The TEG® analyzer measures the clot's physical property by the use of a special stationary cylindrical cup that holds the blood and is oscillated through an angle of 4º45 . Each rotation cycle lasts 10 seconds. A pin is suspended in the blood by a torsion wire and is monitored for motion. The torque of the rotating cup is transmitted to the immersed pin only after fibrin-platelet bonding has linked the cup and pin together. The strength and rate of these fibrin-platelet bonds affect the magnitude of the pin motion such that strong clots move the pin directly in phase with the cup motion. Thus, the magnitude of the output is directly related to the strength of the formed clot. As the clot retracts, or lyses, these bonds are broken and the transfer of cup motion is diminished. The rotation movement of the pin is converted by a mechanical-electrical transducer to an electrical signal that can be monitored by a computer. The resulting hemostasis profile is a measure of the time it takes for the first fibrin strand to be formed, the kinetics of clot formation, the strength of the clot, and dissolution of the clot.