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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2009
Stephen John Curran, Heslington, GB;
Jonathan Nicholas Ridgway, Heslington, GB;
Pei-sheng Chen, Heslington, GB;
Michael Pratt, London, GB;
Marc Tanner, London, GB;
Stephen Latham, Sun Prairie, WI (US);
Nick Reback, Madison, WI (US);
Stephen John Curran, Heslington, GB;
Jonathan Nicholas Ridgway, Heslington, GB;
Pei-Sheng Chen, Heslington, GB;
Michael Pratt, London, GB;
Marc Tanner, London, GB;
Stephen Latham, Sun Prairie, WI (US);
Nick Reback, Madison, WI (US);
Smith & Nephew PLC, London, GB;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method and apparatus to continuously monitor and control acoustic energy and vacuum pressure to maintain a net unidirectional flow of multi-phase heterogeneous fluids through a porous filter or membrane. The heterogenous fluid may come form a variety of sources including biological sources such as, blood, bone marrow aspirate (BMA), adipose tissue (lipoaspirate), urine, saliva, etc.