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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2016
Applicant:
Tide Microfluidics B.v., Enschede, NL;
Inventors:
Willem Van Hoeve, Enschede, NL;
Richard Petrus Hogervorst, Enschede, NL;
Assignee:
Tide Microfluidics B.V., Enschede, NL;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01F 3/04 (2006.01); B01J 19/00 (2006.01); B01J 4/00 (2006.01); B01J 4/02 (2006.01); B01F 13/00 (2006.01); A61K 49/22 (2006.01); B01F 3/20 (2006.01); B01F 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 19/0093 (2013.01); A61K 49/223 (2013.01); B01F 3/04106 (2013.01); B01F 3/04503 (2013.01); B01F 3/2057 (2013.01); B01F 13/0062 (2013.01); B01F 15/00162 (2013.01); B01F 15/00357 (2013.01); B01J 4/008 (2013.01); B01J 4/02 (2013.01); B01F 2215/0034 (2013.01); B01F 2215/0431 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00894 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00909 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00972 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention is related to a system and method for controlled manufacturing of mono-disperse microbubbles. According to the invention, the mono-disperse nature of the collection of generated microbubbles can be improved by releasing the pressurized gaseous medium used in the system using release valve units. This further allows the system to be embodied as a portable system. In turn, the operator of an ultrasound imaging apparatus may use the system according to the invention to generate microbubbles on a patient-by-patient basis.