Figure 4.
Gut-on-a-chip microfluidic device. (a) Schematic top view of the system made of two polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) layers and one polycarbonate (PC) membrane; (b) current assembled device; (c) schematic drawing of the A-A’ cross-section; and (d) entire setup (including 4 devices, 9 colon explants, and 4 independent culture medium reservoirs and wastes) placed in an incubator. Reprinted from an open-access source [101].