Apparatus for ultrasonic microbial disruption
AssigneeThe Secretary of State for Defence in Her Britannic Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
InventorsWilliam Terence Coakley, Kathryn Amelia Jane Borthwick, Martin Bernard McDonnell, Tracey Elizabeth Love
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Abstract
Apparatus for microbial disruption, comprises a cylindrical transducer having a beat conducting, solid transmission layer disposed along at least a part of the inner longitudinal surface thereof, said transmission layer or said transducer and transmission layer defining a channel for receipt of a liquid sample, and means capable of delivering an alternating potential to said transducer at a frequency and voltage exciting resonance and inducing cavitation in said liquid sample.
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Apparatus for ultrasonic microbial disruption, comprising a cylindrical transducer having a heat-conducting, solid transmission layer disposed along at least a part of the inner longitudinal surface thereof, said transmission layer or said transducer and transmission layer defining a channel for receipt of a liquid sample, and means capable of delivering an alternating potential to said transducer at a frequency and voltage exciting resonance and inducing cavitation in said liquid sample.
A method for ultrasonic microbial disruption comprising i) introducing a liquid sample to an apparatus comprising a cylindrical transducer having a heat-conducting solid transmission layer along at least a part of the inner longitudinal surface thereof, said transmission layer or said transducer and transmission layer defining a channel for receiving said sample and ii) applying an alternating potential to said transducer at a frequency and voltage exciting resonance and inducing cavitation in said liquid layer.
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