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Adhesion of resting platelets is regarded as the first step to shape change, aggregation and secretion of the granule components. Additionally various metabolic and functional changes in platelets, like activation of surface receptors and changes in the orientation of phospholipids in the plasma membrane occur. The level of platelet activation depends on the type of stimulation. In the Taylor-Couette system different types of stimulation depending on flow condition and contact to biomaterial surfaces were generated. Results add up to a complex relationship between blood flow and platelet activation. Platelet adhesion on surface and PF4-release is significantly higher applying pure laminar shear flow compared to flow with stable vortices. Due of the higher adhesion the local concentration of soluble agonists is enhanced. Depending on the two flow modes adherent platelets are deposited in different patterns. At laminar flow platelets are uniformly distributed. 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Adhesion of resting platelets is regarded as the first step to shape change, aggregation and secretion of the granule components. Additionally various metabolic and functional changes in platelets, like activation of surface receptors and changes in the orientation of phospholipids in the plasma membrane occur. The level of platelet activation depends on the type of stimulation. In the Taylor-Couette system different types of stimulation depending on flow condition and contact to biomaterial surfaces were generated. Results add up to a complex relationship between blood flow and platelet activation. Platelet adhesion on surface and PF4-release is significantly higher applying pure laminar shear flow compared to flow with stable vortices. Due of the higher adhesion the local concentration of soluble agonists is enhanced. Depending on the two flow modes adherent platelets are deposited in different patterns. At laminar flow platelets are uniformly distributed. In the presence of secondary flow platelets form adherent aggregates. Secondary flow with formation of stable vortices increases fibrinogen receptor activation and aggregate formation of the platelets. 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