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6616847 Method for producing crystals from solutions  
The invention relates to a method for producing crystals from thermally sensitive solids. According to this method, the solid is dissolved in at least one solvent and the solution is concentrated...
6613233 Multiple mode industrial process system and method  
A method in which a fluid is driven into a process unit through utilization of a propulsion unit operating in a process mode. A process is performed which utilizes the fluid in the process unit....
6613231 Apparatus, system and method for separating liquids  
The subject of the invention is an apparatus, system and process for liquid separation by reverse osmosis, nano-, ultra- and micro-filtration under the joint action of the differential pressure...
6613232 Mobile floating water treatment vessel  
A floating mobile self-contained membrane filtration treatment vessel that is suitable for use in the treatment of contaminated marine waters and shipboard wastes including, but not limited to,...
6607668 Water purifier  
Water purifier using membranes, ion exchange resins and electricity to remove ionic, organic and suspended impurities from water to produce high quality, pure water. Supply water is pre-treated by...
6607669 Method and apparatus for enhancing filtration yields in tangential flow filtration  
A system is provided for proceeding with filtration of liquids in a manner having enhanced control characteristics. Yields are enhanced. The system and method can be used to maintain a...
6602424 Safety device for a blood treatment machine and a method of increasing the safety of a blood treatment machine  
To increase the safety of an extracorporeal blood treatment machine which has control of the ultrafiltration rate as a function of the blood volume of the patient, the ultrafiltration rate UFR(t)...
6596168 Filter element and method for the manufacture  
The invention relates to a filter element and its manufacture to be used in removal of liquid from solids containing material to be dried in a capillary suction dryer which filter element contains...
6595943 Systems and methods for controlling blood flow and waste fluid removal during hemofiltration  
During hemofiltration, blood is conveyed from an individual through a blood line into a hemofilter to remove waste fluid. Waste fluid is conveyed from the hemofilter through a waste removal line at...
6596148 Regeneration of plating baths and system therefore  
The present invention provides a system and method for selectively removing one or more organic and also preferably one or more inorganic contaminants from plating baths. More particularly, the...
6596173 Inorganic filtering material modified with organomineral grafting and preparation method  
The invention concerns an inorganic filtering membrane characterized in that it comprises a support made of an inorganic material coated with at least a membrane separating layer consisting of...
6592763 Method and device for treating aqueous flows in a bioreactor, an ultrafiltration unit and a membrane filtration unit  
A novel method for purifying, by means of an essentially closed circuit water purification system, an aqueous flow from a processing unit includes the steps of: (a) supplying to a bioreactor, and...
6589482 Extracorporeal circuits for performing hemofiltration employing pressure sensing without an air interface  
An extracorporeal fluid circuit for performing hemofiltration defines within a flexible panel a flow channel that is free of an air interface. The flexible panel includes an in-line sensor region...
6582385 Hemofiltration system including ultrafiltrate purification and re-infusion system  
A hemofiltration system is provided in which ultrafiltrate is purified by reverse osmosis for reinfusion. Non-sterile infusate concentrate is dialyzed into the purified ultrafiltrate and combined...
6572771 Waste water treatment method  
An apparatus for treatment of fluorine waste water has an introduction tank, a main treatment tank, a calcium hydroxide tank, a polychlorinated aluminum tank, a macromolecular flocculant tank, a...
6559290 Method for removing a chemokine  
An adsorbent for removing a chemokine except interleukin-8 in body fluid, which comprises a solid material having an anionic functional group, a method for efficiently removing a chemokine except...
6547968 Pulsed backwash for immersed membranes  
A method and apparatus for chemical cleaning microfiltration and ultrafiltration membranes immersed in a tank involves backwashing a chemical cleaner through the membranes while the tank is empty...
6545609 Humidification system for fuel cell  
A humidification system for a fuel cell includes a humidifier having a bundled plurality of tube type hollow thread members made of a water permeable membrane. The humidifier transfers a water...
6544424 Fluid filtration system  
A filtration systems for fluids, particularly biological fluids. The filtration system includes a filter containing compartment connected at one end to a storage vessel and at the other end to a...
6544423 Membrane module for substance-specific fluid treatment  
An apparatus and process for substance-specific treatment of fluids using groups of first and second treatment elements, adjacently positioned in a housing and made from membranes, the treatment...
6541272 Pulse introduction membrane extraction apparatus and method for separating and analyzing at least one component in a fluid contaminated with the at least one component  
An apparatus and method for separating and analyzing a component of a fluid sample that is considered to be a contaminant, and particularly, that is or may be an organic material. The invention is...
6537456 Method and apparatus for high efficiency reverse osmosis operation  
A process for treatment of water via membrane separation to remove hardness and non-hydroxide alkalinity by simultaneous removal in a weak acid cation exchange resin. The process includes...
6533938 Polymer enhanced diafiltration: filtration using PGA  
A method is describe for removing metal ions of interest from aqueous solutions containing low concentrations of the metal ions of interest. The method involves the use of a microbially produced...
6533937 Methods of running and washing spiral wound membrane modules  
A spiral wound type membrane element is formed by covering a spiral membrane component prepared by winding a plurality of independent or continuous envelope-like membranes around the outer...
6524482 Use of ion binding ligands attached to solid supports and membranes for ion removal from a biological system  
The present invention provides methods for removing species of ions from biological solutions, thereby allowing controlled study of the biological effect of one or more ion on a biological system...
6511602 Apparatus and method for treating water  
There is here disclosed a water treatment apparatus in which a membrane separation device is disposed above a gas diffuser device arranged in a treating tank, wherein diameters of gas discharge...
6509441 Modified polymer and modified polymer membranes  
The present invention provides novel, economic processes for preparing nitrated and sulfonated polymers and aminated and sulfonated polymers. Also provided are the polymers prepared by these...
6509454 Free solution ligand interaction molecular separation method  
The present invention is directed to novel methods for enhancing the ability to separate a species of interest from other different species present in a free solution mixture thereof which takes...
6506305 Methods of isolating urea, urea compositions and methods for producing the same  
Urea is readily isolated and recovered from natural products. Urea can be brought into the permeate side by treating a urea-containing fraction extracted from natural products or sewage containing...
6497823 Method for processing a biological fluid  
A method for processing a biological fluid comprises the steps of collecting platelet-rich plasma (PRP) in a container containing a complement filter, centrifuging the PRP in the container to...
6497675 Device for extracorporeal treatment of physiological fluids of organism  
A device for extracorporeal treatment of physiological fluids of organism has means forming a filtration membrane for filtering smaller-size components of a physiological fluid withdrawn from a...
6497821 Method and apparatus for filtering suspensions of medical and biological fluids or the like  
A method and apparatus for filtering suspensions of medical and biological fluids, one aspect of which is separating a suspension comprising at least two types of particles which are differently...
6495046 Filtration apparatus and methods  
The method relates to bringing about a mixed state of at least two fluids in a second part ( 34 ) of a line, which have flowed through a first part ( 32 ) of this line. This is attained in that a...
6491822 Protection of crossflow membranes from organic fouling  
A method for improving the efficiency and usable life in a cross flow membrane filter used to remove contaminants from bilgewater. The bilgewater is passed upstream of the cross filter membrane...
6485649 Method and device for the production of pure water  
Input water is preheated in a heat exchanger ( 2 ), pumped ( 4 ) through another heat exchanger ( 5 ) into a heating unit ( 6 ). The heating unit heats the water to a temperature of above 100° C.,...
6486306 Filtration  
Filtration methods comprise virus-filtering a solution containing a least one macromolecule. In one embodiment, the total salt content of the solution is within the range of from about 0.2 M to 2...
6478967 Removal of contaminants from biological products  
The invention relates to methods for separating biological contaminants (viruses, nucleic acids and/or endotoxins) from biological products, or for reducing the content of such biological...
6478969 Shear separation method and system  
A shear separation system or method uses shear lift forces and permeate drag forces to separate substances having a size less than a predetermined separation size from substances having a size...
6479300 Metal loaded ligand bound membranes for metal ion affinity chromatography  
Methods, compositions and devices for purifying polypeptides and/or proteins using metal loaded ligand bound membranes by metal ion affinity chromatography are described.
6478968 Method for filtering a three-phased reaction mixture  
A method for filtering a three phase reaction mixture comprising a liquid phase, an undissolved solid catalytic phase and a gas phase includes tangentially filtering through a membrane filter at...
6475390 Process for the purification of nutrients from food process streams  
A separation process is described for separation of a nutrient from divalent ions of an aqueous solution. The aqueous solution is contacted with an ion exchange resin that includes monovalent ions...
6471872 Hemofiltration system and method based on monitored patient parameters  
A multipurpose hemofiltration system and method are disclosed for the removal of fluid and/or soluble waste from the blood of a patient. The system and method are equally applicable to adult,...
6468430 Method for inhibiting growth of bacteria or sterilizing around separating membrane  
In the invention, the pipe lines around permselective membranes and the surfaces of permselective membranes are intermittently disinfected by adding an inexpensive acid such as sulfuric acid or the...
6464877 Water treating method  
The present invention relates to a water treatment process comprising adding ozone to raw water and filtering the raw water using an ozone-resistant membrane, wherein a concentration of ozone...
6464867 Apparatus for producing water containing dissolved ozone  
An apparatus for producing water containing dissolved ozone which comprises (A) a piping for supplying ultrapure water through which ultrapure water is supplied, (B) a catalytic reaction portion...
6461514 High water recovery single stage membrane process  
Disclosed is an economical single stage membrane process intended to provide very high overall water recoveries from natural sources or wastewater containing high concentrations of hardness and...
6461513 Secondary-flow enhanced filtration system  
A filter unit includes a cross-flow filtration assembly. The cross-flow filtration assembly includes an elongate cylindrical filter housing having an interior cylindrical wall defining an elongate...
6461511 Apparatus and method for waste water treatment  
Provided are an apparatus and a method for waste water treatment not generating excessive sludge, for which down-sized tanks are usable. The apparatus comprises an aeration tank where waste water...
6454958 Method and device for operating etching baths  
A method of operating a milling bath wherein a metal workpiece to be milled is immersed in a milling bath containing a milling medium, the metal oxidizing owing to a chemical reaction between the...
6451210 Method and system to remotely monitor a carbon adsorption process  
In a method for treating a contaminated fluid stream, a characteristic of a flow of the composition to a carbon adsorption zone is sensed. The sensing is remotely monitored to determine a treatment...