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Method and apparatus for generating bubbles

US11007495B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

OXFORD UNIVERSITY INNOVATION LIMITED · GB

Inventors

Eleanor Stride · London, GB
Dario Carugo · Southampton, GB
Richard Browning · Salisbury, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 20, 2017
Grant date	May 18, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 17, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB01F2215/0454
WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method of generating bubbles of a first fluid in a second fluid, the method comprising: flowing a stream of the second fluid through a microfluidic channel; injecting a stream of the first fluid into the microfluidic channel through an aperture such that bubbles of the first fluid form in the second fluid; and sonicating the microfluidic channel with ultrasound so as to cause the bubbles formed at the aperture to divide.

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