Comment on "The promise of microfluidic artificial lungs" by J. A. Potkay, Lab Chip, 2014, 14, 4122-4138

Georg Wagner; Andreas Kaesler; Ulrich Steinseifer; Thomas Schmitz-Rode; Jutta Arens

doi:10.1039/c5lc01508a

Comment on "The promise of microfluidic artificial lungs" by J. A. Potkay, Lab Chip, 2014, 14, 4122-4138

Lab Chip. 2016 Apr 7;16(7):1272-3. doi: 10.1039/c5lc01508a.

Authors

Georg Wagner¹, Andreas Kaesler¹, Ulrich Steinseifer¹, Thomas Schmitz-Rode², Jutta Arens¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Engineering, Institute of Applied Medical Engineering, Helmholtz Institute, Pauwelsstraße 20, 52074 Aachen, Germany. wagner@ame.rwth-aachen.de.
² Institute of Applied Medical Engineering, Helmholtz Institute, Pauwelsstraße 20, 52074 Aachen, Germany.

PMID: 26956695
DOI: 10.1039/c5lc01508a

Abstract

This comment on an article that appeared in this journal (Potkay, Lab Chip, 2014, 14, 4122-4138) presents an alternative view on the feasibility and clinical application of current microfluidic artificial lungs.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Artificial Organs*
Humans
Lung / physiology*
Microfluidic Analytical Techniques*