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US 5,941,635 AGranted
Mixing block for resuspension system
AssigneeHyclone Labortories, Inc.
InventorDoyle W. Stewart
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AssigneeHyclone Labortories, Inc.
InventorDoyle W. Stewart
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A resuspension system includes a flexible media bag removably disposed within a rigid support container. The media bag includes an inlet port, an outlet port, and an assembly for mixing and resuspending fluids within the media bag. The assembly for mixing and resuspending includes a peristaltic pump which withdraws fluid from the media bag and introduces the fluid back into the media bag through a mixing block. The mixing block includes a housing having a conical top surface that extends from a hose barb to a circular sidewall. An inlet passageway vertically extends through the hose barb into the housing. A plurality of curved outlet channels extend from the inlet passageway through the circular sidewall of the housing. The outlet channels exit at such an orientation that as fluid passes through the outlet channels, a vortex flow pattern is created within the media bag.
A mixing block operable with fluid, the mixing block comprising a housing having an exterior surface, the housing bounding an inlet passageway communicating with the exterior and a plurality of curved outlet channels extending from the inlet passageway to the exterior, the plurality of outlet channels being configured such that the fluid flowing from the inlet passageway through the outlet channels exits the housing at an angle substantially tangential to the exterior surface of the housing.
A mixing block operable with a tube, the mixing block comprising a housing having a top surface extending to a substantially circular sidewall, the housing bounding:
A mixing block operable with a fluid, the mixing block comprising:
A fluid suspension system operable with a fluid, the system comprising:
A mixing block operable with fluid, the mixing block comprising a housing having an exterior surface, the housing bounding an inlet passageway communicating with the exterior and a plurality of outlet channels extending from the inlet passageway to the exterior, the plurality of outlet channels being configured such that the fluid flowing from the inlet passageway through the outlet channels exits the housing at an angle substantially tangential to the exterior surface of the housing, the inlet passageway having a transverse cross sectional area and each outlet channel having a transverse cross sectional area, the transverse cross sectional area of the inlet passageway being in a range between about the summation of the transverse cross sectional areas of the outlet channels and about 1.05 times the summation of the transverse cross sectional areas of the outlet channels.
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