Filter assembly and container for collecting a body fluid containing the same
AssigneeFresenius Hemocare Italia S.R.L.
InventorsPaolo Verri, Matteo Boselli, Laura Zambianchi
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a filter assembly for filtering a body fluid comprising a filter holder and a filter system downstream of the filter holder; wherein the filter system and the filter holder are in contact with each other, wherein the filter system comprises a cuboid frame structure with six rectangular surface areas A1-A6, and wherein five of the six surface areas A1-A5 are covered by a filtering media, and wherein the sixth surface area A6 is in contact with the filter holder.
Claims19
A filter assembly for filtering a body fluid comprising a filter holder and a filter system downstream of the filter holder;
- wherein the filter system and the filter holder are in contact with each other,
- wherein the filter system comprises a cuboid frame structure with six rectangular surface areas A1-A6, and
- wherein five of the six surface areas A1-A5 are covered by a filtering media, and wherein the sixth surface area A6 is in contact with the filter holder;
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- wherein the filtering media comprises at least a first material and a second material and wherein the first material is a defoaming material made of a monofilament woven open mesh fabric and the second material is a depth filter material made of a spunbond nonwoven fabric or a polyurethane foam.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.