Application of microfluidic technologies to the quantification and manipulation of sperm
Journal
Urological Science
Journal Volume
27
Journal Issue
2
Pages
56-59
Date Issued
2016
Author(s)
Abstract
With respect to male fertility, sperm play a crucial role in the whole process of fertilization. Many technologies for manipulating sperm have been developed over the past few decades and these have focused on counting and sorting sperm. Microfludic technologies were introduced into this field at the beginning of the 21st century. This paper reviews the history of microfluidic technologies and their application to forensic medicine and sperm counting and sorting. An attempt is made to establish an automatic platform for in?vitro fertilization using microfluidic technologies. ? 2014
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Other Subjects
automation; cell shape; commercial phenomena; forensic medicine; human; in vitro fertilization; in vitro fertilization on a chip; infertility therapy; microfluidic device; microfluidics; patient attitude; physician attitude; priority journal; reproduction; resistive pulse technique; Review; robotic assisted reproduction; robotics; semen analysis; sexual assault; sperm manipulation; sperm sorting; spermatozoon count; spermatozoon head; spermatozoon motility; spermatozoon tail
Publisher
Elsevier B.V.
Type
review