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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2021
United States of America As Represented BY the Administrator of Nasa, Washington, DC (US);
Mary Beth Wilhelm, Fremont, CA (US);
Antonio Joseph Ricco, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Morgan James Anderson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Linda Louise Jahnke, Mountain View, CA (US);
Kanchana Uppili Sridhar, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Denise Kathleen Buckner, Cupertino, CA (US);
Padraig Michael Furlong, Mountain View, CA (US);
United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of NASA, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A non-aqueous fluidic system for extracting, filtering and concentrating lipid biomarkers from geological samples includes a sample input for receiving a sample, a combined comminution-extraction unit, a filter in fluid communication with the container, and a concentrator operable to receive the solvent phase from the filter and to concentrate lipid extracts for further analysis. The combined comminution-extraction unit has a container into which the received sample is introduced, a port through which one or more organic solvents are introduced into the container for mixing with the sample to thereby extract lipids into an organic phase, and a comminutor configured to rotate in the container to pulverize the sample to a uniform, reduced particle size and comprising a sonicator configured to agitate and disperse the sample into the one or more organic solvents.