PALL CORPORATION Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150344639 | SELF-ASSEMBLING POLYMERS - I - Disclosed are self-assembling diblock copolymers of the formula (I): | 12-03-2015 |
20150343398 | MEMBRANE COMPRISING SELF-ASSEMBLED BLOCK COPOLYMER AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME BY SPRAY COATING (IIc) - Disclosed are membranes formed from self-assembling block copolymers, for example, a diblock copolymer of the formula (I): | 12-03-2015 |
20150343397 | MEMBRANE COMPRISING SELF-ASSEMBLED BLOCK COPOLYMER AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME BY SPRAY COATING (Ic) - Disclosed are membranes formed from self-assembling diblock copolymers of the formula (I): | 12-03-2015 |
20150343341 | FILTER ELEMENTS AND METHODS FOR FILTERING FLUIDS - A filter element has a filter structure and first and second end caps attached to the opposite ends of the filter structure. The filter structure includes an outer filter pack, an inner filter pack, and a helical support positioned between the outer and inner filter packs. The helical support may have flow channels and support ridges on the inner surface and the outer surface of the helical support. Unfiltered fluid may be directed outside-in through the outer filter pack and inside-out through the inner filter pack, the support ridges of the helical support supporting the outer and inner filter packs against the pinching forces associated with the pressure drops across the outer and inner filter packs. Filtrate may be directed axially along the flow channels of the helical support and discharged from the filter element. | 12-03-2015 |
20150336034 | FILTER ASSEMBLIES, FILTER ELEMENTS, AND METHODS FOR FILTERING LIQUIDS - A filter assembly includes a housing and a first filter, a second filter, and a heat exchanger all positioned in the housing. The filter assembly also includes a first inlet and a first outlet and defines a first liquid flow path. The first liquid flow path may extend within the housing between the first inlet and the first outlet through the first filter and along a first side of the heat exchanger. The filter assembly further includes a second inlet and a second outlet and defines a second liquid flow path. The second liquid flow path may extend within the housing between the second inlet and the second outlet through the second filter and along a second side of the heat exchanger. | 11-26-2015 |
20150306531 | PROCESSES FOR REMOVING ENTRAINED PARTICULATES FROM A GAS - In a process for removing entrained particulates from a gas, a chemical reaction may be conducted in a vessel. Conducting the chemical reaction may include suspending particulates in a gas in a fluidized bed in the vessel. A portion of the gas and entrained particulates may be directed to a filter medium and the entrained particulates may be filtered from the gas. Filtering the entrained particulates may include directing the gas from a feed side of the filter medium through the filter medium to a filtrate side of the filter medium and may also include directing at least a portion of the entrained particulates generally tangentially along the feed side of the filter medium to scour the feed side of the filter medium. The particulates may then be directed from the feed side of the filter medium into a dip leg. | 10-29-2015 |
20150252935 | MODULAR FILTRATION FRAME ASSEMBLY - A modular filtration frame assembly is provided for holding components of a pipe system and filtration system. The modular frame assembly comprises a skid formed by a base and a central spine. The base has at least two legs and at least one lateral support disposed between the two legs, and the central spine has two uprights and at least one cross bar disposed between the two uprights. A component support member is attached to the central spine for supporting components of the pipe system. In the modular frame assembly, the base, central spine and component supports can be formed by selecting from predetermined and presized components in response to the design and size of the pipe system and filtration system. The component support member holds predetermined components of the pipe and filtration system having a predetermined centerline at the same vertical distance from the cross bar, thereby maintaining the same centerline for all pipe system components supported by the skid regardless of component diameter. | 09-10-2015 |
20150252934 | ADJUSTABLE FRAME ASSEMBLIES, METHODS FOR ASSEMBLING A FILTER APPARATUS, AND FILTER APPARATUSES - An adjustable frame assembly for filter modules includes a lower base arrangement, an upper base arrangement, and an adjustable frame structure connected between the lower and upper base arrangements. Both the lower and upper base arrangements include mounts for positioning and supporting the filter modules. At least one of the base arrangements includes a piping system for supplying fluid to and/or receiving fluid from the filter modules. The adjustable frame structure is moveable between a first position, in which the lower and upper base arrangements are spaced a smaller first distance apart, and a second position, in which the lower and upper base arrangements are spaced a larger second distance apart. Filter modules may be mounted to the adjustable frame assembly when the adjustable frame structure is in the second position to form a filter apparatus. | 09-10-2015 |
20150129478 | FILTERS AND FILTER ARRANGEMENTS WHICH INCLUDE A FILTER AND A MANIFOLD ASSEMBLY - A filter has first and second fittings, a permeable filter medium, and a housing. The housing defines u fluid flow path within the housing between the first and second fittings, and the permeable filter medium is arranged in the fluid flow path to remove one or more substances from a fluid flowing along the fluid flow path. A reservoir is positioned in an upper region of the housing and includes a wall surrounding the first and second fittings of the filter. Each of the fittings has a topmost portion and the wall of the reservoir has a topmost portion, the topmost portion of each filter fitting being at or below the topmost portion of the reservoir wall. A filter arrangement may include a filter and a manifold assembly having first and second fittings which may be sealingly coupled to or uncoupled from the first and second fittings of the filter. | 05-14-2015 |
20150114896 | METHODS FOR MOVING A FILTER ALONG A MANIFOLD ASSEMBLY; FILTER ARRANGEMENTS INCLUDING A FILTER AND A MANIFOLD ASSEMBLY; AND FILTERS - To move a filter along a manifold assembly the filter may be seated on a moveable shuttle assembly. Seating the filter on the shuttle assembly may include mating a key portion on the filter with a key portion on the shuttle assembly, each key portion corresponding to a filtration characteristic of the filter. The shuttle assembly and the seated filter may then be moved between a first position, wherein the key portions of the filter and the shuttle assembly are mated to one another and first and second fittings of the filter are spaced from first and second fittings of the manifold assembly, and a second position, wherein the key portions of the filter and the shuttle assembly are mated to one another and the first and second fittings of the filter sealingly engage the first and second fittings of the manifold assembly. | 04-30-2015 |
20150114894 | FILTERS - A filter has first and second fittings, a permeable filter medium, and a housing. The housing defines a fluid flow path within the housing between the first and second fittings, and the permeable filter medium is arranged in the fluid flow path to remove one or more substances from a fluid flowing along the fluid flow path. A finger hold is positioned in an upper region of the housing, the finger hold defining a space that is sufficient to allow one or more fingers of an operator to fit in the space and grasp the filter. | 04-30-2015 |
20150113925 | FILTER MANIFOLD - A filter manifold is provided for filtering particulates in fluid and gas streams. The filter manifold seals the inlet and outlet valves in a closed position until a filter capsule is loaded into a carriage assembly. The inlet and outlet valves are opened only when a filter capsule is properly loaded into the carriage assembly. | 04-30-2015 |
20150113919 | MULTI-CHAMBER FREEZING BAG - Methods for preparing and using multiple chambered freezing bags containing biological fluid in the chambers are disclosed. | 04-30-2015 |
20150041381 | CHROMATOGRAPHY COLUMN - Chromatography columns having at least one assembly comprising a backing plate adhesively bound to a flow distributor, and methods of making and using the columns are disclosed. | 02-12-2015 |
20150030514 | SENSOR PROBE SEAL - A sealing system is provided for preventing leakage of a fluid from a fluid-containing chamber when a sensor probe for measuring fluid conditions within the chamber is inserted into the chamber. The sealing system has at least one port in fluid communication with the fluid-containing chamber. The port has a stem projecting outwardly from the chamber, a tapered flange, and a stem passageway in fluid communication with the chamber interior. A probe seal which is adapted to attach to the stem forms a seal between the port and the sensor probe and prevents fluid in the processing chamber from leaking past the probe seal. The probe seal has spaced-apart inner and outer skirts. The inner skirt forms a seal passageway which is in fluid communication with the chamber, and an inner end disposed to enter the stem passageway when the probe seal is attached to the stem. The inner skirt has a seal member disposed near the inner end for sealably compressing against the probe sensor and the stem passageway to form a leak-tight seal in response to insertion of the sensor probe into the seal passageway. The inner and outer skirt also form a skirt channel adapted to receive the tapered flange of the stem when the inner skirt is inserted into the stem passageway. | 01-29-2015 |
20140345611 | CONNECTION SYSTEM - A connector for use in an electronic vaporizer system is disclosed. | 11-27-2014 |
20140339166 | HIGH THROUGHPUT MEMBRANE WITH CHANNELS - Membranes having first and second porous portions, wherein the first portion has a more open pore structure than the second portion, wherein the first porous portion includes channels prepared by removing introduced fibers, as well as methods of making and using the membranes, are disclosed. | 11-20-2014 |
20140339165 | HIGH THROUGHPUT MEMBRANE WITH ROUGH SURFACE - Membranes having a single layer comprising first and second porous portions, wherein the first portion has a more open pore structure than the second portion, wherein the first porous portion includes a surface prepared by removing introduced particles, as well as methods of making and using the membranes, are disclosed | 11-20-2014 |
20140339164 | HIGH THROUGHPUT MEMBRANE - Membranes having first and second porous portions, wherein the first portion has a more open pore structure than the second portion, wherein the first porous portion includes pores prepared by removing introduced particles, as well as methods of making and using the membranes, are disclosed. | 11-20-2014 |
20140332461 | Support Element - A support element, comprising a netting comprising a composition comprising a polyphenylene sulfide resin and at least one polyhedral oligimeric silsequioxane additive, is provided. | 11-13-2014 |
20140323789 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING CRUDE OIL USING CROSS-FLOW FILTRATION - Methods and systems for processing crude oil comprise adding water to the crude oil to produce an emulsion comprising brine and oil and solids; separating oil from brine including producing brine comprising a rag layer; separating the rag layer into a hydrocarbon emulsion having finer solids and brine comprising larger solids; and passing the hydrocarbon emulsion along a cross-flow filter to produce a retentate comprising brine and solids and a permeate comprising hydrocarbon. | 10-30-2014 |
20140322819 | DETECTION AND/OR QUANTITATION OF ENDOTOXIN - Detection and/or quantitation of endotoxin using biolayer interferometry is disclosed. | 10-30-2014 |
20140318230 | STIRRER CELL MODULE AND METHOD OF USING - Baffles useful for stirrer cell modules, stirrer cell modules including the baffles, and methods of using the baffles and modules, are disclosed. | 10-30-2014 |
20140317998 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING CRUDE OIL - Methods and systems for processing crude oil may include adding water to crude oil, for example, in a desalter, to produce hydrocarbon and brine and a rag layer emulsion, which may include hydrocarbon and brine and solids. The emulsion may be modified, including adding one or more of additional hydrocarbon and, a demulsifier, a reverse demulsifier, a coagulant, and a flocculant, for example, in a mixer. The modified emulsion may be directed through a dead-end filter assembly to remove solids. | 10-30-2014 |
20140231341 | PTFE MEMBRANE - Porous PTFE membranes comprising a first porous surface and a second porous surface, and a bulk between the first porous surface and the second porous surface, wherein the membrane has a pore rating of from about 2 nanometers to about 50 nanometers, and the first and second porous surfaces each comprise a ratio of non-fused nodule area to fused nodule area of about 1 or greater, and methods of making and using the membranes, are disclosed. | 08-21-2014 |
20140231340 | COMPOSITE INCLUDING PTFE MEMBRANE - Composites including porous PTFE membranes comprising an intermediate PTFE membrane having a pore rating of from about 2 nanometers to about 20 nanometers, interposed between, and bound to, porous fluoropolymer membranes having larger pore ratings, and methods of making and using the composites, are disclosed. | 08-21-2014 |
20140131293 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONDITIONING A FILTER ASSEMBLY - Systems and methods condition a filter assembly. Purging liquid is passed through the filter assembly to remove contaminants from the pores and voids of the filter medium and from the upstream and downstream sides of the filter medium. | 05-15-2014 |
20140131278 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONDITIONING A FILTER ASSEMBLY - Systems and methods condition a filter assembly. Purging liquid is passed through the filter assembly to remove contaminants from the pores and voids of the filter medium and from the upstream and downstream sides of the filter medium. | 05-15-2014 |
20140131270 | FILTER ELEMENT - A filter element for use in cross-flow and dead-end filtration comprises a porous sheet material having a non-filtrate side and a filtrate side, said sheet material being arranged in a plurality of pleats extending in a longitudinal direction, each pleat having a first and second wall portion extending perpendicular to said longitudinal direction from a first, open end to a second, closed end of the pleats, the first and second wall portions being spaced apart from one another; and a non-filtrate fluid supply arrangement extending along the longitudinal direction of the pleats, wherein said fluid supply arrangement is in fluid communication with the first or second end of each pleat substantially along the whole length of the pleat, said fluid supply arrangement being provided with openings designed to provide a fluid flow from the supply arrangement into the pleats in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction thereof. | 05-15-2014 |
20140130673 | PURIFICATION ARRANGEMENTS AND METHODS FOR GAS PIPELINE SYSTEMS - A purification arrangement for a gas pipeline system includes a pressure vessel and at least a modular separator assembly and a modular filter assembly in the interior of the pressure vessel. A gas flow may be established through the pressure vessel, and the gas may pass through the modular separator and filter assemblies to remove liquid and/or solid particulates from the gas. | 05-15-2014 |
20140130672 | PURIFICATION ARRANGEMENTS AND METHODS FOR GAS PIPELINE SYSTEMS - A purification arrangement for a gas pipeline system includes a pressure vessel and at least first and second purification assemblies in the interior of the pressure vessel. A gas flow may be established through the pressure vessel, and the gas may pass through the first purification assembly and the second purification assembly to remove liquid and/or solid particulates from the gas. At least one of the first and second purification assemblies includes a separator assembly having one or more separators which removes particulates and a shell mounted to one or more of the separators to collect and contain the removed particulates. | 05-15-2014 |
20140130666 | PURIFICATION ARRANGEMENTS AND METHODS FOR GAS PIPELINE SYSTEMS - A purification arrangement for a gas pipeline system includes a pressure vessel and at least first and second purification assemblies in the interior of the pressure vessel. An openable/closable barrier is positioned in the pressure vessel between the first and second purification assemblies. A gas flow may be established through the pressure vessel, and the gas may pass through the first purification assembly, the open barrier, and the second purification assembly to remove liquid and/or solid particulates from the gas. | 05-15-2014 |
20140050626 | CATALYTIC FILTER MODULE AND CATALYTIC FILTER SYSTEM COMPRISING SAME - A catalytic filter module for gaseous fluids is disclosed comprising a block-shaped filter element, a catalytic element and a clean gas collecting and discharge arrangement. The catalytic element is substantially coextensive with the filter element, said filter element has a feed face and on its opposite side a discharge face from which filtrate exits to be received by the upstream face of the catalytic element. The gaseous fluid exits the catalytic element as clean gas at a clean gas face thereof opposite to the upstream face. The clean gas collecting and discharge arrangement comprises one or more channels extending across the whole clean gas face of the catalytic element deflecting and directing the clean gas flow transverse to the vertical of the clean gas face of the catalytic element to a clean gas discharge opening of the filter module at a side face thereof. | 02-20-2014 |
20140048486 | MEMBRANE WITH MULTIPLE SIZE FIBERS - Membranes including at least two sets of fibers having different average diameters, as well as methods of using and methods of making the membranes are disclosed. | 02-20-2014 |
20140042072 | FLUID TREATMENT ASSEMBLIES, FLUID TREATMENT SEGMENTS, AND METHODS OF MAKING FLUID TREATMENT SYSTEMS - A fluid treatment assembly includes a stack of fluid treatment segments. Each fluid treatment segment has an array of fluid treatment units positioned between opposite end plates and a retainer that compresses the end plates and the array of fluid treatment units against one another. The fluid treatment segments may be stacked between opposite end pieces of a holder to form the fluid treatment assembly. | 02-13-2014 |
20140024543 | COMPOSITIONS FOR DETECTING FOODSTUFF SPOILAGE MICROORGANISMS - The invention provides nucleic acids, collections of nucleic acids, assay kits, and methods for the sensitive and specific detection of microorganisms in a foodstuff. The nucleic acid consists of a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 1-45. | 01-23-2014 |
20130327722 | CELL HARVESTING DEVICE AND SYSTEM - Devices, methods, and systems for obtaining one or more biological fluid components, and reducing red blood cell contamination, using a back-flushable filter device, are disclosed. | 12-12-2013 |
20130264277 | ANTIMICROBIAL FILTER - An antimicrobial filter is disclosed comprising at least two porous media: a first porous medium including silver particles in the bulk of the medium, disposed on a second porous medium suitable for capturing silver particles leached from the first medium. | 10-10-2013 |
20130256229 | LARGE PORE POLYMERIC MEMBRANE - Porous membranes including a first microporous skin surface having a pore density of at least about 20 pores/50,000 μm | 10-03-2013 |
20130220125 | HOT GAS FILTRATION SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR REGENERATING SAID SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a hot gas filtration system and a process for regenerating such a hot gas filtration system, said filtration system comprising a filter vessel, a tubesheet separating the interior of said filter vessel into a raw gas section and a clean gas section, and a plurality of filter elements. Said filter elements, arranged in two or more groups, are connected to the tubesheet with a clean end and extend with a raw gas portion into the raw gas section. Two or more plenum chambers are accommodated in the clean gas section and groupwise accommodate the clean gas ends of the filter elements, each of said plenum chambers comprising a gas exchange opening providing a direct fluid communication with the clean gas section. The hot gas filtration system furthermore comprises a blowback arrangement comprising a blowback gas reservoir and a blowback gas pipe for each group of filter elements, said blowback gas pipes having an outlet positioned in said clean gas section of the vessel, said outlet of the blowback gas pipes being directed at the gas exchange opening of the plenum chambers, said outlet of said blowback pipe having a free cross-sectional area of from about 10% to about 90% of the free cross-sectional area of said gas exchange opening. | 08-29-2013 |
20130193075 | ASYMMETRIC MEMBRANES - Asymmetric membranes comprising a first asymmetric porous zone including a first porous asymmetry that increases from the first exterior surface through the first porous zone of the bulk, and a second asymmetric porous zone including a second porous asymmetry that increases from the second exterior surface through the second porous zone of the bulk, wherein the first average pore size is larger than the second average pore size, as well as methods of making and using the membranes, are disclosed. | 08-01-2013 |
20130157355 | ROCKABLE BIOCONTAINER - Biocontainers, as well as methods and platforms for rocking the biocontainers, are disclosed. | 06-20-2013 |
20130146539 | MEMBRANE WITH LOCALIZED ASYMMETRIES - Membranes with localized asymmetries, devices including the membranes, and methods of making and using the membranes, are disclosed. | 06-13-2013 |
20130143195 | LEUKOCYTE PURIFICATION - A method for purifying leukocytes is disclosed. The method can further include recovering the purified leukocytes, or lysing the purified leukocytes. | 06-06-2013 |
20130118971 | FLUID TREATMENT ASSEMBLIES - Fluid treatment assemblies may include first and second end pieces, at least one fluid treatment unit positioned between the first and second end pieces, and a retainer extending between the first and second end pieces and arranged to press the fluid treatment unit(s) and the first and second end pieces together. | 05-16-2013 |
20130056420 | MULTILAYER MICROFILTRATION MEMBRANE - A microfiltration membrane comprising (a) an asymmetric layer, (b) an isometric layer, and (c) an interface layer between the asymmetric layer and the isometric layer, the interface layer having a first portion contacting the asymmetric layer and a second portion contacting the isometric layer; wherein, (i) the asymmetric layer has a region contacting the first portion of the interface layer, the region including cells having a first porous structure; (ii) the isometric layer has a region contacting the second portion of the interface layer, the region including cells having a second porous structure; the first porous structure being larger than the second porous structure; and the first portion of the interface layer comprises cells having the first porous structure, and the second portion of the interface layer comprises cells having the second porous structure, and methods of making and using the membrane, are disclosed. Also disclosed is a microfiltration membrane comprising (a) a first asymmetric layer, (b) a second asymmetric layer, and (c) an interface layer between the first asymmetric layer and the second asymmetric layer, the interface layer having a first portion contacting the first asymmetric layer and a second portion contacting the second asymmetric layer; wherein, (i) the first asymmetric layer has a region contacting the first portion of the interface layer, the region including cells having a first porous structure; (ii) the second asymmetric layer has a region contacting the second portion of the interface layer, the region including cells having a second porous structure; the first porous structure being larger than the second porous structure; and the first portion of the interface layer comprises cells having the first porous structure, and the second portion of the interface layer comprises cells having the second porous structure, as well as methods of making and using the membrane. | 03-07-2013 |
20130037486 | FLUID TREATMENT ASSEMBLIES, MANIFOLDS FOR FLUID TREATMENT ASSEMBLIES, AND METHODS FOR TREATING FLUIDS - A fluid treatment assembly comprises one or more cross flow fluid treatment units positioned between opposite end pieces. The fluid treatment unit includes a permeable fluid treatment medium having a feed side and a permeate side. The fluid treatment assembly further comprises a feed inlet and feed passage, a permeate outlet and a permeate passage, and a retentate outlet and a retentate passage. The feed passage directs feed fluid from the feed inlet to the permeable medium and tangentially along the feed side of the permeable medium. The permeate passage directs permeate from the permeate side of the permeable medium to the permeate outlet. The retentate passage directs retentate from the feed side of the permeable medium to the retentate outlet. A flow restrictor is positioned in the retentate passage. | 02-14-2013 |
20130034477 | CATALYTIC FILTER SYSTEM - A catalytic filter system adaptable to the various challenges of a catalytic gas phase reaction is provided, wherein the system comprises a filtration vessel having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, a separation wall provided in the interior of the filtration vessel and a plurality of filter candles, the separation wall dividing the interior into a raw gas chamber and a clean gas chamber; the separation wall comprising a plurality of openings designed to sealingly accommodate the plurality of filter candles; the fluid inlet being arranged in fluid communication with the raw gas chamber upstream of the plurality of filter candles; the fluid outlet being arranged in fluid communication with the clean gas chamber downstream of the plurality of filter candles; and the filter system comprising a first catalytic medium accommodated in the clean gas chamber downstream of the filter candles and upstream of the fluid outlet. | 02-07-2013 |
20130030154 | MIXED MODE LIGANDS - Substrates comprising a solid support, a ligand, and a linker comprising at least one C, O, N, or S atom covalently connecting the solid support to the ligand, are disclosed, along with methods of using and making the substrates, and devices including the substrates. | 01-31-2013 |
20130014883 | CORRUGATED FLUID TREATMENT PACKS AND METHODS OF MAKING THEM - Corrugated fluid treatment packs and methods of making corrugated fluid treatment packs are disclosed. The fluid treatment packs may comprise a non-woven fibrous structure having a tubular configuration, a longitudinal axis, and circumferentially extending corrugations. | 01-17-2013 |
20120305500 | PLASMA SEPARATION - Devices and methods for separating plasma from biological fluids such as blood and blood products are disclosed. | 12-06-2012 |
20120292243 | FILTER ARRANGMENTS AND FILTER APPARATUSES WHICH INCLUDE FILTER ARRANGEMENTS - A filter apparatus includes a housing assembly and a filter arrangement mounted in the housing assembly. The filter arrangement includes a reusable core assembly, a first filter assembly removably mounted around the exterior of the reusable core assembly, and a bypass assembly removably mounted to the reusable core assembly at least partially in the interior of the core assembly. The bypass assembly includes a bypass valve mechanically connected to a second filter assembly. | 11-22-2012 |
20120279917 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FILTRATION - Systems for filtration are disclosed. A feed mixture including at least one liquid component and at least one solid component and a flow of gas may be directed to a filter element and filtrate and gas may be passed through a filter medium from a feed fluid side to a filtrate side. | 11-08-2012 |
20120270248 | DETECTION OF BACTERIA IN BIOLOGICAL FLUIDS - A method for detecting bacteria in biological fluids is provided, the method comprising placing a biological fluid possibly containing bacteria in a container, the container including a detergent for reducing the respiration of blood cells, and a bacterial growth promoter, and measuring and/or detecting the level of glucose in the biological fluid in the container, over a period of time. A system for carrying out the method is also provided. | 10-25-2012 |
20120267302 | FLUID TREATMENT ARRANGEMENTS AND METHODS OF MAKING FLUID TREATMENT ARRANGEMENTS - A fluid treatment arrangement may include a fluid treatment unit having a multilayer structure. The multilayer structure may include at least one feed layer, at least one permeate layer, and at least one layer of a permeable fluid treatment medium between the feed layer and the permeate layer. The fluid treatment unit may further include a thermoset which holds the layers together and forms at least a portion of a first end surface of the fluid treatment unit. The fluid treatment arrangement may also include a thermoplastic sheet which overlies the first end surface of the fluid treatment unit. The thermoset directly bonds to the thermoplastic sheet. | 10-25-2012 |
20120241372 | FILTER MODULE AND METHOD FOR ITS MANUFACTURE - A filter module is formed of wound filter material having openings wherein the boundary surfaces of the openings constitute flow-through surfaces. The openings of the wound layers of the filter material form channels angled relative to the winding axis, wherein one group thereof opens at the outer peripheral surface of the roll and the other group opens at the inner peripheral surface of the roll and wherein the channels on the other end, respectively, are closed and wherein the channels, angled relative to the winding axis, are separated from one another by filter material, and wherein the inner area of the roll has a central channel arranged around a winding axis. | 09-27-2012 |
20120234757 | INTRAVENOUS FILTER - Intravenous fluid filter devices including a filter comprising spaced apart first and second filter elements comprising hydrophilic membranes and providing inside-out flow, and methods of using the devices, are disclosed. | 09-20-2012 |
20120219633 | REMOVAL OF IMMUNOGLOBULINS AND LEUKOCYTES FROM BIOLOGICAL FLUIDS - Devices, systems, and methods for depleting fluids of immunoglobulins and leukocytes are disclosed. | 08-30-2012 |
20120180664 | GAS FILTER ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS FOR FILTERING GASES - A gas filter assembly includes a housing and a gas filter positioned in the housing. The gas filter includes a pleated filter pack, a spacer arrangement which includes solidified bonding material between adjacent pleat legs on the upstream surface of the filter pack, and insert spacers between adjacent pleat legs on the downstream surface of the filter pack. | 07-19-2012 |
20120180577 | PERISTALTIC PUMPS AND FILTRATION ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS FOR USE THEREWITH - Filtration assemblies for use with peristaltic pumps, peristaltic pumps, systems including the assemblies and pumps, and methods of using the assemblies, pumps, and systems, are disclosed. | 07-19-2012 |
20120125456 | MANIFOLD PLATES AND FLUID TREATMENT ARRANGEMENTS INCLUDING MANIFOLD PLATES - A manifold plate and a filtration arrangement including a manifold plate which comprises a body having a mounting region on the exterior of the body and first and second fluid channels extending within the body. The mounting region has at least one first opening and at least one second opening. At least one first fluid passageway fluidly couples the first opening to the first fluid channel and at least one second passageway fluidly couples the second opening to the second fluid channel. One or more filtration units may be mounted to the mounting region in fluid communication with the first and second openings of the manifold plate. | 05-24-2012 |
20120055886 | OUTLET FOR SHOWER OR FAUCET HEAD - Removable and replaceable outlets for point-of-use showers or faucets, filter devices, and methods and systems including the outlets and/or filter devices, are disclosed. | 03-08-2012 |
20120015086 | METHOD FOR TREATING A FLUID, IN PARTICULAR A BEVERAGE - A method for treating a fluid is provided using a particulate material in the form of a deposited layer having an upstream side and a downstream side wherein a flow of the fluid is directed through the deposited layer from the upstream to the downstream side at a first temperature. | 01-19-2012 |
20110313147 | CHROMATOGRAPHIC MATERIAL FOR THE ABSORPTION OF PROTEINS AT PHYSIOLOGICAL IONIC STRENGTH - Ion exchange and hydrophobic interaction chromatographic materials are constructed by tethering a terminal binding functionality to a solid support via a hydrophobic linker. The backbone of the linker typically comprises sulfur-containing moieties. Suitable terminal binding functionalities are tertiary amines, quaternary ammonium salts, or hydrophobic groups. These chromatographic materials possess both hydrophobic and ionic character under the conditions prescribed for their use. The separation of proteins from crude mixtures at physiological ionic strength can be accomplished with a chromatographic material of this type by applying pH or ionic strength gradients, thereby effecting protein adsorption and desorption. | 12-22-2011 |
20110281358 | System For Seeding Cells Onto Three Dimensional Scaffolds - Systems are provided for convenient and sterile isolation, collection, and seeding of cells onto a scaffold or tissue graft. The systems may be closed. Methods for use of the disclosed systems for isolation, collection and seeding of cells and generation of tissue engineered vascular grafts are also provided. The systems may be supplied in kits for efficient and expeditious use. | 11-17-2011 |
20110209785 | DISCONNECTABLE CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - Disconnectable connector assemblies, sets including the assemblies, and methods of using the assemblies, are disclosed. | 09-01-2011 |
20110203986 | FILTRATION ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS OF INSTALLING FILTRATION UNITS IN FILTRATION ASSEMBLIES - This invention relates to filtration assemblies and methods of installing filtration units in filtration assemblies. Filtration assemblies may include first and second end pieces, at least one filtration unit between the first and second end pieces, and at least one alignment rod arrangement. The alignment rod arrangement may extend between the end pieces and align the filtration units and the end pieces. | 08-25-2011 |
20110186505 | FILTER MODULE AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURE OF SAME - The present invention provides a filter module comprising a body of wound layers of a sheet material, said body having an inner and an outer peripheral surface, a winding axis and a passage extending along the winding axis of said body and in fluid communication with said inner peripheral surface, said sheet material having a plurality of openings formed therein, said openings forming two types of channels within the wound layers of sheet material of said body, said channels extending in a direction from the inner peripheral surface to the outer peripheral surface, a first type of channels being open at one end at said outer peripheral surface of the body and closed at the other end located adjacent to said inner peripheral surface, a second type of channels being open at one end at said inner peripheral surface of the body, in fluid communication with said passage and closed at the other end located adjacent to said outer peripheral surface, said channels of the one type being separated from the channels of the other type by portions of sheet material, one of said types of channels being inlet channels communicating with a fluid inlet of said filter module, the other of said types of channels being outlet channels communicating with a fluid outlet of said filter module, wherein the surface of at least one type of the channels supports a precoat. The present invention further relates to a process for the manufacturing of a filter module according any one of claims | 08-04-2011 |
20110174726 | FILTER MODULE AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURE OF SAME - A filter module comprises a body of wound layers of sheet material, said body having inner and outer peripheral surfaces and a winding axis and a passage extending along the winding axis and in fluid communication with the inner peripheral surface, the sheet material having openings forming two channel types extending from the inner to the outer peripheral surfaces, a first channel type open at the outer peripheral surface and closed adjacent to the inner peripheral surface, a second channel type open at the inner peripheral surface, in fluid communication with the passage and closed adjacent to the outer peripheral surface, the two channel types separated from each other by sheet material, one channel type communicating with a module port, the other channel type communicating with another module port, wherein a majority of openings forming the inlet channels incompletely register with corresponding openings of an adjacent layer. | 07-21-2011 |
20110174725 | FILTER MODULE AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURE OF SAME - A filter module comprises a body of wound layers of a sheet material, said body having inner and outer peripheral surfaces, a winding axis and a passage along the winding axis and in fluid communication with the inner peripheral surface, the sheet material having openings forming two channel types from the inner to the outer peripheral surfaces, a first channel type open at the outer peripheral surface and closed adjacent to the inner peripheral surface, a second channel type open at the inner peripheral surface, in fluid communication with the passage and closed adjacent to the outer peripheral surface, the two channel types separated from each other by sheet material, one channel type being inlet channels communicating with an inlet, the other channel type being outlet channels communicating with an outlet, the edge of the inlet channel openings having a thickness less than the thickness remote from those openings. | 07-21-2011 |
20110058990 | CERAMIC FILTER ELEMENT - The reduction of nitrogen oxides in gas is carried out, by means of selective reaction of the nitrogen oxide with the reducing agent in the in the solid catalyst. In order to achieve high catalytic activity, the above is carried out at high gas temperatures. As a rule, ceramic filter elements, coated with catalytic material are used. This does, however, give rise to the risk the catalytically active components are stripped from the filter during the hot gas filtration. A ceramic filter element with support material in the form of particles, with binder material and catalytic material is thus disclosed, whereby the binder material comprises catalytic material, or the binder material is partly replaced by the catalyst material and the support material particles ( | 03-10-2011 |
20110041470 | FLUID ASSEMBLIES COMPRISING A PURIFICATION ELEMENT - This invention relates to a fluid assembly comprising a fluid handling device ( | 02-24-2011 |
20110005989 | FILTRATION SYSTEMS AND FITTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR FILTRATION SYSTEMS - Filtration systems may comprise a manifold having a fitting and a filter having a fitting. One of the manifold fitting and the filter fitting may comprise a nozzle including a tip portion having a contact surface. The other of the manifold fitting and the filter fitting may comprise a receptacle which receives the nozzle and has a contact surface. The filter may be removably mountable to the manifold with the filter fitting detachably engaging the manifold fitting and the contact surface at the tip portion of the nozzle abutting and sealing against the contact surface of the receptacle to prevent leakage at the end of the nozzle. | 01-13-2011 |
20100320139 | FILTER MODULE - A filter module comprises a non-filtrate draining spacer element, a filter layer, a filtrate draining spacer element, a filter layer, a non-filtrate draining spacer element, a filter layer, and a filtrate draining spacer layer stacked on one another in an axial direction, wherein at least some of the draining spacer elements comprise connecting means around the outer circumference to compress and seal off the filter layers between the draining spacer elements. | 12-23-2010 |
20100294709 | FLUID TREATMENT ARRANGEMENTS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING FLUID TREATMENT ARRANGEMENTS - Fluid treatment arrangements and methods for operating fluid treatment arrangements may include fluid treatment assemblies and manifold assemblies that direct fluids to and/or from the fluid treatment assemblies. | 11-25-2010 |
20100275561 | INERTIAL SEPARATOR - An inertial separator comprising a tubular body, the tubular body comprises a composition comprising a polymer selected from the group consisting of a cyclic olefin polymer and a cyclic olefin copolymer, and, a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane and/or a flame retardant and/or an anti-static additive, is disclosed. | 11-04-2010 |
20100223848 | GASIFICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING SYNGAS FROM GASIFIABLE FEEDSTOCK MATERIAL - The present invention relates to a gasification apparatus for generating syngas from gasifiable feedstock material, said apparatus comprising
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20100219139 | FLUID TREATMENT ARRANGEMENTS WITH FLUID TREATMENT ELEMENTS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THEM - Fluid treatment arrangements and methods for making and using fluid treatment arrangements are disclosed. A ribbon including a permeable fluid treatment medium may be spirally wound in a plurality of windings to form a fluid treatment element having a disk-shaped body. The disk-shaped body may include opposite end surfaces, an inner rim, and an outer rim. Up to one hundred or more fluid treatment elements may be positioned along a core assembly, and a surround may be positioned around the fluid treatment elements. The fluid treatment elements may be sealed to the core assembly with the inner rims covering openings in the core assembly, or the fluid treatment elements may be sealed to the surround with the outer rims covering openings in the surround. A fluid treatment arrangement may be contained in a housing to form a fluid treatment assembly. The housing may include an inlet port and an outlet port and may define a fluid flow path between the inlet port and the outlet port. The fluid treatment arrangement may be positioned in the housing across the fluid flow path. | 09-02-2010 |
20100219116 | FILTER ELEMENTS AND ASSEMBLIES - Fluid filter elements and assemblies are used to separate contaminants from a fluid, such as oil or fuel, prior to reaching an engine. Fluid filter assemblies may comprise a housing, a filter element, and a filter head. The Filter element may be disposed within the filter housing and enclosed by the filter head. Fluid enters the housing and passes through the filter element. The fluid may then exit the assembly. A connector may be used to connect the filter element to the filter head to ensure proper installation and simplify removal of a fouled filter element. The connector permits removable coupling of the filter element to the filter head and resists unintentional disengagement to securely couple the filter element to the filter head. | 09-02-2010 |
20100206820 | FLUID TREATMENT ARRANGEMENTS WITH SETS OF FLUID TREATMENT ELEMENTS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THEM - Fluid treatment arrangements having at least first and second radially displaced sets ( | 08-19-2010 |
20100206819 | FLUID TREATMENT ELEMENTS AND FLUID TREATMENT ARRANGEMENTS WITH FLUID TREATMENT ELEMENTS HAVING UNEVEN SURFACES AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THEM - Fluid treatment arrangements and elements and methods for making and using fluid treatment arrangements and elements are disclosed. A ribbon including a permeable fluid treatment medium may be spirally wound in a plurality of windings to form a fluid treatment element having a disk-shaped body. The disk-shaped body may have first and second opposite end surfaces, e.g., an inflow surface and an outflow surface, and an outer rim. One or both of the end surfaces may be an uneven surface. At least two and as many as many as fifty or more fluid treatment elements may be positioned along a hollow core assembly. Fluid may be directed to or from the interior of the core assembly through each fluid treatment element. In each fluid treatment element, fluid flows from the inflow surface to the outflow surface generally edgewise through the permeable fluid treatment medium. | 08-19-2010 |
20100206810 | FLUID TREATMENT ELEMENTS AND FLUID TREATMENT ARRANGEMENTS WITH SPACES BETWEEN FLUID TREATMENT ELEMENTS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THEM - Fluid treatment arrangements and methods for making and using fluid treatment arrangements are disclosed. A ribbon including a permeable fluid treatment medium may be spirally wound in a plurality of windings to form a fluid treatment element having a disk-shaped body. For some embodiments, the ribbon may comprise a composite having first and second layers. At least two and as many as many as fifty or more fluid treatment elements may be positioned along a core assembly with spaces between at least some of the adjacent fluid treatment elements. Many, most, or substantially all of the spaces may be substantially free of structure. A fluid treatment arrangement may be contained in a housing to form a fluid treatment assembly. The housing may include an inlet port and an outlet port and may define a fluid flow path between the inlet port and the outlet port. The fluid treatment arrangement may be positioned in the housing across the fluid flow path. | 08-19-2010 |
20100193437 | FLUID TREATMENT ELEMENTS AND FLUID TREATMENT ARRANGEMENTS WITH FLUID TREATMENT ELEMENTS HAVING DIFFERENT FLUID TREATEMENT CHARACTERISTICS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THEM - Fluid treatment arrangements and elements and methods for making and using fluid treatment arrangements and elements are disclosed. A ribbon including a permeable fluid treatment medium may be spirally wound in a plurality of windings to form a fluid treatment element having a disk-shaped body. At least two and as many as many as fifty or more fluid treatment elements may be positioned along a core assembly with spaces between at least some of the adjacent fluid treatment elements to form a fluid treatment arrangement. For some embodiments, fluid flowing between the exterior of the fluid treatment arrangement and the interior of the core assembly may flow through a permeable fluid treatment medium having a first fluid treatment characteristic and a permeable fluid treatment medium having a different second fluid treatment characteristic. For some embodiments, fluid flowing between the exterior of the fluid treatment arrangement and the interior of the core assembly may flow through a fluid treatment element having a first fluid treatment characteristic and a functional material having a different second fluid treatment characteristic. | 08-05-2010 |
20100187189 | FLUID TREATMENT ELEMENTS AND FLUID TREATMENT ARRANGEMENTS WITH POSTS AND/OR BANDS BETWEEN FLUID TREATMENT ELEMENTS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THEM - Fluid treatment arrangements and elements and methods for making and using fluid treatment arrangements are disclosed. A ribbon including a permeable fluid treatment medium may be spirally wound in a plurality of windings to form a fluid treatment element having a disk-shaped body. For some embodiments, the ribbon may comprise a composite having first and second layers. Up to one hundred or more fluid treatment elements may be positioned along a core assembly with spaces between at least some of the adjacent fluid treatment elements. Posts may be located in some of the spaces and may be bonded to the adjacent fluid treatment elements. Bands may encircle some of the spaces to block radial fluid flow into or out of the spaces. A fluid treatment arrangement may be contained in a housing to form a fluid treatment assembly. The housing may include an inlet port and an outlet port and may define a fluid flow path between the inlet port and the outlet port. The fluid treatment arrangement may be positioned in the housing across the fluid flow path. | 07-29-2010 |
20100176559 | GASKET AND GASKET ASSEMBLY FOR SEALING A PROBE IN A DISPOSABLE SYSTEM - A gasket for sealing a probe having a probe head and a probe cable between connector flanges, wherein the probe head has a diameter larger than the probe cable, has a generally annular body. The generally annular body includes an upper surface for sealing against an upper connector flange and a lower surface for sealing against a lower connector flange, and has a generally annular inner wall and a generally annular outer wall, the generally annular inner wall forming an aperture. The generally annular body also includes at least one hinge, the hinge including a radially arranged probe cable insertion port, and a slit. The slit comprises opposing slit sidewalls. When the hinge is open, the slit sidewalls allow the probe cable to be inserted into the probe cable insertion port, and when the hinge is closed, the slit sidewalls contact each other with the probe cable insertion port to form a generally annular seal around the probe cable with the probe head in the aperture. | 07-15-2010 |
20100170495 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING WAFER-LIKE SLICES FROM A SUBSTRATE MATERIAL - The present invention relates to a method and a system for manufacturing wafer-like slices from a body of a substrate material, especially for use in the manufacture of semiconductor devices. | 07-08-2010 |
20100170161 | METHOD FOR TREATING SPENT ABRASIVE SLURRY - The present invention relates to a method and a system for treating spent abrasive slurry obtained from a process for cutting a body of a substrate material into wafer-like slices, said slurry comprising a lubricant fluid, unspent abrasive particles and fines. | 07-08-2010 |
20100162671 | PURIFICATION ASSEMBLIES, PURIFICATION UNITS, AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLING PURIFICATION ASSEMBLIES - A purification assembly ( | 07-01-2010 |
20100140177 | FLUID PROCESSING SYSTEM - A fluid processing system comprising a housing ( | 06-10-2010 |
20100089814 | FILTER MODULE - The present invention relates to a filter module comprising a body of wound layers of a sheet material, said body having an inner and an outer peripheral surface delimiting the body with respect to an inner and an outer periphery, respectively, a first and a second end face, a winding axis and a passage extending along the winding axis of said body and in fluid communication with said inner peripheral surface, said sheet material having a plurality of openings formed therein, said openings forming at least two types of channels within the wound layers of sheet material of said body, said channels extending in a direction from the inner peripheral surface to the outer peripheral surface, a first type of channels being in fluid communication with the outer periphery at one end and closed at the other end located towards said inner peripheral surface, a second type of channels being in fluid communication with said inner periphery and said passage at one end and closed at the other end located towards said outer peripheral surface, said channels of the one type being separated from the channels of the other type by portions of sheet material, one of said types of channels being inlet channels communicating with a fluid inlet of said filter module, the other of said types of channels being outlet channels communicating with an outlet of said filter module, said one end of the outlets channels in fluid communication with the inner or outer periphery being covered by a filter material previous to the fluid in radial direction of said body. | 04-15-2010 |
20100072128 | DEPTH FILTER SHEET MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a depth filter sheet material, the method comprising preparing a flowable aqueous pulp composition comprising a fibrous material and a binding agent; dispensing the flowable aqueous pulp composition onto a water permeable support in a predetermined amount per unit area; at least partially draining the water content of the aqueous pulp composition through said water permeable support; drying the at least partially drained pulp composition at an elevated temperature to form a depth filter sheet raw material comprising a first and a second surface section forming an upper and a lower surface of the sheet raw material, respectively, and an intermediate section positioned in between and integrally formed with the first and the second surface sections, the intermediate section having a permeability greater than the permeability of the first and second surface sections; and removing or displacing at least portions of one of the first or second surface section of the raw material. Depth filter sheet materials obtained by the method are also disclosed. | 03-25-2010 |
20100065270 | FILTERING DEVICE, ESPECIALLY FOR USE AS A WELL SCREEN FILTER - The present invention relates to filtering device which is especially designed for use as a well screen filter. The filtering device comprises a tubular supporting element ( | 03-18-2010 |
20100059422 | MODULE FOR PROCESSING A FLUID AND A PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURE OF SAME - The present invention relates to a module for processing a fluid comprising a body of wound layers of a sheet material, said body having an inner and an outer peripheral surface, a first and a second end face and a passage extending along the winding axis of said body and in fluid communication with said inner peripheral surface, said sheet material having a plurality of openings formed therein, said openings forming at least three types of channels within the wound layers of sheet material of said body, said channels extending in a direction from the inner peripheral surface to the outer peripheral surface, a first type of channel(s) being open at one end at said outer peripheral surface of the body and closed at the other end located adjacent to said inner peripheral surface, a second type of channel(s) being open at one end at said inner peripheral surface of the body, in fluid communication with said passage and closed at the other end located adjacent to said outer peripheral surface, a third type of channel(s) being closed at both ends thereof, said channel(s) of the third type being positioned in said body such as to receive fluid from one or more channels of the first or second type, whereas one or more channels of the other one of the first and second type of channels receives fluid from the third type of channels, said channel(s) of the one type being separated from the channel(s) of the respective other types by portions of sheet material, the first or second type of channel(s) communicating with a fluid inlet of said module (inlet channels), the other type of the first and second channel(s) communicating with an outlet of said module (outlet channels). | 03-11-2010 |
20100018925 | UV TREATED MEMBRANES - Non-coherent UV-treated porous halopolymer membranes are disclosed. | 01-28-2010 |
20100018924 | FLUID TREATMENT ARRANGEMENTS AND METHODS - Fluid treatment arrangements and methods involve a plurality of fluid treatment modules and a core assembly that extends through the plurality of fluid treatment modules. Each fluid treatment module has a feed region, a permeate region, and a fluid treatment medium separating the feed region from the permeate region. The feed region extends along a feed surface of the fluid treatment medium, and the permeate region extends along a permeate surface of the fluid treatment region. Feed fluid is directed along the feed region of each module, and a portion of the feed fluid passes as permeate through the fluid treatment medium, into the permeate region, and then into the core assembly. One or more control mechanisms are fluidly coupled to the permeate region of one or more fluid treatment modules to control a flow parameter in the permeate region of the module. | 01-28-2010 |
20100007134 | DISCONNECTABLE CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - Disconnectable connector assemblies, sets including the assemblies, and methods of using the assemblies, are disclosed. | 01-14-2010 |
20090277272 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR OBSERVING VESSEL CONTENTS - A method for observing a change in one or more parameters of a flowable material in a vessel is disclosed, the method comprising transmitting an ultrasound signal into a vessel containing a flowable material; observing a change in the ultrasound signal after it has passed through the flowable material; and, relating the change in the ultrasound signal to the change in one or more parameters of the flowable material. | 11-12-2009 |
20090272190 | FLOW METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTION IN CONDUITS - A method for measuring one or more parameters in a fluid in a flow conduit using ultrasound is disclosed, the method comprising transmitting ultrasound signals at a frequency in the range of from about 100 kHz to about 30,000 kHz through the fluid, measuring the amplitude attenuation of the ultrasound signals having passed through the fluid, and using the measured attenuation to measure a parameter in the fluid. | 11-05-2009 |
20090261033 | FLUID TREATMENT ELEMENT - A hollow cylindrical fluid treatment element ( | 10-22-2009 |
20090255877 | FLUID TREATMENT ARRANGEMENTS AND METHODS - Fluid treatment arrangements and methods involve a spirally wound fluid treatment pack. The fluid treatment pack includes a fluid treatment medium, a feed region, and a permeate region. The feed region extends along a feed surface of the fluid treatment medium and the permeate region extends along a permeate surface of the fluid treatment medium. The fluid treatment pack is spirally wound around a core assembly to form a plurality of windings of the feed region, a plurality of windings of the fluid treatment medium, and a plurality of windings of the permeate region. | 10-15-2009 |
20090236344 | BIOCONTAINER SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a system including a tote and a flexible container which fits into said tote, said tote including a box shaped body with four side faces and a floor, said floor having a cut out extending from an edge portion of the floor, said edge portion being part of an edge adjacent to a side face of the tote which comprises a door or a flap, said flexible container having a bottom wall, a top wall and four side walls of a substantial rectangular configuration and made of a flexible plastic sheet material, said container comprising at least one port, wherein said bottom wall comprises said at least a first port in an off-center position, said cut out accommodating said first port in the bottom wall of the container. | 09-24-2009 |
20090236338 | BIOCONTAINER - The present invention relates to a flexible, closed container with a bottom wall, a top wall and four side walls of a substantial rectangular configuration and made of a flexible plastic sheet material, said container comprising at least a first port, said bottom, top and side walls being provided by four separate sheets which are joined together at their edges, wherein a first sheet forms said bottom wall, a second sheet forms said top wall and a third and a fourth sheet form a first and a second side wall at two opposite sides of the container, said four sheets each comprising in addition to the portions forming the bottom, top and first and second side walls integrally formed triangular or trapezoid shaped wall portions at opposite ends thereof, said triangular or trapezoid shaped wall portions form when joined together a third and a fourth side wall, respectively, wherein said bottom wall accommodates said first port in an off-centre position. | 09-24-2009 |
20090209737 | USE OF DENATURING AGENTS DURING AFFINITY CAPTURE - A method for affinity capturing target molecules is disclosed, comprising obtaining a sample comprising a target molecule; and, in the presence of a denaturing agent; affinity capturing the target molecule with a single chain affinity molecule or antigen binding portion thereof that specifically binds the target molecule, wherein the affinity molecule or antigen binding portion thereof is immobilized on a support. | 08-20-2009 |
20090200227 | PLEATED FLUID TREATMENT ARRANGEMENTS AND METHODS FOR STABILIZING THE PLEATS - Pleated fluid treatment arrangements may comprise a stabilizing arrangement coupled between a support and some or all of the pleats. The stabilizing arrangement may include a plurality of projections, each projection extending through an opening in the support and into an open end of a pleat. Methods for stabilizing pleat legs may comprise inserting a projection of a stabilizing arrangement through an opening in a support and into an open end of a pleat. | 08-13-2009 |
20090038400 | Pressure Sensing Devices and Fluid Assemblies - Pressure sensing devices and fluid assemblies may sense fluid pressure, including, for example, a difference in pressure, or differential pressure, between a fluid at a first pressure and a fluid at a second pressure. The fluid may be a gas, a liquid, or a mixture of gases, liquids, and/or solids. | 02-12-2009 |
20090019770 | CATALYTIC ELEMENT - A catalytic element useful for promoting catalytic gas phase reactions is provided, comprising a porous ceramic body comprising a multiplicity of open pores having a coating comprising a basic oxide material and a catalyst material selected from transition metal and noble metal compounds | 01-22-2009 |
20090014378 | FLUID TREATMENT ELEMENTS - Fluid treatment elements substantially inhibit electrical charge imbalances and/or build-ups of electrical charges. A fluid treatment element may comprise a multilayer composite including an electrically conductive fibrous matrix, having an upstream side and a downstream side, disposed on a porous substrate, also having an upstream side and a downstream side, which supports the fibrous matrix. The fibrous matrix may include a combination of conductive and nonconductive fibers. The multilayer composite may also include a drainage layer positioned along one of the upstream side of the fibrous matrix and the downstream side of the porous substrate. | 01-15-2009 |
20080308483 | FLUID TREATMENT ELEMENTS - Fluid treatment elements substantially inhibit electrical charge imbalances and/or build-ups of electrical charges. A fluid treatment element may comprise a multilayer composite including an electrically conductive fibrous matrix, having an upstream side and a downstream side, disposed on a porous substrate, also having an upstream side and a downstream side, which supports the fibrous matrix. The fibrous matrix may include a combination of conductive and nonconductive fibers. The multilayer composite may also include a drainage layer positioned along one of the upstream side of the fibrous matrix and the downstream side of the porous substrate. | 12-18-2008 |
20080299672 | System And Method For Testing Chromatography Media And Devices - Methods for testing the chromatography type and/or the integrity of a chromatography membrane or monolith, preferably, for testing the chromatography type and integrity of a chromatography device comprising a chromatography membrane or chromatography monolith while the membrane or monolith is sealed in a housing, are disclosed. | 12-04-2008 |
20080290031 | Spacer for Filter Modules - In order to provide a spacer for filter modules which may be used not only for plate and frame filter modules, but also for spiral wound-type filter modules and which allows high packing densities while providing optimized cleanability, a spacer for filter modules is proposed to be disposed between two layers of a filter medium, said spacer comprising an essentially flat structured sheet material having upper and lower projections on the upper and lower surfaces thereof, respectively, said upper and lower projections defining an upper and lower bearing face for the layers of filter medium, wherein said projections rise from said upper and lower surfaces with wall portions and terminate in top portions, said upper and lower projections being spaced from each other in a direction parallel to the surface of the sheet material. | 11-27-2008 |
20080286166 | FILTER ELEMENT - A filter element comprises a dimensionally stable porous formed body with an interior that provides a space for unfiltered fluid or a filtrate space. The interior of the formed body is partially filled with a material of expanded ceramics that is coated with a catalyst material such that a flow channel remains open. The material that is coated with catalyst material is provided in the form of a dimensionally stable catalyst body which is inserted into the interior such that it adjoins the formed body. | 11-20-2008 |
20080272042 | Chromatography Columns and Their Operation - A chromatography column ( | 11-06-2008 |
20080264854 | Corrugated Fluid Treatment Packs and Methods of Making Them - Corrugated fluid treatment packs and methods of making corrugated fluid treatment packs are disclosed. The fluid treatment packs may comprise a non-woven fibrous structure and/or porous membrane having a tubular configuration and a longitudinal axis, the fibrous structure and/or porous membrane being corrugated to define at least one crest, at least one trough, and at least one corrugation, each corrugation including first and second webs, the first and second webs extending into one another along a crest or a trough. The crests, troughs, and corrugations may include webs may which extend circumferentially or helically. | 10-30-2008 |
20080251444 | SEPARATION DEVICES AND PROCESSES - A separation device comprises a cylindrical separation pack including a spirally wound porous medium, a feed channel including a shear region, a plurality of permeate passages extending along the permeate side of the porous medium opposite the shear region and perpendicular to the feed channel, a feed inlet, a retentate outlet, and a plurality of permeate outlets. | 10-16-2008 |
20080251442 | Fluid Treatment Assemblies and Elements and Methods for Making Them - Fluid treatment assemblies and elements may include a plurality of axially extending pleats and may be used to treat fluids, including gases, liquids, or mixtures of gases, and/or solids, in a crossflow mode of operation. For example, some fluid treatment assemblies and elements may be used to remove one or more substances from the fluid and may then function as separators, including filters and concentrators. Other fluid treatment assemblies and elements may be used to transfer substances between two fluid streams and may then function as mass transfer devices. | 10-16-2008 |
20080230488 | Pleated, Crossflow Fluid Treatment Elements, Methods for Making Them, and Methods for Treating Cellular Solutions - Fluid treatment elements and methods for treating fluids may be used to treat fluids, including gases, liquids, or mixtures of gases, and/or solids, in a crossflow mode of operation. For example, some fluid treatment elements and methods may be used to remove one or more substances from the fluid and may then function as concentrators or filters or separators. Other fluid treatment elements or methods may be used to transfer substances between two fluid streams and may then function as mass transfer devices. | 09-25-2008 |
20080230470 | Filter Module and Process for Manufacture of Same - The present invention provides a filter module comprising a body of wound layers of a sheet material, said sheet material having a plurality of openings formed therein, said openings forming two types of channels within the wound layers of sheet material of said body, said channels extending in a direction from the inner peripheral surface to the outer peripheral surface, a first type of channels being open at one end at said outer peripheral surface of the body and closed at the other end located adjacent to said inner peripheral surface, a second type of channels being open at one end at said inner peripheral surface of the body, and closed at the other end located adjacent to said outer peripheral surface, said channels of the one type being separated from the channels of the other type by portions of sheet material, wherein the surface of at least one type of the channels supports a precoat and a process for the manufacturing of such a filter module. | 09-25-2008 |
20080223798 | Apparatus and System For Displacing Gas in a Biological Fluid Processing System - A biological fluid processing apparatus ( | 09-18-2008 |
20080223781 | Filter Module and Process for Manufacture of Same - The present invention provides a filter module comprising a body of wound layers of a sheet material, said sheet material having a plurality of openings formed therein, said channels within the wound layers of sheet material of said body, said channels extending in a direction from the inner peripheral surface to the outer peripheral surface, a first type of channels being open at one end at said outer peripheral surface of the body and closed at the other end located adjacent to said inner peripheral surface, a second type of channels being open at one end at said inner peripheral surface of the body and closed at the other end located adjacent to said outer peripheral surface, said channels of the one type being separated from the channels of the other type by portions of sheet material wherein a majority of the openings of a layer of sheet material forming the inlet channels incompletely register with corresponding openings of an adjacent layer and a process for manufacture such filter module. | 09-18-2008 |