Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Interaction chambers with reduced cavitation
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Application No.: US14725750Application Date: 2015-05-29
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Publication No.: US09656222B2Publication Date: 2017-05-23
- Inventor: Thomai Panagiotou , Yang Su
- Applicant: MICROFLUIDICS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US MA Westwood
- Assignee: Microfluidics International Corporation
- Current Assignee: Microfluidics International Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Westwood
- Agency: K&L Gates LLP
- Main IPC: B01F5/06
- IPC: B01F5/06 ; B01F3/08

Abstract:
Apparatuses and methods that reduce cavitation in interaction chambers are described herein. In an embodiment, an interaction chamber for a fluid processor or fluid homogenizer includes an inlet chamber having an inlet hole and a bottom end, an outlet chamber having an outlet hole and a top end, a microchannel placing the inlet hole in fluid communication with the outlet hole, wherein an entrance to the microchannel from the inlet chamber is offset a distance from the bottom end, and at least one of: (i) a tapered fillet located on a side wall of the microchannel at the microchannel entrance; (ii) a side wall of the microchannel converging inwardly from the inlet chamber to the outlet chamber; (iii) a top wall and/or bottom wall of the microchannel angled from the inlet chamber to the outlet chamber; and (iv) a top fillet that extends around a diameter of inlet chamber.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150343402A1 INTERACTION CHAMBERS WITH REDUCED CAVITATION Public/Granted day:2015-12-03
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