Patent ID: 11879821
Assignee: HAEMOGRAPH PTY LTD
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC A  G

Claim 9:
10. A method of measuring the rheological properties of blood, the method comprising:
providing a device according to claim 1;
introducing non-Newtonian fluid into the device;
substantially eliminating gas from the device;
ensuring that the first and second reservoirs are in fluid communication with the channel;
altering the internal volume of the first reservoir so as to cause fluid to flow along the channel in a first direction, between the first and second reservoirs at pre-determined flow rates in each of the channel sub-sections such that pre-determined strain rates are imposed on the fluid;
recording or measuring a rate of fluid flow between the first and second reservoirs;
monitoring the apparatus for determining a pressure differential along at least a portion of the at least one sub-section having substantially uniform cross-section; and
causing the fluid to flow along the channel in a second direction.