Patent ID: 8371291
Filing Date: 2013-02-12
Classification: A61M,F15D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A device for providing and maintaining laminar flow of a fluid and maintaining particle suspension in the fluid during fluid flow, comprising: a) a flow passage having opposite ends, said flow passage being divided into a plurality of equal length connecting sequential portions between the ends, the sequential portions including: b) a plurality of divider sets, each divider set positioned in a different sequential flow passage portion of the flow passage with one of the plurality of divider sets being positioned in each of the inlet flow passage portion, the outlet flow passage portion, and each of the at least one intermediate flow passage portions to divide each of the flow passage portions into a predetermined number of sub flow passages forming continuations of the sub flow passages of the next preceding flow passage portion; c) whereby the flow passage is sequentially divided into an increasing number of the sub flow passages progressing from the inlet portion of the flow passage to the outlet portion of the flow passage and at least one of the sub flow passages of each sequential portion of the flow passage beyond the inlet flow passage portion is divided into a plurality of additional smaller sub flow passages in the next sequential flow passage portion of the flow passage.