Abstract:
A cellulosic ultrafiltration membrane is provided having a microporous base resistant substrate and an ultrafiltration layer form of a cellulose ester or cellulose.
Abstract:
A membrane cutter and retriever (10) is disclosed which includes a hollow circular die (12) securely fastened through a hollow connector (13) to the luer opening (16) of a syringe (15). The die/syringe assembly (10) is inserted within a filter holder unit (20) having a membrane (22) secured to the bottom thereof. The die (12) contacts the periphery of the membrane and is rotated to cut and release the membrane from the holder unit. The plunger of the syringe is then raised to create a vacuum which forces the cut membrane into the hollow die where it is retained until such time as the plunger is lowered to create sufficient pressure to deposit the membrane at a desired location for subsequent analysis.
Abstract:
A sanitary slider valve shown specifically as a rotary carousel diaphragm valve which has a thermoplastic elastomeric diaphragm (230) integrally molded to form the multiple sealing ports of the rotor/stator interface is described. Ports or grooves molded into the face of the elastomeric diaphragm are positioned to sealably engage grooves or ports in the stator face, and to form sanitary elastomeric tubular ducts leading through the body of the rotor or of the stator, terminating as elastomeric flanges. These flanges permit direct connection to sanitary flared piping flanges within the carousel which lead to and from multiple columns or other solid phase bed segments, or to sanitary flared piping flanges connecting the stator to piping interconnecting the multiple carousel columns to each other and to external supply and collection lines. Sanitary operation is made operable by energized flexible diaphragm wiping lip seals (222) which maintain fluid-tight sealing engagement with the opposing face even when the rotor (201) is lifted off the stator (300) far enough to permit cross flushing of the port sealing faces with sanitizing fluid. The valve permits sanitary operation of advanced chromatographic separations of biopharmaceuticals, including simulated moving bed chromatography.
Abstract:
A membrane support apparatus is provided which includes a top section, a mating base section and a membrane support surface within the mated sections. The apparatus includes a first peripheral seal formed by extension on one of the sections which mates with a groove on the other of the sections, a second seal formed by a smooth surface on either the groove or the extension which mates with a bead on the other of the groove or extension to form a second peripheral seal. The top section and the base section optionally can form a third peripheral seal about the periphery of a membrane on the membrane support surface.
Abstract:
A filter apparatus which is adapted for filtration of intravenous liquids and separates gas in the incoming intravenous liquid prior to delivering the filtered liquid to a patient. Incoming liquid is passed into a space within a filter holder (10), which space has a smaller portion (27) that excludes gas due to surface tension forces and a larger portion (26) where gas accumulates. A hydrophobic filter membrane (18) is positioned adjacent the large portion of the space to permit passage of gas from the space. A hydrophilic filter membrane (16) is positioned within the space to filter the liquid prior to administration to the patient.
Abstract:
A polysulfone composition is formed from a solution of a polysulfone and a free radical polymerizable monomer exposed to ultraviolet light to form a blend of the polysulfone and copolymers of activated polysulfone and polymerized monomer having polymer segments covalently bonded to each other. The blend is separated from solvent of the solution to form a solid comprising the blend throughout its bulk matrix.
Abstract:
A method for forming dendritic metal powders, comprising the steps of: (1) heating a powder comprising non-dendritic particles, under conditions suitable for initial stage sintering, to form a lightly sintered material; and (2) breaking the lightly sintered material to form a powder comprising dendritic particles. In one embodiment, the lightly sintered material is broken by brushing the material through a screen. Another aspect of the present invention comprises the dendritic particles that are produced by the method described above. These particles can comprise any suitable metal, such as transition metals, rare earth metals, main group metals or metalloids or an alloy of two or more such metals. The particles can also comprise a ceramic material, such as a metal oxide. These particles are characterized by a dendritic, highly anisotropic, morphology arising from the fusion of substantially non-dendritic particles, and by a low apparent density relative to the substantially non-dendritic starting material. The present dendritic particles can be of high purity, and substantially free of carbon contamination.
Abstract:
Methods are presented for obtaining the amount of total organic carbon in a water supply. In one method the amount of total organic carbon is calculated from a proportionality relationship between resistivity measurements and a previously determined assessment of resistivity for a water sample where all the organic carbon is completely oxidized. In another method the amount of total organic carbon is calculated from two resistivity measurements that are obtained within a fraction of a minute from each other. One of the measurements is taken of the background water resistivity and the other measurement is taken after a sample of the water supply has been subjected to a short period of carbon oxidation. The presented methods allow rapid assessments of total organic carbon in water supplies to be made and determinations of total organic carbon in water supplies when the resistivity of the water supply is changing.
Abstract:
A chromatography column at least one central slurry valve (11) positioned at either the top cell assembly and/or the bottom cell assembly. The central slurry valves (11) have a pneumatically actuated valve sleeve (7) which can be shifted to create two different flow configurations. One flow configuration allows for the simultaneous cleaning in place of the flow path used to charge the column (6) with chromatography media (14) and the separate processing of fluid through the chromatography media. The other flow configuration permits the reslurrying and removal of chromatography media from the column, and the subsequent repacking of the column with fresh chromatography media without disassembling the column (6) and the provision of venting of the column (6) in the event of overpressurization during packing.
Abstract:
Ultrapure water containing less than 10 ppt total ions, other than hydrogen ion and hydroxide ion is produced by passing deionized water through a system comprising an ultrafiltration step, an oxidizing step where water is exposed to ultraviolet light and ion exchange step. The treated water is recirculated through the oxidizing step and the ion exchange step. Product water from the system can be recovered on a continuous basis so long as the ratio of volume of water circulated within the system to volume of water drawn from the system is at least 10 and preferably at least 20.