Patent ID: 9155849
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: A61M,F15D

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 connected sequential flow passage portions between the ends, the sequential flow passage portions including: b) a plurality of divider sets, each divider set positioned in a different sequential flow passage portion of the flow passage to divide that flow passage portion into a predetermined number of sub flow passages, the number of sub flow passages in a next sequential flow passage portion being greater than the number of sub flow passages in the next preceding flow passage portion and each sub flow passage in a next sequential flow passage portion being in flow communication with only a single sub flow passage 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.