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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 1987
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1986
William I Braden, Norfolk, MA (US);
Damon Biotech, Inc., Needham Heights, MA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for forming microcapsules from a fluid medium containing living culture material by the atomization of the medium and the treatment of the atomized droplets with a treatment fluid. A medium under pressure enters a chamber having a wall with a plurality of orifices formed therein. A vibrator vibrates the chamber. As the medium passes through the orifices the exit stream vibrates and forms small droplets. The droplets fall into a collection vessel on the other side of the wall, which contains treatment fluid for hardening the droplets into microcapsules. A flow of treatment fluid may be maintained through the collection vessel to prevent clumping of the droplets and to transport the hardened microcapsules for harvesting. Preferred operating pressures, orifice size and chamber configuration are shown.