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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2010
William F. Walker, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Francesco Viola, Charlottesville, VA (US);
F. William Mauldin, Charlottesville, VA (US);
William F. Walker, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Francesco Viola, Charlottesville, VA (US);
F. William Mauldin, Charlottesville, VA (US);
University of Virginia Patent Foundation, Charlottesville, VA (US);
HemoSonics, LLC, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Abstract
Techniques (e.g., system, apparatus, method, machine-readable medium) can be configured for characterizing a rheological or other structural physical property of a sample of a substance. In an example, this can include acoustically bidirectionally deforming the portion of the sample over a deformation range about a neutral-deformation locus within the deformation range, measuring a deformation response of at least a portion of the sample to the insonification, and characterizing the physical property of the sample using the measured response of at least a portion of the sample to the insonification, even in the presence of a flowing substance.