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Fig. 4

From: Determination of rheology and surface tension of airway surface liquid: a review of clinical relevance and measurement techniques

Fig. 4

Captive bubble chamber. A lung surfactant suspension (A) is placed into a glass flow-through chamber, and a captive bubble (B) is formed by a syringe within the aqueous phase and then allowed to float against the agarose gel (G) ceiling. After the stopcock (S) is closed, B can be compressed or expanded by withdrawing fluid through the pressure control port (P) [94]

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Respiratory Research

ISSN: 1465-993X

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