Temple University

Xiaojun Xu

Rongjia Tao

Edward Kaczanowicz

Hong Tang

Ke Huang

Enpeng Du

Kazi M Tawhid-Al-Islam

Yucheng Lan

Systems and methods for reducing blood viscosity along a flow direction, suppressing turbulence in blood flow, and treating rouleaux are disclosed. One method includes applying a unidirectional magnetic field to a flow of blood in a direction parallel or antiparallel to a direction of the flow of blood, and maintaining the application of the unidirectional magnetic field to the flow of blood until a blood viscosity along the direction of the flow of blood is reduced and/or the turbulence in the blood flow is suppressed. One system includes an annular magnet sized to encircle a portion of a patient's body. The magnet is adapted to generate a unidirectional magnetic field in a region within the annular magnet. The unidirectional magnetic field has a strength sufficient to reduce the blood viscosity in the portion of the patient's body and/or suppress turbulence in the blood flow by a predetermined amount. The system will also break rouleaux for patients with rouleaux, but the process will take more time. The blood viscosity reduction and turbulence suppression can make the blood flow laminar, lower the patient's blood pressure, cure hypertension, diminish heart murmur, and prevent development of astherosclerosis plaque in blood vessels. The curing rouleaux will improve the patient's blood oxygen function.

Systems and methods for reducing the viscosity of blood, suppressing turbulence in blood circulation, and curing Rouleaux

An apparatus for the magnetic treatment of a fluid which produces at least one magnetic field for a period of time, Tat or above a critical magnetic field strength, H, the period Tand the field strength Hdetermined relative to one another and dependant upon the properties of the fluid.

Method and apparatus for treatment of a fluid

A method for increasing and/or modulating the yield shear stress of an electrorheological fluid includes applying a sufficient electric field to the fluid to cause the formation of chains of particles, and then applying a sufficient pressure to the fluid to cause thickening or aggregation of the chains. An apparatus for increasing and/or modulating the transfer or force or torque between two working structures includes an electrorheological fluid and electrodes through which an electric field is applied to the fluid such that particles chains of particles are formed in the fluid and, upon application of pressure to the fluid, the chains thicken or aggregate and improve the force or torque transmission.

Method and apparatus for increasing and modulating the yield shear stress of electrorheological fluids

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