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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2016
Applicant:
Isis Innovation Limited, Oxford, GB;
Inventors:
Yiannis Ventikos, Oxford, GB;
Nicholas Hawker, Oxford, GB;
Assignee:
OXFORD UNIVERSITY INNOVATION LIMITED, Oxford, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 19/08 (2006.01); B01J 19/10 (2006.01); G21B 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 19/10 (2013.01); G21B 3/006 (2013.01); G21B 3/008 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided a method of producing a localized concentration of energy. The method includes creating at least one shockwave propagating through a non-gaseous medium so as to be incident upon a pocket of gas within the medium wherein the pocket of gas is attached to a non-planar surface shaped to concentrate the intensity of the shockwave which is incident upon the pocket of gas.