Note: Biochemical samples centrifuged in-flight on drones

Mayur Katariya; Dwayne Chung Kim Chung; Tristan Minifie; Harshit Gupta; Alifa Afiah Ahmad Zahidi; Oi Wah Liew; Tuck Wah Ng

doi:10.1063/1.5031039

Note: Biochemical samples centrifuged in-flight on drones

Rev Sci Instrum. 2018 Oct;89(10):106102. doi: 10.1063/1.5031039.

Authors

Mayur Katariya¹, Dwayne Chung Kim Chung¹, Tristan Minifie¹, Harshit Gupta¹, Alifa Afiah Ahmad Zahidi¹, Oi Wah Liew², Tuck Wah Ng¹

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory for Optics and Applied Mechanics, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia.
² Cardiovascular Research Institute, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, National University Health System, Centre for Translational Medicine, 14 Medical Drive, Singapore 117599.

PMID: 30399692
DOI: 10.1063/1.5031039

Abstract

The ability to conduct en-route centrifugation of samples improves quality and timeliness in the pre-analytical phase. This is demonstrated here on a quadcopter whereby the propellers were adapted to house and apply centrifugal forces to sample-containing capillary tubes instead of incorporating a centrifuge. Tests revealed the ability of the method to separate non-homogenized milk into a cream portion and a skim milk portion, and human whole blood into plasma, buffy coat, and red blood cell components.