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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2023
Idexx Laboratories, Inc., Westbrook, ME (US);
Aravind Reghu, Scarborough, ME (US);
Jui Ming Lin, Falmouth, ME (US);
James Russell, North Yarmouth, ME (US);
Jeremy Hammond, Standish, ME (US);
IDEXX LABORATORIES, INC., Westbrook, ME (US);
Abstract
A method for determining the density of particles includes passing a carrier fluid and particles through a fractionation cell at a predetermined rate, where the carrier fluid has a predetermined density, the fractionation cell has a housing including a first axial end and a second axial end and the fractionation cell defines an interior carrier fluid flow-through channel, and an upper fluid outlet and a lower fluid outlet positioned below the upper fluid outlet, passing the carrier fluid and the particles through the upper fluid outlet and the lower fluid outlet, measuring a first concentration of particles passing through the upper fluid outlet, measuring a second concentration of particles passing through the lower fluid outlet, and determining a density of the particles based at least in part on the first concentration and the second concentration of particles.