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US 8,454,839 B2Granted
Method for modifying the properties of a fluid by irradiation, and system for implementing same
AssigneeMacoPharma
InventorPierre-Eloi Bontinck
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Abstract
Methods for modifying the physical, chemical and/or biological properties of a fluid by irradiation are provided. In one embodiment, a method comprising supplying a flow of a fluid to an irradiation chamber; focusing the flow of the fluid so as to create at least one fluid layer; and applying radiation to the fluid layer in a defined portion of the irradiation chamber thereby modifying at least one physical, chemical or biological property of the fluid layer is provided. Systems for the implementation of such methods are also provided.
Claims17
A method comprising:
- supplying a flow of a fluid to an irradiation chamber;
- focusing the flow of the fluid by applying a hydrodynamic force to the fluid so as to create at least one fluid layer, wherein the hydrodynamic force is applied by at least one other fluid layer, wherein the at least one other fluid layer comprises a neutral fluid and the fluid layers are in laminar flow;
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- applying radiation to the at least one fluid layer in a defined portion of the irradiation chamber thereby modifying at least one physical, chemical or biological property of the fluid layer.
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A method comprising:
- supplying a flow of a fluid to an irradiation chamber, wherein the fluid comprises a biological fluid;
- focusing the flow of the fluid by applying a hydrodynamic force to the fluid, wherein the hydrodynamic force is applied by at least one fluid layer comprising a neutral fluid, so as to create at least two fluid layers in laminar flow, wherein at least one fluid layer comprises the neutral fluid and at least one fluid layer comprises the biological fluid;
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- applying radiation to the fluid layers in a defined portion of the irradiation chamber.
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A method comprising:
- supplying a flow of a fluid to an irradiation chamber;
- focusing the flow of the fluid by applying a hydrodynamic force to the fluid so as to create at least one fluid layer;
- applying radiation to at least one fluid layer in a defined portion of the irradiation chamber thereby modifying at least one physical, chemical or biological property of the fluid layer;
- determining at least one of the following properties of the fluid layer to be irradiated:
- opacity of at least one fluid layer, speed of the flow of at least one fluid layer, thickness of at least one fluid layer, and dose of radiation applied to at least one fluid layer;
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- adjusting the dose of radiation applied to at least one fluid layer based at least in part on this determination.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.