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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2017
William George Pitt, Orem, UT (US);
Daniel S. Mcclellan, Provo, UT (US);
Colin G. Bledsoe, Springville, UT (US);
Mahsa Alizadeh, Provo, UT (US);
William George Pitt, Orem, UT (US);
Daniel S. McClellan, Provo, UT (US);
Colin G. Bledsoe, Springville, UT (US);
Mahsa Alizadeh, Provo, UT (US);
Other;
Abstract
Provided herein is a method and a system for separating suspended particles that have differing sedimentation velocities, comprising placing the particles inside a hollow device which upon rotation, spins the suspension into a thick film within which sedimentation of the particles occurs, rotating the hollow device at a speed and for a time that allows fast-sedimenting particles to sediment into a layer of more densely packed particles while some of the slow-sedimenting particles remain outside of the dense-particle-pack, and slowing the rotation of the hollow device in a manner to prevent remixing of the layer of dense-particle-pack with a layer containing some of the slow-sedimenting particles. This method may have application in many technologies including the rapid separation of bacteria from blood components.