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Hi! I'm not a swordsmith, but I am a swords_man_ and I know why fullers were invented.
Fullers have nothing to do with moving blood. They are added to strengthen a blade by creating internal angles while simultaneously removing material and thus lightening it. A blade with fullers will be stiffer and more resilient than a flat blade of the same weight. A good short sword like this weighs maybe 3-5 lbs. Not a lot, but swing one around for more than a couple minutes and your arm is ready to come off! (My personal record is about 45 min of non-stop sparring and afterward my fingers had locked up and had to be pried off the grip.)
Every fuller you add removes some material so there's clearly diminishing returns, but the goal is to preserve the strength of a blade while reducing the weight.
Finally, fullers may be added to a blade for style. They look cool and smiths may add fullers decoratively. Especially if you see a fuller on a knife/dagger or something that really isn't expected to take heavy blows - it's probably just there to look good.
Edit: I suspect that the double fuller here is an especially aggressive grind - the center "bar" looks like it's intended to be basically a rod with just enough "edge" remaining to keep the blade together. But it's also flashy enough that I'm thinking anesthetics played a role here too.