New device simplifies blood viscosity measurement
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
A new device for measuring the viscosity of non-Newtonian fluids such as blood, whose viscosity changes with flow velocity, has been developed by researchers at Exton, Pennsylvania-based Visco Technologies and Drexel University in Philadelphia. At high flow rates, such as during systole, blood has a low viscosity, but during diastole, when it is moving more slowly, its viscosity is higher.