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US 12,552,557 B2Granted
Universal ground-based microgravity system
AssigneeArizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
InventorsVincent Pizziconi, Kimia Seyedmadani
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Abstract
The present invention provides ground-based reduced gravity systems and methods of using the same to evaluate, synthesize, adapt, alter, process and produce diverse material systems, biological and non-biological, living and non-living, at close to true microgravity conditions as that which exist in space, and other reduced gravity conditions.
Claims14
A system, comprising:
- at least one conduit having at least one lumen in communication with an inlet and an outlet, the inlet positioned at a height below a height of the outlet;
- a fluid medium flowable through the at least one conduit by a fluid flow inducer;
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- a bounded chamber comprising an outer enclosure surrounding a partitioned, multi- compartment interior, sized to freely move within the at least one lumen of the at least one conduit.
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A bounded chamber device, comprising:
- an outer enclosure surrounding a partitioned, multi-compartment interior partitioned into two compartments by a barrier element comprising a ring sized to sealingly fit within the interior, a hollow core sized to sealingly fit within a central hole of the ring, and a plug sized to sealingly fit within the hollow of the core.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.