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Hand-powered ultralow-cost paper centrifuge

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A hand-powered centrifuge made of two paper discs, string and wooden handles is shown to achieve rotational speeds of 125,000 r.p.m., separate pure plasma from whole blood in less than 1.5 minutes… Click to show full abstract

A hand-powered centrifuge made of two paper discs, string and wooden handles is shown to achieve rotational speeds of 125,000 r.p.m., separate pure plasma from whole blood in less than 1.5 minutes and isolate malaria parasites in 15 minutes.

Keywords: ultralow cost; powered ultralow; centrifuge; paper; hand; hand powered

Journal Title: Nature Biomedical Engineering
Year Published: 2017

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