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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7704394 | Hollow fiber membrane cartridge A hollow fiber membrane cartridge comprising a bundle of multiple hollow fiber membranes arranged so as to be vertical in an immersion vessel and comprising bond fixing layers capable of bond fixing of the hollow fiber membrane bundle at both ends thereof, wherein t... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7410582 | Hollow fiber filter for extracorporeal blood circuit A filter for an extracorporeal blood circuit including: a bundle of hollow fibers having an end section encased in a potting material, wherein the end section further comprises a stem of fibers and potting material and an annular disk of the potting material extendi... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7410580 | Hollow fiber module The invention relates to a hollow fiber separation module comprising an inlet (20) for the gas to be dried, an outlet (22) for dried gas, an access element (26) and a discharge element (28) for circulation gas, and a plurality of hollow f... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7390653 | Culture chamber for biologicals The culture chamber of the present invention has a fluid-filled culture compartment in which cells, tissues and other biologicals are cultured. The culture compartment is transversed by one or more molecular weight cut-off membranes attached to a membrane carrier as... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7387730 | Hollow fiber membrane module, method of manufacturing the hollow fiber membrane module, and housing for hollow fiber membrane module In a hollow fiber membrane flat module according to the present invention, both ends of hollow fiber membrane bundle which are formed by bundling a plurality of hollow fiber membrane as a sheet are fixed to two housing separately by a fixing resin while maintaining ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7364659 | Preparation of asymmetric polyethylene hollow fiber membrane A porous polyethylene hollow fiber membrane having a pore-size gradient across the inner and outer surfaces thereof is prepared by introducing, during the cooling step of a melt-spun polyethylene hollow fiber, a nitrogen flow and a solvent having a boiling point in ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361274 | Aeration method A method and filtration module (5) for providing gas bubbles within an array of vertically disposed porous hollow membranes (6) to clean the outer surfaces of said membranes (6) when the array is immersed in a liquid by feeding (10) the g... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7361211 | Moisture exchange module having a bundle of moisture-permeable hollow fibre membranes A moisture exchange module has a bundle of moisture-permeable hollow fiber membranes and at least one line element for supplying a gas stream that flows through the hollow fibers in an inner flow. The at least one line element opens out into an inflow region, which ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7329310 | Filter module The invention relates to a filter module having a module housing and at least one filter element. The filter module has at least one inlet opening, at least one filtrate outlet and a module housing having at least one joint line. ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7300582 | Immersed membrane apparatus An apparatus for filtering a liquid in a tank has a plurality of elements and a frame for holding the elements while they are immersed in the liquid. The elements have a plurality of hollow fibre membranes attached to and suspended between an upper header and a lowe... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7297270 | Hollow fiber filter for extracorporeal blood circuit A filter for an extracorporeal blood circuit including a bundle of hollow fibers having an end section encased in a potting material, wherein the end section of potting material has an end surface with open ends of the fibers distributed throughout the end surface, ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7294267 | Hollow fiber membrane module, hollow fiber membrane module unit, membrane filtration device using the same and method of operating the same A hollow fiber membrane module using a sheet-form hollow fiber membrane having excellent cleaning properties in which the pressure resistance of a hollow fiber membrane anchor section does not deteriorate, even when the membrane area increases; a hollow fiber membra... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7291204 | Separation membrane module with hollow fiber and a method of making the same A separation membrane module having hollow fibers, wherein a plurality of hollow fibers are heated and melted to bond and thermally fuse the external surfaces of the hollow fibers with each other; and a method of manufacturing a separation membrane module having hol... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7273549 | Membrane contactor apparatus including a module having hollow fiber membranes An apparatus including a first hollow fiber membrane module, baffle assembly, and fluid source. The module includes a plurality of elongated hollow fiber membranes located generally in adjacent, parallel relationship to each other. Each of the membranes includes a g... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7264725 | Hollow fiber membrane contactor and method of making same The instant invention is a hollow fiber membrane contactor, and method of making same. The hollow fiber membrane contactor includes (1) a shell, said shell having a internal bonding surface, an interlocking geometry ring being provided on said internal bonding surfa... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7255788 | Catchment header and membrane module unit A catchment header allowing a plurality of membrane modules to be connected thereto, having a tubular catchment part with a Young's modulus of 4.0 GPa or less for collecting and taking out filtrated liquid from the membrane modules, wherein at least a part of the tu... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7250108 | Method for measuring the local hydraulic permeability of a sub-group of hollow fibre of a bundle of hollow fibres A method is provided for measuring the local hydraulic permeability, Lpi, of a sub-group of hollow fibres of a bundle of hollow fibres mounted in a tubular casing. The method comprises a step of placing the casing containing the bundle in a vertical position, the la... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7226541 | Membrane polymer compositions The invention relates to a terpolymer of tetrafluoroethylene (TFE) monomer, polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) monomer and hexafluoropropylene (HFP) monomer for forming an ultrafiltration or microfiltration membrane, method of forming said membranes, and to the ultrafil... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7217364 | Filtering device and a filtering device housing A filter device has a housing in the shape of a tubular section, with at least two chambers separated from one another by membranes, and with at least one connection for each flow chamber. The device has two filter caps, with one of each of the filter caps being loc... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7214316 | Apparatus containing phosphate selective resin An apparatus containing crosslinked polymer for binding phosphate anions is provided, the polymer comprises a polyvalent cation attached to the polymer through at least one covalently bound anionic functional group, and wherein the anionic group is selected from a g... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7175763 | Membrane supported biofilm process for autotrophic reduction A hollow gas transfer fibre is arranged in tows and potted into a module. The module may be used to treat wastewater by supplying hydrogen containing gas via the interior of the fibers to a biofilm present on an exterior surface of the fibers. ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7172727 | Apparatus for blood oxygenation An apparatus and method for blood oxygenation are provided. The apparatus includes a chamber having a first inlet to receive a fluid, e.g., physiologic saline; a second inlet to receive a gas, e.g., oxygen, from a gas supply; and an outlet coupled to a capillary ass... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7160455 | Hollow fiber membrane module A hollow fiber membrane module comprising a module housing, a hollow fiber membrane bundle comprising a plurality of hollow fiber membranes, at least one end portion of the bundle being fixed on the housing through a flexible potting material, and a rib or ring embe... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7150932 | Production of tubular fuel cells, fuel cell modules, base elements and ion exchanger membranes The present invention relates to a composite system comprising an electrode and a membrane, which can be used as a fuel cell element or an ion-exchange membrane. ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7131342 | Method of preventing short sampling of a capillary or wicking fill device The current invention provides a device, and a method for using the device, for ensuring that a capillary or wicking fill device is fully filled. In particular this invention is directed to, but not limited to, use with capillary or wicking action filled electrochem... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7122121 | Advanced submerged membrane modules, systems and processes Advanced submerged membrane systems are provided. Said submerged membrane systems have multiple membrane modules comprising of strips of flat sheet membrane, bundles of self-support hollow fiber membranes braided together for reinforcement, tubular membranes, and br... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7083726 | Hollow thread film cartridge, hollow thread film module using the cartridge, and tank type filter A hollow fiber membrane cartridge wherein a cartridge head and a bottom ring are connected and fixed to each other by means of a plurality of rods or pipes, the hollow portion at the end of each hollow fiber membrane on the cartridge head side is open, the hollow po... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7074256 | Phosphazene membranes for gas separations A polyphosphazene having a glass transition temperature (“Tg”) of approximately −20° C. or less. The polyphosphazene has at least one pendant group attached to a backbone of the polyphosphazene, wherein the pendant group has no halogen atoms. In ad... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7063788 | Apparatus for withdrawing permeate using an immersed vertical skein of hollow fibre membranes An apparatus is described for withdrawing filtered permeate from a substrate contained in a reservoir at ambient pressure. The apparatus includes a plurality of membrane assemblies. Each assembly has a plurality of hollow fiber filtering membranes, immersed in the r... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7043821 | Method of preventing short sampling of a capillary or wicking fill device The current invention provides a device, and a method for using the device, for ensuring that a capillary or wicking fill device is fully filled. In particular this invention is directed to, but not limited to, use with capillary or wicking action filled electrochem... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7040606 | Humidifier A humidifier including an inner case of the shape of a cylinder having a bottom, an outer case of cylindrical shape arranged to be concentric with the inner case, and a plurality of hollow fiber membranes being placed in the space between the two cases and formed in... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7037426 | Immersed membrane apparatus An apparatus for filtering a liquid in a tank has a plurality of elements and a frame for holding the elements while they are immersed in the liquid. The elements have a plurality of hollow fibre membranes attached to and suspended between an upper header and a lowe... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7037424 | Connector apparatus and system including connector apparatus A connector apparatus is provided which is configured to replace a separation module in a system for dispensing a fluid. When it is desired to purge the system of a dispensed fluid, the connector apparatus, having the same configuration of an inlet and an outlet as ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7022231 | Apparatus incorporating potted hollow fiber membranes Apparatus incorporating potted hollow fibre membranes has a solid mass of potting material having a first face, a plurality of hollow fibre membranes sealed in the potting material. Portions of the membranes adjacent open ends of the membranes protrude from the firs... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7022238 | Immersion type membrane filter An immersion type membrane filter apparatus 200 is intended for obtaining filtrate by filtrating a fluid to be processed stored within a storage bath 150 and primarily includes a filtration membrane module 300 and an air bubbles supply device | 04/04/2006 |
| 7018539 | Treatment of shipboard-generated oily wastewaters A process and apparatus for treating oily wastewater, such as bilge water or ballast water, generated on a ship. The process uses a combination of a centrifugal separation step and a membrane separation step, such as an ultrafiltration step. The membrane separation ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6991737 | Filtering method A filtering method including the steps of preparing a water purifying apparatus 1 with a cell structure 2 having units for constituting cell structure 4, and a cap portion 3, and making raw water flow into cells 10 from one end, an... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6986844 | Solvent-resistant microporous polybenzimidazole membranes and modules Solvent-resistant polybenzimidazole membranes, methods of making them and crosslinking them and composite membranes and hollow fiber membrane modules from them are disclosed. ... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6986847 | Method and apparatus for isolation and purification of biomolecules An apparatus and method for recovering bioproducts from a feed solution. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a module housing, a membrane means disposed in the housing for filtering the bioproducts from the feed solution wherein a portion of the membrane means... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6979404 | Self-manifolding sheet membrane module A filtration device having a plurality of membrane modules is provided. Each of the plurality of membrane modules has first and second permeable sheets that are separated by a spacer, a first ring disposed around a perimeter of a first hole in the first permeable sh... | 12/27/2005 |
