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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
May. 25, 2012
Paul J. Rothman, Windsor, CT (US);
Mark R. Fernald, Enfield, CT (US);
Francis K. Didden, Wallingford, CT (US);
Christian V. O'keefe, Durham, CT (US);
Alan D. Kersey, South Glastonbury, CT (US);
Douglas H. Adamson, Mansfield Center, CT (US);
Paul J. Rothman, Windsor, CT (US);
Mark R. Fernald, Enfield, CT (US);
Francis K. Didden, Wallingford, CT (US);
Christian V. O'Keefe, Durham, CT (US);
Alan D. Kersey, South Glastonbury, CT (US);
Douglas H. Adamson, Mansfield Center, CT (US);
CiDRA CORPORATE SERVICES, INC., Wallingford, CT (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for use in, or forming part of, a separation process to be implemented in separation processor technology, the apparatus comprising synthetic bubbles or beads configured with a polymer or polymer-based material functionalized to attach to a valuable material in a mixture so as to form an enriched synthetic bubbles or beads having the valuable material attached thereto, and also configured to be separated from the mixture based at least partly on a difference in a physical property between the enriched synthetic bubbles or beads having the valuable material attached thereto and the mixture.