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Multi-stage acoustophoresis device

US9796956B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

FloDesign Sonics, Inc. · US

Inventors

Bart Lipkens · Hampden, US
Thomas J. Kennedy, III · Wilbraham, US
Jeffrey King · Coventry, US
Jason Barnes · Westfield, US
Brian McCarthy · East Longmeadow, US
Dane Mealey · Avon, US
Erik Miller · Granby, US
Walter M. Presz, Jr. · Wilbraham, US
Benjamin Ross-Johnsrud · Wilbraham, US
John Rozembersky · Boxborough, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 3, 2016
Grant date	Oct 24, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 3, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12N13/00
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An acoustophoresis device made up of modular components is disclosed. Several modules are disclosed herein, including ultrasonic transducer modules, input/output modules, collection well modules, and various connector modules. These permit different systems to be constructed that have appropriate fluid dynamics for separation of particles, such as biological cells, from a fluid.

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