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The simultaneous measurement of multiple haemorheological properties has been considered an important aspect for separating the individual contributions of red blood cells (RBCs) and plasma. In this study, three haemorheological properties (viscosity, time constant, and RBC aggregation) were obtained by analysing blood flow, which was set to a square-wave profile (steady and transient flow). Based on a simplified differential equation derived using a discrete circuit model, the time constant for viscoelasticity was obtained by solving the governing equation rather than using the curve-fitting technique. The time constant (\u03bb) varies linearly with respect to the interface in the coflowing channel (\u03b2). Two parameters (i.e., average value: &lt;\u03bb&gt;, linear slope: d\u03bbd\u03b2) were newly suggested to effectively represent linearly varying time constant. &lt;\u03bb&gt; exhibited more consistent results than d\u03bbd\u03b2. To detect variations in the haematocrit in blood, we observed that the blood viscosity (i.e., steady flow) is better than the time constant (i.e., transient flow). The blood viscosity and time constant exhibited significant differences for the hardened RBCs. The present method was then successfully employed to detect continuously varying haematocrit resulting from RBC sedimentation in a driving syringe. 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