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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2018
Applicant:
New Mexico Tech University Research Park Corporation, Socorro, NM (US);
Inventors:
Menake Piyasena, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Gayatri P. Gautam, Socorro, NM (US);
Assignee:
NEW MEXICO TECH UNIVERSITY RESEARCH PARK CORPORATION, Socorro, NM (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B03B 5/02 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/49 (2006.01); A61M 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B03B 5/02 (2013.01); A61M 1/3678 (2014.02); B01L 3/502753 (2013.01); G01N 33/491 (2013.01); A61M 2205/0244 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0647 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0436 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure describes a method of separating particles using a combination of acoustophoresis and acoustic fluid relocation. The disclosure also describes a microfluidic device that can be used to separate particles using a combination of acoustophoresis and acoustic fluid relocation. The disclosure describes methods of separating nanoparticles, microparticles, nanoparticles from microparticles, and micron-sized particles from sub-micron-sized particles.