Figure 2.

Artificial microvascular network (AMVN). (a) Each AMVN device has three identical capillary network units that meet at a single outlet. Up to three of these network units can be made adhesive using relevant adhesion molecules (e.g. laminin and fibronectin). (b) The perfusion rate of the RBC sample in either an adhesive or a nonadhesive network is determined by image analysis of the RBC flow in the post-capillary venules of the network unites (rightmost inset). Arrows indicate flow direction. (A color version of this figure is available in the online journal.)