Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Interface module for filter integrity testing
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Application No.: US15518300Application Date: 2015-12-02
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Publication No.: US10376844B2Publication Date: 2019-08-13
- Inventor: Jiwan Adhikari , John Erickson
- Applicant: EMD Millipore Corporation
- Applicant Address: US MA Burlington
- Assignee: EMD Millipore Corp.
- Current Assignee: EMD Millipore Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Burlington
- Agent Eric J. Martineau
- International Application: PCT/US2015/063305 WO 20151202
- International Announcement: WO2016/109084 WO 20160707
- Main IPC: G01M3/26
- IPC: G01M3/26 ; B01D65/10 ; G01N15/08

Abstract:
A testing apparatus employs an interface module removably attached to a filter testing device. The interface module includes a first flowpath communicating with an outlet of the testing device and a housing of the filter device, a first valve disposed in the first flowpath, a second flowpath communicating with the housing of the filter device and an exhaust, a second valve disposed in the second flowpath, and an enclosure enclosing the first flowpath, the first valve, the second flowpath, and the second valve. The interface module is cleanable and/or sterilizable, and replaceable. A filter integrity testing method uses an interface module to prevent contamination of the testing device and cross-contamination of different filter devices and avoid liquid ingress into the testing device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170252703A1 INTERFACE MODULE FOR FILTER INTEGRITY TESTING Public/Granted day:2017-09-07
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