Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Centrifugal filter
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Application No.: US14190560Application Date: 2014-02-26
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Publication No.: US09295947B2Publication Date: 2016-03-29
- Inventor: Louis Bonhomme , John Doyle , Kurt Greenizen , George Gagne , Sean Devin , Gerard Lombard , Vincent Smith
- Applicant: EMD Millipore Corporation
- Applicant Address: US MA Billerica
- Assignee: EMD Millipore Corporation
- Current Assignee: EMD Millipore Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Billerica
- Agency: Nields, Lemack & Frame, LLC
- Main IPC: B01D61/18
- IPC: B01D61/18 ; B01D63/16 ; B01L3/00 ; B01D63/08 ; B01D61/14

Abstract:
Filtration device suited for concentration of liquid samples, particularly biomolecules, and a method of concentrating, desalting, purifying and/or fractionating liquid samples. In certain embodiments the device includes a housing having a sample reservoir, and two substantially vertically oriented and spaced apart membranes disposed in the housing. An underdrain is associated with each membrane such that fluid passing through each membrane flows through a respective underdrain into a filtrate collection chamber. The fluid that does not pass through the membrane is collected in the retentate collection chamber, and can be recovered such as by a reverse spinning step, achieving recoveries greater than about 90%. The substantially vertical orientation of the membranes increases the available membrane area by at least 2.7 times the area available in a conventional filter device. The two-panel configuration also maintains more available membrane area in use during the last stages of filtration than a one-panel configuration.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140224723A1 Centrifugal Filter Public/Granted day:2014-08-14
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