Hemolysis during filtration through micropores studied by Chien et al. I] showed a dependence on pressure gradient and pore diameter that, at the time of publication, did not permit an easy interpretation of the hemolytic mechanism. Acting on the assumption that thresholds of hemolysis are easier to correlate with physical forces than extents of hemolysis, we performed a series of experi ments repeating some of the conditions reported in I] and then focusing on low L1P in order to define better the thresholds of hemolysis for several pore sizes. Employing a model of a deformed red cell...
Hemolysis during filtration through micropores studied by Chien et al. I] showed a dependence on pressure gradient and pore diameter that, at the tim...