Steady Flow of Couple-Stress Fluid in Constricted Tapered Artery: Effects of Transverse Magnetic Field, Moving Catheter, and Slip Velocity

Figure 1

Catheters are used to treat stenosis (partial occlusion of the blood vessel), aneurysm (dilation of the blood vessel resulting in stretching of the vessel wall), and embolism (complete occlusion of a blood vessel by a blood clot or some other particle) (a reproduction from Delft Outlook 2004).