩扩流道的首尾两端分别设有与微流控芯片外界连同的入口连接器和出口连接器,入口连接器上设有入口导管,出口连接器上设有出口导管;其中三维缩扩流道包括设置在微流控芯片内的矩形通道结构的主流道,主流道的截面为正方形或深宽比不为1的矩形,主流道的入口连接器处为圆柱空间的入口,主流道的出口连接器处为圆柱空间的出口,其中主流道的中部与入口之间的上游为矩形结构,在主流道的中部与出口之间的下游设有缩聚-扩展结构,缩聚-扩展结构与出口间留有距离。Technical solution: In order to achieve the above purpose, the three-dimensional constriction-expanding microfluidic device for inducing Dean flow in multiple directions of the present invention includes a microfluidic chip, and the microfluidic chip is provided with a three-dimensional constriction-expansion flow channel, a three-dimensional constriction-expansion flow channel. The head and tail ends of the microfluidic chip are respectively provided with an inlet connector and an outlet connector, which are connected with the outside of the microfluidic chip. The main channel of the rectangular channel structure in the microfluidic chip, the cross section of the main channel is a square or a rectangle whose aspect ratio is not 1, the inlet connector of the main channel is the entrance of the cylindrical space, and the outlet connector of the main channel is The outlet of the cylindrical space, wherein the upstream between the middle part of the main channel and the inlet is a rectangular structure, and the downstream between the middle part of the main channel and the outlet is a polycondensation-expansion structure, and there is a distance between the polycondensation-expansion structure and the outlet.
所述的缩聚-扩展结构包括在主流道外侧间隔设置的凸起结构或者凹陷结构。The polycondensation-expansion structure includes convex structures or concave structures arranged at intervals outside the main channel.
所述的凸起结构包括在主流道顶部设有凸起阵列Ⅱ,主流道的侧面设有凸起阵列Ⅰ,其中凸起阵列Ⅰ与凸起阵列Ⅱ在轴向坐标上一一对应设置。The raised structure includes a raised array II on the top of the main channel, and a raised array I on the side of the main channel, wherein the raised array I and the raised array II are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence on the axial coordinates.
所述在主流道上对应凸起阵列Ⅰ的另一面上镜像设有凸起阵列Ⅲ,凸起阵列Ⅲ与凸起阵列Ⅰ与凸起阵列Ⅱ在轴向坐标上一一对应设置。The projection array III is mirrored on the other side of the main channel corresponding to the projection array I, and the projection array III is arranged in a one-to-one correspondence with the projection array I and the projection array II on the axial coordinates.
所述在主流道上对应凸起阵列Ⅰ的另一面上上镜像设有凸起阵列Ⅲ,在主流道上镜像设有凸起阵列Ⅱ的另一面上分别设有凸起阵列Ⅳ最终形成凹陷阵列,凸起阵列Ⅰ、凸起阵列Ⅱ、凸起阵列Ⅲ和凸起阵列Ⅳ在轴向坐标上一一对应设置。The convex array III is mirrored on the other side of the main channel corresponding to the convex array I, and the convex array IV is respectively provided on the other surface of the main channel mirrored with the convex array II. Finally, a concave array is formed. The starting array I, the protruding array II, the protruding array III and the protruding array IV are arranged in one-to-one correspondence on the axial coordinates.
主流道的截面尺寸为200×200μm;所述凸起阵列Ⅰ、凸起阵列Ⅱ、凸起阵列Ⅲ和凸起阵列Ⅳ为多个间隔设置的矩形凸起,矩形凸起的尺寸为200×50×50μm,矩形凸起之间间间距50μm。The cross-sectional size of the main channel is 200×200 μm; the protrusion array I, protrusion array II, protrusion array III and protrusion array IV are a plurality of rectangular protrusions arranged at intervals, and the size of the rectangular protrusions is 200×50 ×50μm, the spacing between the rectangular protrusions is 50μm.
所述凹陷结构为设置在主流道顶部和单边侧壁或两侧壁和底部的矩形凹陷。The recessed structure is a rectangular recess provided on the top of the main channel and the sidewall of one side or the sidewalls of both sides and the bottom.
一种多向诱导Dean流的三维缩扩微流控器件的控制方法,其步骤为:将肿瘤细胞利用荧光标记,并与非荧光标记背景白细胞混合制成初始混合样品,将初始混合样呈随机分散状态顺序通过入口导管和入口连接器导入三维缩扩流道,经三维缩扩流道中主流道上游处矩形截面通道内惯性升力作用,带动白细胞与肿瘤细胞做横向迁移运动,由此将白细胞与肿瘤细胞聚焦至靠近三维缩扩流道四壁面中心处的四个平衡位置,并在三维缩扩流道中下游处,由主流道及侧面凸起阵列Ⅰ、顶部凸起阵列Ⅱ共同构成缩扩结构,位于主流道侧面的凸起阵列Ⅰ在三维缩扩流道截面的横向方向上诱导生成上下对称的两个Dean涡流;位于主流道顶部的凸起阵列Ⅱ在三维缩扩流道截面的纵向方向上诱导生成左右对称的两个Dean涡流,横向方向生成的两个Dean涡流和纵向方向生成的两个Dean涡流互相耦合,形成新的复杂Dean流模式,从而使白细胞与肿瘤细胞呈单列、截面中心位置精准惯性聚焦的方式移动形成单列聚焦粒子束流,使用外部流式检测装置对三维缩扩流道截面中心位置形成的单列聚焦粒子束流进行检测,肿瘤细胞受外部流式检测装置发出的荧光激发发射出发射光,并被外部流式检测装置接收识别,完成对肿瘤细胞的精准计数,随后聚焦粒子束经出口、出口连接器、出口导管顺序导出,并由废液收集装置收集。A method for controlling a three-dimensional shrink-expanded microfluidic device for inducing Dean flow in multiple directions. The dispersed state is sequentially introduced into the three-dimensional constriction-expansion flow channel through the inlet conduit and the inlet connector, and the inertial lift in the rectangular cross-section channel upstream of the main channel in the three-dimensional constriction-expansion flow channel drives the leukocytes and tumor cells to perform lateral migration, thereby connecting leukocytes and tumor cells. The tumor cells are focused to the four equilibrium positions near the center of the four walls of the three-dimensional constriction-expansion channel, and in the middle and downstream of the three-dimensional constriction-expansion channel, the main channel and the side convex array I and the top convex array II together constitute the constriction and expansion structure. , the convex array I located on the side of the main channel induces two Dean vortices that are symmetrical up and down in the lateral direction of the three-dimensional constriction-expansion channel section; the convex array II located at the top of the main channel is in the longitudinal direction of the three-dimensional contraction-expansion channel section. Two Dean vortices with left and right symmetry are induced in the upper direction, and the two Dean vortices generated in the lateral direction and the two Dean vortices generated in the longitudinal direction are coupled with each other to form a new complex Dean flow pattern, so that the white blood cells and tumor cells are in a single row and the center of the section The position-accurate inertial focusing method moves to form a single-row focused particle beam, and an external flow detection device is used to detect the single-row focused particle beam formed at the center of the three-dimensional condensed-expanded flow channel section. The excitation emits emitted light, which is received and recognized by an external flow detection device to complete the accurate counting of tumor cells, and then the focused particle beam is sequentially exported through the outlet, outlet connector, and outlet catheter, and collected by the waste liquid collection device.
有益效果:本发明通过在主流道的侧面及顶部同时设置凸起阵列,可在主流道截面的横向及纵向方向上同时诱导生成Dean涡流,多向Dean涡流耦合后形成一种全新的复杂Dean涡流模式,从而高效操控生物细胞,实现生物细胞单列、截面中心位置精准聚焦;生物细胞单列聚焦可确保每一细胞粒子均经过检测系统激发光束焦点处;聚焦位置位于流道截面中心处可有效避免流道壁面对检测系统光束的散射,从而大幅提升光学检测的精度及灵敏度,为高精度流式检测提供重要的样品预聚焦单元;此外本发明无需借助鞘液夹流或外场力,成本低、操作简单、易集成微型化的优点,可广泛用于临床诊断、生物学研究、生化分析等领域,尤其适用于血液中循环肿瘤细胞(Circulating Tumor Cells, CTCs)的早期检测方面。Beneficial effects: The present invention can simultaneously induce and generate Dean eddy currents in the lateral and longitudinal directions of the main channel section by arranging raised arrays on the side and top of the main channel. After the multidirectional Dean eddy currents are coupled, a brand-new complex Dean eddy current is formed. The single-row focusing of biological cells can ensure that each cell particle passes through the focus of the excitation beam of the detection system; the focusing position is located at the center of the flow channel section, which can effectively avoid flow The channel wall scatters the beam of the detection system, thereby greatly improving the accuracy and sensitivity of optical detection, and providing an important sample pre-focusing unit for high-precision flow detection; in addition, the invention does not require sheath liquid flow or external field force, low cost, and operation. The advantages of simplicity, easy integration and miniaturization can be widely used in clinical diagnosis, biological research, biochemical analysis and other fields, especially for the early detection of Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) in the blood.
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图1是本发明多向诱导Dean流的三维缩扩微流控器件的结构示意图;1 is a schematic structural diagram of a three-dimensional scaling microfluidic device for multidirectional inducing Dean flow of the present invention;
图2是本发明多向诱导Dean流的三维缩扩微流控器件的三维缩扩流道结构示意图;2 is a schematic diagram of a three-dimensional constriction-expansion flow channel structure of a three-dimensional constriction-expansion microfluidic device for multidirectional inducing Dean flow of the present invention;
图3是本发明多向诱导Dean流的三维缩扩微流控器件的三维缩扩流道截面多向Dean流生成及耦合示意图;3 is a schematic diagram of the generation and coupling of the multidirectional Dean flow in the cross-section of the three-dimensional constriction-expansion flow channel of the three-dimensional constriction-expansion microfluidic device of the present invention;
图4是本发明多向诱导Dean流的三维缩扩微流控器件的惯性聚焦原理示意图;4 is a schematic diagram of the inertial focusing principle of the three-dimensional scaling microfluidic device for multidirectional inducing Dean flow of the present invention;
图5是本发明多向诱导Dean流的三维缩扩微流控器件结构示意图;5 is a schematic structural diagram of a three-dimensional scaling microfluidic device for multidirectional inducing Dean flow according to the present invention;
图6是本发明多向诱导Dean流的三维缩扩微流控器件结构示意图。FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a three-dimensional scaling microfluidic device for multidirectional inducing Dean flow according to the present invention.
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下面结合附图对本发明的具体实施方式作详细说明。The specific embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
如图1和图2所示,本发明的多向诱导Dean流的三维缩扩微流控器件1包括微流控芯片2,微流控芯片2内设有三维缩扩流道5,三维缩扩流道5的首尾两端分别设有与微流控芯片2外界连同的入口连接器4和出口连接器6,入口连接器4上设有入口导管3,出口连接器6上设有出口导管7;其中三维缩扩流道5包括设置在微流控芯片2内的矩形通道结构的主流道52,主流道52的截面为正方形或深宽比不为1的矩形,主流道52的入口连接器4处为圆柱空间的入口51,主流道52的出口连接器6处为圆柱空间的出口54,其中主流道52的中部与入口51之间的上游为矩形结构,在主流道52的中部与出口54之间的下游设有缩聚-扩展结构,缩聚-扩展结构与出口54间留有距离。As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 , the three-dimensional condensing and expanding microfluidic device 1 for inducing Dean flow in multiple directions of the present invention includes a
如图5所示,所述在主流道52上对应凸起阵列Ⅰ531的另一面上镜像设有凸起阵列Ⅲ533,凸起阵列Ⅲ533与凸起阵列Ⅰ531与凸起阵列Ⅱ532在轴向坐标上一一对应设置。As shown in FIG. 5 , the projection array III 533 is mirrored on the other side of the
如图6所示,所述在主流道52上对应凸起阵列Ⅰ531的另一面上上镜像设有凸起阵列Ⅲ533,在主流道52上设有凸起阵列Ⅱ532的另一面上镜像设有凸起阵列Ⅳ534,凸起阵列Ⅰ531、凸起阵列Ⅱ532、凸起阵列Ⅲ533和凸起阵列Ⅳ534在轴向坐标上一一对应设置。As shown in FIG. 6 , the convex array III 533 is mirrored on the other side of the
主流道52的截面尺寸为200×200μm;所述凸起阵列Ⅰ531、凸起阵列Ⅱ532、凸起阵列Ⅲ533和凸起阵列Ⅳ534为多个间隔设置的矩形凸起,矩形凸起的尺寸为200×50×50μm,矩形凸起之间间间距50μm,The cross-sectional size of the
一种多向诱导Dean流的三维缩扩微流控制方法,其步骤为:将肿瘤细胞9利用荧光标记,并与非荧光标记背景白细胞8混合制成初始混合样品,将初始混合样呈随机分散状态顺序通过入口导管3和入口连接器4导入三维缩扩流道5,如图4所示,经三维缩扩流道5中主流道52上游处矩形截面通道内惯性升力作用,带动白细胞8与肿瘤细胞9做横向迁移运动,由此将白细胞8与肿瘤细胞9聚焦至靠近三维缩扩流道5四壁面中心处的四个平衡位置,并在三维缩扩流道5中下游处,由主流道及侧面、顶部凸起阵列共同构成缩扩结构,位于主流道侧面的凸起阵列在三维缩扩流道5截面的横向方向上诱导生成上下对称的两个Dean涡流;位于主流道顶部的凸起阵列在三维缩扩流道5截面的纵向方向上诱导生成左右对称的两个Dean涡流;如图4所示,横向方向生成的两个Dean涡流和纵向方向生成的两个Dean涡流互相耦合,形成新的复杂Dean流模式,从而使白细胞8与肿瘤细胞9惯性聚焦呈单列、截面中心位置精准聚焦的方式移动形成单列聚焦粒子束流,使用外部流式检测装置对三维缩扩流道5截面中心位置形成的单列聚焦粒子束流进行检测,肿瘤细胞9受外部流式检测装置发出的荧光激发发射出发射光,并被外部流式检测装置接收识别,完成对肿瘤细胞9的精准计数,随后聚焦粒子束经出口54、出口连接器6、出口导管7顺序导出,并由废液收集装置收集。A three-dimensional shrink-expanding microfluidic control method for inducing Dean flow in multiple directions, the steps of which are as follows: tumor cells 9 are fluorescently labeled, and mixed with non-fluorescently labeled
实施例1:Example 1:
本实施例中多向诱导Dean流的三维缩扩微流控器件1采用聚二甲基硅氧烷PDMS、聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯PMMA、聚碳酸酯PC等材质通过软光刻加工工艺制备,该工艺具体包括光刻SU-8阳模、PDMS浇注以及PDMS-玻璃键合等步骤,具有加工精度高等优点;亦可采用硅胶薄膜、聚対苯二甲酸类塑料PET薄膜、聚氯乙烯PVC薄膜等材质通过激光微加工工艺制备,该工艺具体包括激光切割撕除成型、等离子体表面处理、键合以及夹具封装等步骤,具有制作成本低、加工周期短等优点。此外,本实施例中的流道结构还可采用玻璃、硅、金属等其他材质,通过湿法/深反应离子刻蚀、超精密机加工、感光电路板刻蚀等微加工技术实现。In this embodiment, the three-dimensional shrink-expanding microfluidic device 1 with multi-directional induced Dean flow is prepared by soft lithography process using materials such as polydimethylsiloxane PDMS, polymethyl methacrylate PMMA, polycarbonate PC, etc. The process specifically includes the steps of photolithography SU-8 positive mold, PDMS casting and PDMS-glass bonding, which has the advantages of high processing accuracy; silicone film, polyphthalic acid plastic PET film, and polyvinyl chloride PVC film can also be used. Such materials are prepared by a laser micromachining process, which specifically includes steps such as laser cutting and tearing, plasma surface treatment, bonding, and fixture packaging, and has the advantages of low production cost and short processing cycle. In addition, the flow channel structure in this embodiment can also be made of other materials such as glass, silicon, metal, etc., and is realized by micromachining technologies such as wet/deep reactive ion etching, ultra-precision machining, and photosensitive circuit board etching.
本实施例所述器件主要用于血液中血细胞及循环肿瘤细胞的精准聚焦及流式检测,也可应用于其他体液如尿液、唾液、胸水、腹水等中生物细胞的聚焦检测,还可拓展应用于其他环境下微纳米粒子的高效惯性操控。The device described in this embodiment is mainly used for the precise focusing and flow detection of blood cells and circulating tumor cells in blood, and can also be applied to the focusing detection of biological cells in other body fluids such as urine, saliva, pleural effusion, ascites, etc. Efficient inertial manipulation of micro-nanoparticles in other environments.
如图3所示为三维缩扩流道多向诱导Dean流的原理示意图。在三维缩扩流道5的中下游区域,由主流道52、位于主流道52侧面的凸起阵列Ⅰ531、位于主流道52顶部的凸起阵列Ⅱ532共同构成三维缩扩结构。在该结构下,流体流经时,位于侧面的凸起阵列Ⅰ531可在主流道52横截面的横向方向上诱导生成一组上下对称的Dean涡流;位于顶部的凸起阵列Ⅱ532可在主流道52横截面的纵向方向上生成一组左右对称的Dean涡流。通过调控主流道52/凸起阵列Ⅰ531/凸起阵列Ⅱ532的结构尺寸以及样品流速等参数,可调整两组Dean涡流的强度及形貌。两组Dean涡流相互叠加耦合,生成一种复杂的Dean涡流新模式(如图3右图所示为收聚段截面流场仿真),从而可为微纳米粒子高效操控提供一种全新手段,使生物细胞在主流道52截面中心位置的单列精准聚焦成为可能。Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of the principle of multidirectional induced Dean flow in a three-dimensional constriction-expansion channel. In the middle and downstream regions of the three-dimensional shrink-expanded
如图4所示为裂解血液中白细胞8与肿瘤细胞9在三维缩扩流道5中的精准聚焦过程。无荧光染色白细胞8与荧光染色肿瘤细胞9混合样品自入口导管3及入口连接器4注入后,在入口51处呈随机分散状态。随后在主流道52的上游区域,据惯性操控经典理论,受惯性升力F L 含指向流道中心的壁面诱导惯性升力F LW 与指向流道壁面的剪切诱导惯性升力F LS 作用发生横向迁移,并逐渐聚焦至靠近四壁面中心的四处平衡位置。随后在主流道52中下游部分与凸起阵列Ⅰ531、凸起阵列Ⅱ532共同组成具有三维缩聚-扩展特征的缩扩结构区域,随着多向耦合复杂Dean涡流的引入,细胞粒子除收到惯性升力作用外,还将受到额外的Dean拽力F D 作用。通过调整流道结构尺寸及样品流速,可驱动白细胞8与肿瘤细胞9逐渐向主流道52的截面中心处迁移,最终实现流道中心位置的单列精准聚焦。在凸起阵列Ⅰ531/凸起阵列Ⅱ532与出口54之间的检测区域,外部光学检测系统的激发光束垂直照射于聚焦粒子束,此时荧光染色肿瘤细胞9受激发并发射出发射光,被检测系统接收识别;而无荧光染色的白细胞8不激发出荧光,从而实现对肿瘤细胞9的检测计数。由于本发明设计的三维缩扩流道可实现单列、截面中心位置的精准聚焦,其中单列聚焦可确保每一细胞粒子均通过检测系统激发光束的焦点,而聚焦位置处于流道截面中心可有效避免流道壁面对检测系统激发光束的散射,故整体上可极大程度上提升流式检测的精度与灵敏度。As shown in FIG. 4 , the precise focusing process of
本实施例中提出的可多向诱导Dean流三维缩扩微流控器件可突破传统惯性微流控器件仅能在截面横向方向上诱导生成Dean流,致使粒子聚焦存在两个或两个以上平衡位置,且平衡位置贴近流道壁面的局限,实现生物细胞在流道截面中心位置的单束精准聚焦,为高精度流式检测提供重要样品预聚焦单元。同时,本实施例提出的三维缩扩微流控器件还具有结构简单、加工成本低、操作方便、检测通量高等优势,亦可广泛拓展应用于临床诊断、生物学分析、生化分析等领域,尤其适用于血液中循环肿瘤细胞的早期检测、细胞学水平的化疗药物敏感性测试等方面。The three-dimensional constriction-expanding microfluidic device proposed in this embodiment that can induce Dean flow in multiple directions can break through the traditional inertial microfluidic device, which can only induce Dean flow in the transverse direction of the cross-section, resulting in two or more equilibria in particle focusing. Position, and the balance position is close to the limitation of the flow channel wall, realizes the precise focusing of a single beam of biological cells at the center of the flow channel section, and provides an important sample pre-focusing unit for high-precision flow detection. At the same time, the three-dimensional shrink-expanding microfluidic device proposed in this embodiment also has the advantages of simple structure, low processing cost, convenient operation, and high detection throughput, and can also be widely used in clinical diagnosis, biological analysis, biochemical analysis and other fields. It is especially suitable for the early detection of circulating tumor cells in the blood and the sensitivity test of chemotherapeutic drugs at the cytological level.
实施例2,如图5所示,本实施例在主流道52侧面、与凸起阵列Ⅰ531相对的另一侧设置凸起阵列Ⅲ533,且所述凸起阵列Ⅲ533与凸起阵列Ⅰ531呈镜像关系,以在三个方向上诱导Dean涡流并耦合,高效操控生物细胞实现截面中心位置单列精准聚焦。
实施例3,如图6所示,本实施例在主流道52的底部设置凸起阵列Ⅳ534,且所述凸起阵列Ⅳ534与凸起阵列Ⅱ532呈镜像关系,以在四个方向上诱导Dean涡流并耦合,高效操控生物细胞实现截面中心位置单列精准聚焦。
在其他一些实施例中,所述凸起阵列Ⅰ531、凸起阵列Ⅱ532、凸起阵列Ⅲ533、凸起阵列Ⅳ534结构为凹陷设置在主流道52中的矩形凹陷结构构成,在主流动方向上形成三维缩聚-扩展特征,以多向诱导Dean流并高效操控微纳米粒子。In some other embodiments, the structures of the convex array I531, the convex array II532, the convex array III533, and the convex array IV534 are composed of rectangular concave structures with concavities arranged in the
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