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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2024
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Tingtao Zhou, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Xuan Wan, Pasadena, CA (US);
Paul W. Sternberg, San Marino, CA (US);
Chiara Daraio, South Pasadena, CA (US);
Zhengyu Huang, Beijing, CN;
Zongyi Li, Alhambra, CA (US);
Zhiwei Peng, Mississauga, CA;
John F. Brady, Pasadena, CA (US);
Animashree Anandkumar, Pasadena, CA (US);
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Pasadena, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for altering the geometry of a fluid channel to prevent upstream mobility of bacteria, using angled obstacles on the interior of the channel that among other things creates vortices that restrict the mobility. An optimized geometry can be realized by an artificial intelligence algorithm or similar methods based on performance of various configurations of obstacle parameters.