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Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015

Filed:

Aug. 09, 2012
Applicants:

Gregory R Goddard, Los Alamos, NM (US);

Gregory Kaduchak, Eugene, OR (US);

James H Jett, Albuquerque, NM (US);

Steven W Graves, San Jan Pueblo, NM (US);

Inventors:

Gregory R Goddard, Los Alamos, NM (US);

Gregory Kaduchak, Eugene, OR (US);

James H Jett, Albuquerque, NM (US);

Steven W Graves, San Jan Pueblo, NM (US);

Assignee:

Los Alamos National Security, LLC, Los Alamos, NM (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 2/00 (2006.01); G01N 15/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 15/1404 (2013.01); G01N 15/1484 (2013.01); G01N 2015/142 (2013.01); G01N 2015/149 (2013.01);
Abstract

Method and system for uniformly spacing particles in a flowing system comprising suspending particles in an elongated fluid filled cavity; exposing said cavity to an axial acoustic standing wave field, wherein said axial acoustic standing wave field drives said particles to nodal and anti-nodal positions along the center axis of said cavity to result in uniformly spaced particles; and focusing said particles to the center axis of said cavity.


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