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  • Patent number: 7704324
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for processing materials in supercritical fluids is disclosed. The apparatus includes a capsule configured to contain a supercritical fluid, a high strength enclosure disposed about the capsule and a sensor configured to sense pressure difference between an interior and an exterior of the capsule. The apparatus also includes a pressure control device configured to adjust pressure difference of the capsule in response to the pressure difference sensed by the sensor. The apparatus further includes at least one dividing structure disposed within the capsule that divides the capsule into a seed growing chamber and a nutrient chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Mark Philip D'Evelyn, Robert Arthur Giddings, Fred Sharifi, Subhrajit Dey, Huicong Hong, Joseph Alexander Kapp, Ashok Kumar Khare