Patent ID: 8512575
Filing Date: 2013-08-20
Classification: B01L

Abstract:
1. A method of separating a component from a selected material, comprising: obtaining the selected material having multiple components; providing a separation system including a tube having a top wall and a bottom wall, a piston within the tube, an input port defined through the top wall, an extraction port defined through the top wall, a hollow member extending from the extraction port at least to the piston; positioning the selected material into the separation system through the input port with the top wall fixed to the tube and between the top wall and the piston; centrifuging the separation system containing the selected material thereby causing and allowing the piston to move towards the top wall during centrifugation; and extracting the component from the selected material through the hollow tube from past an entire structure of the piston and between an exterior wall of the piston and the bottom wall of the tube.