| PALL CORPORATION Patent applications |
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| 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 |
