Membrane capsule
AssigneeNanopareil, LLC
InventorsTodd J. Menkhaus, D. Craig Arnold, Steven Schneiderman
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Abstract
A membrane capsule for biological and chemical separations comprising a cassette comprising an upper surface and a lower surface adjoined by a cassette sidewall, an inlet and an outlet located on the upper and lower surfaces of the cassette, tubes fluidly connected to the inlet and the outlet, holes or slots in the tubes to facilitate separation, and a membrane wrapped, pleated, and/or spiral wound around each of the tubes. Methods of separation comprising flowing fluid flow through the inlet of the membrane capsule, allowing the fluid to permeate through the holes or slots of the tubes, separating biological and/or non-biological substances, collecting the fluid within a reservoir, and draining fluid from the reservoir.
Claims24
A system for biological and chemical separations, comprising:
- a system inlet and a system outlet fluidly connected;
- an array of membrane cartridges, each of the membrane cartridges comprising:
- an elongated body enclosed within a sealed tubular housing;
- an end cap providing a fluid port to the membrane cartridge within the tubular housing, wherein the membrane cartridge is positioned between the system inlet and the system outlet;
- wherein the fluid port is fluidly connected to the system inlet;
- and holes or slots in the elongated body;
- wherein each of the membrane cartridges are arranged in parallel in the array.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.