The most severe form estimated to occur in roughly 2.5% of patients is encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis (EPS), in which the bowels become obstructed due to the growth of a thick layer of collagen within the peritoneum [ 5].
In addition, micro-robots could deliver drugs directly to veins inside the retina that have become obstructed by clots, a condition that can cause blindness and for which there is at present no reliable cure.
In this condition the abnormal venous channel draining to the right side of the heart may become obstructed.
In time the walls tend to degenerate, and the vessels either dilate, with the danger of bursting, or become obstructed.
The air passageways located in the neck (the windpipe and the larynx, or voice box) can become obstructed, causing suffocation.
Executives asserted, as they have before, that the sudden unintended acceleration in Toyota cars was caused by gas pedals that can become obstructed by floor mats or stick because of design flaws, and not by problems in the electronic systems.
Without these capillary channels, the flow of the electrolyte can become obstructed by the bulk liquid metal, hindering the flow speed of the liquid metal.
When paths deteriorate or become obstructed the self-healing property of the network ensures it will repair itself and find alternate paths around obstructions.
PAH, in which the pulmonary arteries become obstructed, results in right ventricular hypertrophy and heart failure.
