Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for continuous removal of sub-micron sized particles in a closed loop liquid flow system
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Application No.: US16160873Application Date: 2018-10-15
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Publication No.: US10675641B2Publication Date: 2020-06-09
- Inventor: Agnes Ostafin , Hiroshi Mizukami
- Applicant: Nanoshell Company, LLC
- Applicant Address: US UT North Salt Lake
- Assignee: Nanoshell Company, LLC
- Current Assignee: Nanoshell Company, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US UT North Salt Lake
- Agency: Peacock Law P.C.
- Agent Janeen Vilven
- Main IPC: B04B7/08
- IPC: B04B7/08 ; B04B11/02 ; C12M1/00 ; C12M1/26 ; A61M1/36 ; B01D21/26 ; B01D21/34 ; B04B5/04 ; B04B13/00

Abstract:
A centrifuge rotor having a curved shape is offset on a spinning rotor base and creates contiguous areas of low to high centrifugal force depending on the distances from the axis of the rotor base and a method of separating components in a fluid based upon a difference in density of the components, the method comprising the steps of providing to a rotor as described herein the fluid containing the mixed together components to be separated based upon the difference in density of the mixed together components; continuously flowing the components in the fluid to the rotor through an input tube connected to the input port while the rotor is spinning about a centrifugal axis of rotation; separating the components in the fluid into fractions based upon the difference in density of the mixed together components with the use of centrifugal force when the rotor is spinning; collecting components having i) a first density via a first tube connected to the output port at the first end on the rotor, ii) a second density via a second tube connected to the output port at the second end on the rotor, iii) a third density via a third tube connected to the output port at the junction on the rotor and iv) a fourth density via a fourth tube connected to the output port between the input port and the output port at the first end.
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