Patent ID: 8901471

Claim:
A device suitable for the extraction of a compound from a solid material by microwave irradiation, comprising: a microwave unit; an inner vessel housed and fluidly sealed within an outer vessel, the inner and outer vessels enclosed within the microwave unit, wherein the outer vessel is configured to hold a solvent to be vaporized and the inner vessel is configured to hold the solid material; a condenser comprising an upper portion disposed outside of the microwave unit and a lower portion extending within the microwave unit an coupled to a cover that is configured to fluidly seal the outer vessel, wherein the condenser receives the vaporized solvent and delivers a condensed solvent to the inner vessel for extracting the compound from the solid material; the inner vessel further comprising a solvent outlet configured to deliver the condensed solvent containing an extracted compound back to the outer vessel; and a first stirrer within the outer vessel and a second stirrer within the inner vessel for agitating the solvent within the inner and outer vessels during the extraction process.