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7618538 Procedure for elimination of boron from sea-water by reverse osmosis membranes  
The present invention relates to a procedure for elimination of boron from sea-water by reverse osmosis membranes characterized in that it comprises: adding to sea-water a composition...
7615158 Method and device for the removal of partially protein bound substances  
A method and a device to increase the efficiency of dialysis for the removal from blood of substances that are more or less tightly bound to carriers such as albumin. According to the invention...
7615028 Extracorporeal blood treatment and system having reversible blood pumps  
An extracorporeal blood treatment system including: a blood circuit having a first blood passage coupled at a first end to a first end of a blood treatment device and a second blood passage coupled...
7611872 Method for the production of D-pantothenic acid and/or salts thereof via purification by nanofiltration as adjunct for animal feedstuffs  
The invention relates to an improved method for the production of D-pantothenic acid and/or salts thereof and use thereof as adjunct for animal feedstuffs.
7608189 Device for removing bacterial lipopolysaccharides and/or lipoteichoic acids from protein-containing fluids and its use for the treatment of sepsis  
A device for removing bacterial lipopolysaccharides and lipoteichoic acids from blood or plasma in an extracorporeal perfusion system contains, in a housing that can be incorporated into the...
7601263 Composite membrane and process  
The invention relates to a composite with a separation-active membrane layer and a supporting membrane, a process for the production of the same and a process for using the same. The composite...
7591951 Fuel filter system and method of operating same  
A fuel filter for cleaning fuel, particularly for engines of motor vehicles, having a filter housing ( 10 ) with an inlet ( 14 ), an outlet ( 15 ), and a filter element ( 16 ) for cleaning the fuel...
7575687 Membranes and methods useful for caustic applications  
The invention provides methods for purifying caustic feed streams using membranes that comprise polysulfonamide matrices.
7520992 Method and system for colloid exchange therapy  
The present invention relates to a method and system for using a hemofilter to treat IMRD, hepatic failure, exogenous intoxication and other conditions associated with toxins in a patient's blood....
7514001 High recovery reverse osmosis process and apparatus  
Processes and apparatus are disclosed for producing clear reverse osmosis retentates having silica concentrations which are substantially supersaturated in silica from feedwaters having silica...
7501063 Apparatus for collecting nanoparticles  
A collecting apparatus includes a syringe device, a filtering device and a power system. The syringe device contains a sample, and the sample has a plurality of nanoparticles mixed with fluids. The...
7501062 Process for permeation enhanced reactive extraction of levulinic acid  
A process for permeation enhanced reactive extraction of levulinic acid from a liquid aqueous phase comprising levulinic acid, wherein the levulinic acid from the aqueous phase is brought into...
7497950 Highly selective membrane systems and methods for protein ultrafiltration  
A new ultrafiltration technique based on a multimembrane stack has been developed to fractionate solutes closer in size than conventionally possible. The technique is illustrated here by obtaining...
7494809 Automated cell sample enrichment preparation method  
A method for automated cell enrichment preparation where biological cells are injected into a first subchamber and flowed through the first subchamber, through a large pore filter and into a second...
7494679 Method and apparatus for processing vegetable oil miscella, method for conditioning a polymeric microfiltration membrane, membrane, and lecithin product  
A method for processing vegetable oil miscella is provided. The method includes steps of feeding vegetable oil miscella to a conditioned polymeric microfiltration membrane, and recovering a...
7494589 Industrial process for food liquids decontamination from chemical and/or biological contaminants  
Procedure for the decontamination of a food liquid from one or more chemical and/or biological contaminants, based on the contact of said liquid with at least a biocompatible membrane, to which...
7491334 Method of treating reverse osmosis membranes for boron rejection enhancement  
The present invention provides a method of treating a reverse osmosis membrane for boron rejection enhancement, comprising contacting the reverse osmosis membrane with a chemical coating such as...
7481936 Method and apparatus for patient fluid management  
Patient fluid management is carried out by separating plasma from whole blood in vivo via an implantable filter device comprising one or more elongated hollow tubes and a plurality of elongated...
7470369 Water treatment by dendrimer enhanced filtration  
Described herein are compositions and methods useful for the purification of water using dendritic macromolecules. The process involves using dendritic macromolecules (dendrimers) to bind to...
7465398 Method for filtering and recovering solids from potato process water  
A method for filtering and recovering solids from potato process water that results in a product containing a portion of the solids from the potato process water is presented. In general, the...
7465397 Process for removing protein aggregates and virus from a protein solution  
A process is provided for selectively removing protein aggregates from a protein solution in a normal flow (NFF) filtration process. Preferably, it relates to a process for selectively removing...
7459085 Microporous hydrophilic membrane  
A hydrophilic microporous membrane comprising a thermoplastic resin, having been subjected to hydrophilizing treatment and having a maximum pore size of 0 to 100 nm, wherein when 3 wt % bovine...
7455777 Method of adjusting levels of dissolved compounds in beverages  
A method of producing multiple beverage products from a solution is presented. The method comprises providing the solution in a first container, with the solution having a concentration of a...
7452470 Method of preparing a finely divided emulsion from a crude emulsion  
A method of preparing a finely divided emulsion from a crude emulsion is proposed where the crude emulsion is forced through a porous membrane, wherein the porous membrane is constructed from two...
7442359 Recovery of sulphuric acid  
The invention is directed to a process for the recovery of sulphuric acid from a mixture comprising sulphuric acid and hydrocarbons, in particular carbohydrates. In accordance with the present...
7442309 Methods for reducing boron concentration in high salinity liquid  
Methods of treating a high salinity liquid, such as seawater, containing boron are provided, including adjusting the pH of the liquid to about 8 to about 9.5, optionally adding a scale inhibitor to...
7442308 Process for removing viruses in fibrinogen solutions and fibrinogen obtained by said process  
A process for removing viruses in fibrinogen solutions and fibrinogen obtained thereof wherein the process starts with an adjusted purified fibrinogen solution, the adjusted purified solution is...
7418977 Liquid-handling apparatus having a liquid switch and method for handling liquids  
A liquid-handling apparatus has a liquid switch, which has a first channel branching into a second and a third channel, wherein the channels are formed in a rotation body. The channels are adapted...
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...
7410585 Apparatus and method for storing and releasing sulfur containing aromatic compounds from a fuel stream of an internal combustion engine  
Disclosed is a fuel filter for removing sulfur containing compounds from an internal combustion fuel stream. In one embodiment, the fuel filter comprises at least one column comprising an...
7387735 Method of isolating semiconducting carbon nanotubes  
A method of isolating semiconducting carbon nanotubes includes mixing carbon nanotubes with a mixed acid solution of nitric acid and sulfuric acid to obtain a dispersion of carbon nanotubes,...
7374686 Electrocoat manufacturing process  
The present invention provides a method of preparing an electrocoat coating composition, comprising forming an aqueous emulsion comprising a film-forming component and water and removing at least a...
7368058 Method of generating fresh water and fresh-water generator  
The present invention is a water processing method comprising the steps of separating boron-containing water in a reverse osmosis membrane module to provide a permeated water and subjecting a part...
7368057 Method and system for removing residual water from excess washcoat by ultrafiltration  
A washcoat coating composition is disclosed that includes at least one water insoluble organic solvent and at least one polymer, such as an epoxy acrylic copolymer. A method of removing residual...
7361277 Biological fluid filter and system  
A filter device ( 100 ) comprising a filter ( 10 ) for producing a leukocyte-depleted plasma-rich fluid is disclosed.
7351873 Continuous process to separate colour bodies and/or asphalthenic contaminants from a hydrocarbon mixture  
A continuous process to separate color bodies and/or asphalthenic contaminants from a hydrocarbon mixture by passing part of the hydrocarbon mixture through a membrane over which membrane a...
7347849 Modular medical treatment replaceable component  
A first flow path is defined within a first panel that forms a part of an extracorporeal fluid circuit. A second flow path is defined within a second panel that also forms a part of the...
7341663 Spiral-wound liquid membrane module for separation of fluids and gases  
The present invention is a filtering and chemical separation device that performs the operations of solvent extraction and pervaporation in a single piece of equipment, configured as a spiral-wound...
7332126 Integrated microfluidic disc  
Disclosed is a method for performing the steps of nucleic acid template purification, thermocycling reaction and purification of the products of the thermocycling reaction characterized in that the...
7326355 Mobile filtration facility and methods of use  
A mobile first housing bounds a substantially sterile clean room, a filtration room, and at least one change room communicating between clean room. A fluid filtration system is disposed within the...
7323039 Method for preparing microsphere  
It is to provide an improved method for preparation of microsphere from an emulsion wherein an organic phase containing an organic solvent having a boiling point lower than that of water and a...
7320756 Method and apparatus for treatment of feedwaters by membrane separation under acidic conditions  
A process for treatment of water via membrane separation equipment. A feedwater is maintained or adjusted to a pH of 4.3 or lower, and fed to a membrane separation system. In this manner, species...
7318899 Method of separating isotopes  
A process in which isotopes of the same element belonging to the alkaline earth metals, transition elements and heavy metals having an atomic mass of less than 209, in particular lanthanide metals,...
7318898 Polymeric membrane wafer assembly and method  
A method for separating aromatic hydrocarbons from a feed stream. The method includes flowing the feed stream through a first channel within a first wafer assembly that may contain an underflow...
7314606 Recovery of sodium thiocyanate from industrial process solution using nanofiltration technique  
The present invention relates to a membrane-based nanofiltration process for separating sodium thiocyanate (NaSCN) from industrial solution containing impurities such as β-sulfopropionic acid,...
7314565 Method and apparatus for separating aromatic hydrocarbons in an isothermal system  
An isothermal method is provided for separating aromatic hydrocarbons from a feed stream. The method includes flowing the feed stream through a first channel within a first wafer assembly that...
7314528 Crystallization of sugars  
The invention relates to removing crystallization inhibitors from a solution comprising one or more reducing sugars by nanofiltration, hydrolysis and/or chromatography. The reducing sugars are...
7303681 Dynamic membrane wafer assembly and method  
A method for separating aromatic hydrocarbons from a feed stream. The method includes flowing the feed stream through a first channel within a first wafer assembly that may contain an underflow...
7297278 Methods for removing metals from water  
A device for separating metal components from a colloidal suspension or solution uses a vessel for holding the colloidal suspension or solution. A membrane impermeable to the selected metal...
7291122 Hemofiltration methods for treatment of diseases in a mammal  
A hemofiltration system and method to treat an Inflammatory Mediator Related Disease in a mammal, including chronic and acute diseases, include a hemofilter and an adsorptive device. The hemofilter...