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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomed Mater Res A. 2014 May 6;103(4):1303–1311. doi: 10.1002/jbm.a.35202

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Parallel plate flow chamber and experimental set up. A) The circular metallic piece and rectangle were secured around the flow chamber with screws. B) The flow path was formed from a silicon gasket. Thin aluminum shim stock can be seen along the length of either side of the silicone gasket to ensure a precise chamber height. C)The blood analogue was perfused through the chamber and across the sample for 5 min. Images were acquired, in real time, 4mm from the inlet by a CCD camera. The transparent blood analogue and long working distance objective allowed for real time visualization of adherent fluorescent platelets through the flow path onto the opaque test surface.