MUMBAI, India, May 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611024898 A) filed by Dr. Vijai Shanker Verma; Dr. Anil Kumar; Dr. Shivesh Mani Tripathee; Dr. Vikash Rana; Dr. Prashant Maurya; and Dr. Kritika Singh, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, on March 2, for 'a system and method for computational modeling of mucus flow in human lung airways using variable porosity-based numerical simulation for analysis of mucociliary clearance.'
Inventor(s) include Dr. Vijai Shanker Verma; Dr. Anil Kumar; Dr. Shivesh Mani Tripathee; Dr. Vikash Rana; Dr. Prashant Maurya; and Dr. Kritika Singh.
The application for the patent was published on May 1, under issue no. 18/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention discloses a computational modeling system and method for simulating mucus flow in human lung airways using a variable porosity-based numerical framework. The system represents the airway surface as a two-layer structure comprising a mucus gel layer and a periciliary serous layer, wherein porous resistance effects induced by ciliary structures are modeled using Navier-Stokes equations coupled with Darcy's law and Brinkman equation formulations. A spatially variable porosity parameter is incorporated to simulate heterogeneous ciliary density, partial impairment, or pathological immobilization conditions. The invention enables numerical prediction of mucus transport velocity, pressure distribution, shear stress characteristics, and mucociliary clearance efficiency, providing a non-invasive computational tool for respiratory disease analysis, therapeutic optimization, and pulmonary biomechanics research."
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