医疗诊断纸板离心机分离血细胞与血浆技术研究.pdfVIP

Medicaldiagnostics

Acardboardcentrifugeseparates

bloodcellsfromsma

String-driventhing

Jan14th2017

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TAKEacardboarddiscandpunchtwohoinit,oneithersideofits

centre.Threadapieceofstringthrougheachhole.Now,pulloneachend

ofthestringsandthediscwillspinfreneticallyinonedirectionasthe

stringswindaroundeachother,andthenintheother,astheyunwind.

Versionsofthischildren’swhirligighavebeenfoundinarchaeologicaldigs

acrosstheworld,fromtheIndusValleytotheAmericas,withtheoldest

datingbackto3,300BC.NowManuPrakashandhiscolleaguesatStanford

Universityhave,withafewniftymodifications,turnedthetoyintoacheap,

医疗诊断

纸板离心机将血细胞与血浆分离

字符串驱动的东西

2017年1月14日

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拿⼀个纸板盘，在其中⼼的两侧打两个孔。将⼀根绳⼦穿过每个孔。现在，

拉动琴弦的每⼀端，当琴弦相互缠绕时，圆盘将朝⼀个⽅向旋转，然

后当它们松开时，圆盘将朝另⼀个⽅向旋转。

从河⾕到美洲，世界各地的考古发掘中都发现了这种⼉童旋转⽊⻢的版

本，最古老的可追溯到公元前3,300年。现在，⻢努・卡什和他在斯坦

福⼤学的同事们经过⼀些巧妙的修改，将这个玩具变成了⼀种廉价的、

lightweightmedicalcentrifuge.TheyreporttheirworkthisweekinNature

BiomedicalEngineering.

Whatgoesaround...

Centrifuges’manyusesincludetheseparationofmedicalsamp(of

blood,urine,sputumandstool)foranalysis.TeststospotHIV,malariaand

tuberculosis,inparticular,requiresamptobespuntoclearthemof

cellulardebris.Commercialcentrifuges,however,areheavyandrequire

powertorun.Thatmakesthemimpracticalforgeneralusebyhealth-care

workersinpoorcountries,