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US 12,366,515 B2Granted
System and method for acoustic focusing hardware and implementations
AssigneeLife Technologies Corporation
InventorsGregory Kaduchak, Michael Dennis Ward
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Abstract
The present invention is a method and apparatus for acoustic focusing hardware and implementations.
Claims11
A system for acoustically concentrating particles, comprising:
- a capillary having a central axis and an outer wall,
- the outer wall having an outer cross-sectional profile, and
- the capillary being configured to contain therein a fluid comprising a plurality of particles therein;
- and
- a single vibration source,
- the single vibration source comprising a groove complementary to a portion of the outer cross-sectional profile of the capillary,
- the groove of the single source being coupled to the outer wall of the capillary, and
- wherein the single vibration source is configured to effect acoustic concentration of particles in a flowing stream within the capillary to the central axis of the capillary.
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A method, comprising:
- flowing, in a capillary, a fluid comprising a plurality of particles;
- the capillary having an outer wall that has an outer cross-sectional profile,
- the outer wall of the capillary being coupled to a groove of a single vibration source,
- the capillary having a central axis,
- the groove of the single vibration source being complementary to the outer cross-sectional profile of the capillary;
- and
- operating the single vibration source so as to effect concentration of the plurality of particles to the central axis of the capillary.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.