- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for fabricating a multifunction fiber membrane
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Application No.: US16909077Application Date: 2020-06-23
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Publication No.: US10995425B2Publication Date: 2021-05-04
- Inventor: Maurice Haff
- Applicant: University of Central Oklahoma
- Applicant Address: US OK Edmond
- Assignee: University of Central Oklahoma
- Current Assignee: University of Central Oklahoma
- Current Assignee Address: US OK Edmond
- Agency: Berenato & White, LLC
- Main IPC: D01D5/00
- IPC: D01D5/00 ; D04H3/02 ; B05B5/053 ; B05B5/14 ; B05B5/08 ; B05D3/02 ; B05C19/02

Abstract:
A method and apparatus for fabricating multifunction membranes comprising cross-aligned nanofiber in an electrospinning device, the method comprising providing a multiple segment collector including at least a first segment, a second segment, and an intermediate segment to collectively present an elongated cylindrical structure; electrically charging an edge conductor circumferentially resident on the first segment and on the second segment; rotating the elongated cylindrical structure on a drive unit around a longitudinal axis; the elongated cylindrical structure holding electrospun fiber substantially aligned with the longitudinal axis when the edge conductors are excited with a charge of opposite polarity relative to charged fiber, and attracting electrospun fiber on to its surface around the longitudinal axis at least when the edge conductors are absent a charge or grounded and a charged electrode is positioned opposite a fiber emitter; and repeating the process multiple times to form layers of nanofibers encapsulating agents of interest.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210002789A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FABRICATING A MULTIFUNCTION FIBER MEMBRANE Public/Granted day:2021-01-07
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