US 12,172,177 B2
Nondessicating target capture device
Ashleigh Brooks Theberge, Seattle, WA (US); Tammi van Neel, Seattle, WA (US); Jean Berthier, Seattle, WA (US); Erwin Stefan Peter Berthier, Seattle, WA (US); and Ulri Nicole Lee, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to University of Washington, Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by University of Washington, Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on Sep. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/476,289.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/079,845, filed on Sep. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0080450 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. B01L 3/00 (2006.01); B05B 17/06 (2006.01)
CPC B05B 17/06 (2013.01) [B01L 3/502746 (2013.01); B01L 2200/18 (2013.01); B01L 2400/086 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
14. A device, comprising:
a housing partially enclosing an interior space and comprising a plurality of baffles extending into the interior space from opposite sidewalls in a vertically staggered pattern;
a flow generator configured to generate an impinging jet comprising a mixture of air, a target, and droplets in the interior space, the impinging jet being directed toward upper surfaces of the baffles, the upper surfaces of the baffles comprising curved portions that are convex; and
at least one channel open to the interior space and configured to move a coalesced mixture of the droplets and the target to a collection reservoir.