Gastrointestinal tract simulator
AssigneeMAK Wood, Inc.
InventorOlivia Stiker
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Abstract
A gastrointestinal tract simulator for simulating the breakdown of a first substance including a sac having a deformable body and at least partially defining a first chamber therein, where the first chamber is configured to receive the first substance therein, a first fluid contained within the first chamber, and an agitation assembly engaging the sac, where the agitation assembly is configured to deform the body of the sac.
Claims20
A gastrointestinal tract simulator for simulating the breakdown of a first substance, the gastrointestinal tract simulator comprising:
- a sac having a deformable body and at least partially defining a first chamber therein, wherein the first chamber is configured to receive the first substance therein;
- a first fluid contained within the first chamber;
- an agitation assembly engaging the sac, wherein the agitation assembly is configured to deform the body of the sac.
A gastrointestinal tract simulator for simulating the breakdown of a first substance therein, the gastrointestinal tract simulator comprising:
- a sac having a deformable body and at least partially defining a first chamber therein, wherein the first chamber is configured to receive the first substance therein;
- a first fluid contained within the first volume;
- an agitation assembly configured to agitate the first fluid within the first volume.
A method of simulating the breakdown of a first substance within a gastrointestinal tract, the method comprising:
- providing a sac with a deformable body, where the sac defines a first chamber therein;
- at least partially filling the first chamber with a first fluid;
- placing the first substance within the first chamber;
- agitating the first fluid within the first chamber;
- and
- warming the first fluid to a temperature between 90 and 105 degrees.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.