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US 12,644,093 B2Granted
Pyrotechnic cell disruption apparatus and pyrotechnic cell disruption method
AssigneeDaicel Corporation
InventorsDavid Matsuura, Adam Ariely, Jacob Moebius
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Abstract
This pyrotechnic cell disruption device is provided with: a pyrotechnic charge to be ignited which is configured to be burnt upon ignition; and a pressure chamber for housing a cell-containing fluid sample therein, said pressure chamber being configured to be pressurized when the pyrotechnic charge is ignited and burnt.
Claims16
A pyrotechnic cell disruption apparatus comprising:
- a pyrotechnic charge configured to be ignited and to combust upon ignition;
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- a pressure chamber configured to receive a fluid sample containing cells and to be pressurized upon the ignition and the combustion of the pyrotechnic charge,
- wherein the pyrotechnic charge is received in a pyrotechnic charge chamber separated from the pressure chamber, and
- wherein the pyrotechnic charge chamber is formed in a pyrotechnic charge chamber housing that includes the pyrotechnic charge chamber and has a breaking point that ruptures upon the ignition and the combustion of the pyrotechnic charge, and the pyrotechnic charge chamber opens directly to the pressure chamber upon breaking of the breaking point.
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A pyrotechnic cell disruption method comprising:
- receiving a fluid sample containing cells in a pressure chamber of a pyrotechnic cell disruption apparatus configured to be pressurized by a pyrotechnic charge received in a pyrotechnic charge chamber separated from the pressure chamber, wherein the pyrotechnic charge chamber is formed in a pyrotechnic charge chamber housing that includes the pyrotechnic charge chamber and has a breaking point that ruptures upon the ignition and the combustion of the pyrotechnic charge;
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- pressurizing the fluid sample received in the pressure chamber by igniting and combusting the pyrotechnic charge, when the pyrotechnic charge chamber opens directly to the pressure chamber upon breaking of the breaking point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.