Device and a method for measuring thrombus formation tendency
US5662107A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 15, 1995 |
| Grant date | Sep 2, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 15, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N33/4905
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A device for in vitro measurement of a tendency to form thrombi in people and animals under simulated in vivo conditions. Blood is pumped at a constant flow through at least one flow channel. This flow channel can be coated or made of a thrombogenesis-promoting material. The pressure difference between the pressures upstream and downstream of the thrombogenesis unit, due to a thrombus formed in the flow channel, is measured. With this device, a method can measure the tendency to thrombogenesis.
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