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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8114276 | Personal hemodialysis system A dialysis machine includes a dialysis instrument having a pump actuator and first and second valve actuators, and a disposable cassette operable with the dialysis instrument, the disposable cassette including a pump portion operable with the pump actuator, first an... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8114275 | Regeneration tank for water softeners A regeneration tank for water softeners which includes a flow rate control unit to control the pressure in the regeneration tank, and a coupling member to protect a connection part between the regeneration tank and a water softener. The regeneration tank includes a ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8075764 | Apparatus for removing buoyant pollutants from polluted coolant An exemplary apparatus (100), for removing buoyant pollutants from a polluted coolant, includes a collecting device (10) and a removing device (20). The collecting device includes a pollutant collecting structure (11) and a bi-directional... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8025795 | Ballast water treatment system A ballast water treatment system for treating ballast water for a vessel has a pathway for navigable raw water to the tank and a discharge for discharging water back to the body of navigable raw water. A back washable filter in the pathway receives the raw water and... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7922898 | Circuit for extracorporeal blood treatment and flow-inverting device therein A circuit for extracorporeal blood treatment in which a flow-inverting device is interposed between a blood treatment unit and a blood pump placed on an artery branch connected with a vascular access of a patient. The flow-inverting device allows the blood flow with... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7837866 | Drainless reverse osmosis water purification system A drainless reverse osmosis (RO) water purification system provides relatively pure water for on-demand dispensing, while recycling brine to a domestic hot water system. The drainless purification system includes a pre-filter catalyst cartridge for removing chlorine... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7767077 | Membrane filtration system The present invention provides a membrane filtration system (1) including: a filtering membrane portion (3) for removing impurities in feed water; a drain line (16) for draining a part of concentrate from the filtering membrane portion (3... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7740754 | Apparatus for purifying a liquid An apparatus for purifying a liquid including: reaction chambers that utilizes an ionization reaction material in turbulence with the liquid, a first fine collective filtration unit, a first laser photolytic light chamber that ... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7736496 | Dual pump water treatment system for automatic top off A dual pump water treatment system for automatically replenishing the water level within a tank of a marine reef aquarium by alternating between a calcium solution reservoir and an alkalinity solution reservoir. The calcium reservoir is in connection with a first pu... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7691261 | Apparatus for combining solids thickening and dewatering in one vessel A granular filter media dry cell (or filter or bed) for dewatering a liquid composition of water and particulate solids. The liquid composition is applied to the granular filter media to remove water from the liquid composition by passing through the granular filter... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7485217 | Dental instrument cleansing apparatus A dental unit water line (DUWL) monitoring and maintenance apparatus, for monitoring a DUWL. The apparatus has a cleansing unit attached to the DUWL for cleansing the fluid passing there through. A control unit controls the cleansing unit associated with the water l... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7435340 | Wastewater treatment system This disclosure describes wastewater treatment systems and methods of treating wastewater. In one exemplary method, a wastewater is split into first and second wastewater fractions. The first fraction is delivered to a membrane bioreactor, which may produce an efflu... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7416661 | Mechanical flotation device for reduction of oil, alkalinity and undesirable gases A mechanical vessel may effectively and simultaneously displace a first undesired gas from within water with a second desired gas, and remove at least one alkaline species and oily matter from the water. The vessel raises the pH of the water and reduces the lime req... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7413665 | Methods and apparatus for blood component separation A system for separating a composite fluid into component parts thereof, including: a centrifuge having a rotor with a separation space and at least two valve members disposed thereon and a container set having a separation container adapted to be disposed in the sep... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7410568 | Sludge treatment An apparatus for treating sludge, comprises a press for dewatering the sludge, a compaction device for receiving and compacting sludge dewatered by the press, a shredder for receiving and shredding sludge compacted by the compaction device, and a tube conveyor for c... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7410587 | Liquid handling for filtration and preparative chromatography A method and system are provided for high-precision separation of pharmaceutical or biotechnology liquids. The separation can be in accordance with direct flow filtration, tangential flow filtration or preparative chromatography. Movement of the pharmaceutical or bi... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7402249 | Blood purification apparatus for elevating purification efficiency A blood purification method that purifies blood taken from a body by blood dialysis or by hemodiafiltration includes the step of changing an osmotic pressure of the blood to an increasing condition until a blood volume (BV level) attains a standard blood volume, in ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7396452 | Apparatus for determining flow rates of biological fluids An apparatus comprises an inlet to convey a first fluid comprising first and second components having different density into a rotating chamber such that an interface forms between at least portions of such components at a first location. At least one outlet removes... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7396451 | Methods and apparatus for blood component separation A system for separating a composite fluid into component parts thereof, including: a centrifuge having a rotor with a separation space and at least two valve members disposed thereon and a container set having a separation container adapted to be disposed in the sep... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7387722 | Water treatment system An automatic system for treating water, which consists of two treatment tanks adapted to be operated alternately. The tanks are interconnected with each other by a unique isolation valving system that permits one tank to be in use while the other is on standby. They... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7384543 | Circuit for extracorporeal blood treatment and flow-inverting device utilized therein A circuit is disclosed for extracorporeal blood treatment in which a flow-inverting device is interposed between a blood treatment unit and a blood pump placed on an artery branch connected with a vascular access of a patient. The flow-inverting device allows the bl... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7381336 | Automated water treatment system and method of use An automated method for controlling a solids inventory in a continuous backwashing upflow sand filter system treating a liquid inflow having impurities therein, includes the steps of: monitoring an influent inflow pressure and controlling the air pressure in an air ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7381335 | Method and arrangement for continuous filtering of particles out of a liquid Method and arrangement for continuous filtering of particles out of a contaminated liquid by means of a number of separate filtering units (14) in order continuously to feed purified liquid to a consumer. Each filtering unit (14) comprises a rotatable,... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7371322 | Filtration system and dynamic fluid separation method A filtration system is provided with filter media operable to remove solids, particulate and colloidal matter from a process fluid. The filtration system may include one or more porous membranes which are anchored or secured on their periphery with a large open work... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367459 | Passive grease trap using separator technology A grease trap for separating grease and solid waste from waste water. The grease trap includes a tank having a downwardly shaped bottom. An upwardly shaped divider divides the tank into an upper chamber and a lower chamber. A hole near an upper part of the divider a... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367429 | Device for feeding oil to a bearing seat of a rotatable shaft A device for feeding oil to a seat of a bearing (5) that supports a rotatable shaft (3) includes an annular oil reservoir (14) surrounding a seat of the bearing (5), an oil pump (8) having two spindles (10, 11) with opposite... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7368055 | Structural improvement for a water purifier A structure improvement for a water purifier includes a streamlined main body combined by a pair of the symmetrically arranged half housings each of which has a large opening closed by a lid, a motor unit, a pipeline and a flat rectangular rack disposed inside the m... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364652 | Screening apparatus Screening apparatus (101,901) for use at an overflow weir (301, 902) in a sewerage system. The apparatus comprises a continuous moving screen band (201, 902) and a band cleaning mechanism (608). A first portion (801) of the screen ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364663 | Filter system A filter system for receiving an oil-in-water emulsion contaminated with an emulsified contaminant oil, and separating the emulsified contaminant oil from the oil-in-water emulsion includes a filter media for receiving the oil-in-water emulsion and emulsified contam... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361315 | Micro-reactor for biological substance inspection and biological substance inspection device The object of the present invention is to provide a micro-reactor, equipped with a high-precision liquid feed system of simple structure, capable of high-precision analysis of at least one item. The present invention provides a micro-reactor for biological substance... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7354510 | Extracting apparatus A mechanism for introducing pressurized air into an extracting cartridge comprises an air pump, an on-off valve, and a pressure sensor for detecting an internal pressure within the extracting cartridge. The on-off valve is turned on in order to introduce the pressur... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7350961 | Agitation mixer, pasteurizer, and cleaning device Dissolution of a raw material, fusion of a raw material, or treatment for enhancing the fluidity of a raw material is completed in a short time by an agitation mixer 10 comprising a casing 20 in which a flow channel allowing the passage of fluid is mou... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7344636 | Separator A separator comprises a gully chamber 2 having inlet and outlet ducts 10, 12. Inlet and outlet housings 20, 22 are disposed within the separator and are connected by a bypass duct 24 which extends around the wall of the chamber 2. ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7337791 | Rollover car wash for large vehicles A vehicle washer of the rollover type especially suitable for washing large vehicles such as buses and trucks. The washer includes an overhead carriage moving along an overhead guide rail structure and including opposed L-shaped spray arms adapted to wash top and si... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7335312 | Centrifuge with combinations of multiple features A centrifuge with combinations of multiple features is disclosed. In one aspect, a centrifuge for removing more dense material from a fluid medium includes a fluid separation wall placed within a sleeve. The fluid separation wall rotates around the axis of rotation.... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7332077 | Methods for biological treatment of waste waters In a vertical shaft bioreactor, improved devices and methods are provided for enhanced secondary and/or tertiary treatment of wastewater, including residential, municipal and industrial wastewater. The devices and methods of the invention are useful for enhanced sec... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331472 | Method and apparatus for separation of a mixture of non-miscible liquids A tank has an inlet opening mounted at an end wall at the beginning of an elongated horizontal path for supplying a mixture to be separated, and two outlet openings mounted at the end of the elongated horizontal path for separately draining the separated liquids. An... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7326169 | Full-jacket helix centrifuge with a weir A full-jacket helix-type centrifuge including a drum and at least one weir having a port. A throttle disk is assigned to the port. At least one nozzle rotates with the drum and is assigned to an outlet for discharging clarified liquid from the drum. ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7323694 | Fluid treatment system and radiation source module for use therein A radiation source module comprising a support member, a radiation source assembly connected to the support member, the radiation source assembly comprising at least one elongate radiation source having a source longitudinal axis and a module-to-surface seal dispose... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320750 | Centrifuge with controlled discharge of dense material A centrifuge with controlled discharge of dense materials disclosed. A centrifuge includes a fluid separation wall placed within a sleeve to form a containment zone therebetween. The fluid separation wall aligns and rotates parallel to an axis of rotation. A recepta... | 01/22/2008 |
