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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
May. 09, 2011
Yiannis Ventikos, Oxford, GB;
Nicholas Hawker, Oxford, GB;
Yiannis Ventikos, Oxford, GB;
Nicholas Hawker, Oxford, GB;
OXFORD UNIVERSITY INNOVATION LIMITED, Oxford, GB;
Abstract
A method of producing a localized concentration of energy comprises creating at least one shockwave () propagating through a non-gaseous medium () so as to be incident upon a pocket of gas () within the medium (). The pocket of gas () is attached to a surface () comprising a depression () shaped so as partially to receive the gas pocket (). An apparatus for producing a localized concentration of energy comprises a non-gaseous medium () having therein a pocket of gas (). The pocket of gas () is attached to a surface () comprising a depression () shaped so as partially to receive the gas pocket (). The apparatus further comprises means for creating at least one shockwave () propagating through the medium () so as to be incident upon the pocket of gas ().