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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 30, 1999
William E. Hahn, Aurora, CO (US);
Charles A. Arnold, Englewood, CO (US);
PulseWave LLC, Englewood, CO (US);
Abstract
A method of liberating intracellular matter from biological material having cells with cell walls includes subjecting the biological material to rapid pressure increases and decreases, and exceeding the elastic limit of the cell walls with the pressure increases and decreases, thereby opening the cell walls and liberating the intracellular material from the cells. This produces a heterogenous mixture of cell wall fragments and the intracellular material. Where the biological material includes pieces of plant animal or fungal material, the method can further include separating the cells of the pieces from each other with the pressure increases and decreases when the elastic limit of intercellular bonds are exceeded. Water and volatiles in the biological material is liberated and vaporized, producing a substantially dry mixture having a lower water content than the original material.