The erythrocyte-stasis-meter (ESM): a device to determine a universal parameter for the flow characteristics of blood.
A new experimental method is described which permits estimation of flow ability of blood: measuring the yield shear stress with the erythrocyte-stasis-meter (ESM). This method is based on the phenomenon that pathological blood under low pressure behaves like a solid body. Knowing the pressure difference at the transition point from solid to fluid behavior and the geometry of the channel, the yield shear stress can be calculated.
D000368:Aged; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000097:blood; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D004867:Equipment Design; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006487:Hemostasis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012212:Rheology