. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 25.

Published in final edited form as: Small. 2013 May 16;9(20):10.1002/smll.201300020. doi: 10.1002/smll.201300020

Table 1.

Fold change between the inlet and outlet of space-constrained microfluidic sorting (SCMS) system in curvilinear velocity (VCL), straight-line velocity (VSL), linearity (LIN), and percentage

	Fold change between inlet and outlet in SCMS system
Channel Length	7 mm		10 mm		15 mm		20 mm
Incubation Time	30 min	1 hour	30 min	1 hour	30 min	1 hour	30 min	1 hour
Curvilinear Velocity (VCL)	1.9	1.4	2.1	1.7	3.0	2.0	2.6	2.1
Straight-line Velocity (VSL)	1.9	1.3	2.3	1.8	3.8	2.1	2.8	2.1
Linearity (LIN)	1.1	1.0	1.1	1.0	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.0
Percentage of motility	1.3	1.6	1.6	3.1	1.7	2.2	2.0	2.3

motility of the sperm, for different channel lengths and incubation times.