Abstract: An artificial or modified natural blood flow tubing has a helical-flow inducer to induce helical flow in such fashion as to eliminate or reduce turbulence. One inducer is a tubular stent of expansible mesh having a helical vane.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 19, 2003
Publication date:
February 26, 2004
Applicant:
Tayside University Hospitals NHS Trust, a British corporation
Inventors:
John Graeme Houston, John Bruce Cameron Dick, Peter Stonebridge