Patent ID: 9060525
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: A23F,A23L,A61K,C12C

Abstract:
1. A method of increasing extracts taken from cellular plant tissue comprises the steps of: placing prepared cellular plant tissue in a container; introducing a fluid into the container to wet and immerse the prepared cellular plant tissue; emitting acoustic shock waves into the fluid immersed cellular plant tissue to increase the extracts released by the plant tissue into the fluid, and wherein the step of emitting includes the step of: transmitting shock waves to the wet cellular plant tissue to enhance release of extracts into the fluid wherein the acoustic shock wave has a very rapid pressure spike the amplitude of the positive part is above 0.1 MPa and the cycle time duration is from below a microsecond to a second with the rise time of the positive part of the pressure cycle being in the range of nanoseconds up to milliseconds, achieved in an extremely short duration, accordingly as the wave approaches a cell it compresses the cell initially, thereafter the pressure of the wave drops in a slower fashion as it continues across the cell that tends to put tension on the cell wall as it relaxes from the sudden compressive rise in pressure causing the cell wall to rebound in a spring like fashion and stretches slightly increasing permeability, rapid bombardment of the acoustic waves in a pattern sequence, which first compresses then stretches, and creates a rapid cellular squeezing effect enhancing permeability into and out of the cell walls, wherein the cellular plant tissue is completely immersed in fluid with no air gaps or voids to impede the acoustic wave patterns.