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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2006
Balabhaskar Prabhakarpandian, Madison, AL (US);
Shivshankar Sundaram, Madison, AL (US);
Kapil Pant, Huntsville, AL (US);
Balabhaskar Prabhakarpandian, Madison, AL (US);
Shivshankar Sundaram, Madison, AL (US);
Kapil Pant, Huntsville, AL (US);
CFD Research Corporation, Huntsville, AL (US);
Abstract
The present invention is a synthetic microfluidic microvasculature network and associated methods. The synthetic microfluidic microvasculature network mimics the structure, fluid flow characteristics, and physiological behavior of physiological microvasculature networks. Computational methods for simulating flow and particle adherence in synthetic and physiological microvascular systems and methods for determining parameters influencing particle adhesion and drug delivery are also described. The invention has many uses including the optimization of drug delivery and microvascular treatments and in describing disease mechanisms that affect the microvasculature such as inflammation, diabetes and hypertension.