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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...
7288199 Ceramic filter and method for purifying water  
A ceramic filter is provided including a substrate, a separation layer comprising titania and having an average pore size in a range of 0.08 to 1 μm and a thickness in a range of 5 to 20 μm, and...
7282188 Method and device for producing a metal hydroxide  
The invention concerns a method and an apparatus for producing a metal hydroxide, in particular magnesium hydroxide, from a salt solution, wherein the metal is firstly precipitated from the salt...
7281410 Method for determining an effective peclet number for a membrane adsorber device  
The method for determining an effective Peclet number for a membrane adsorber device includes the steps of (a) equilibrating the membrane adsorber device with an equilibration buffer at a known pH...
7267775 Gas processing method using a filtered glycol solution  
The invention relates to a method and to a plant for processing a gas by means of a glycol solution wherein a feed comprising a gas, a glycol, water and salts is subjected to a first stage ( 5 ) of...
7253011 Fabrication method of semiconductor integrated circuit device  
Provided is a fabrication method of a semiconductor integrated circuit device, which comprises disposing, in a ultrapure water preparing system, UF equipment having therein a UF module which has...
7229554 Purification process comprising microfiltration at elevated temperatures  
Process for microfiltration at elevated temperature.
7217366 Purification of ammonium metallate solutions  
A process for reducing the content of alkali metal impurities (e.g., potassium) in ammonium metallate solutions is described. The process involves subjecting a feed solution containing ammonium...
7214319 Method of separating protein from animal milk  
The present invention refers to a method of separating casein from animal milk, especially, after defatting the animal milk as the pretreatment, the processing of the defatted milk aforesaid...
7214301 Filter or filter-element for modified electro-dialysis (MED) purposes  
Filter or filter-element designated for Modified Electro-Dialysis (MED) purposes characterized in that the filter or filter-element comprises a porous, ceramic, mainly uniform material with...
7201730 Device and method for reducing inflammatory mediators in blood  
A method and apparatus for preventing and treating septicemia in patient blood is provided. The extracorporeal system includes an antimicrobial device to inactivate at least 99% of bloodborne...
7198722 Process for pre-treating and desalinating sea water  
Water containing dissolved salts, such as calcium sulfate, calcium chloride, magnesium sulfate, magnesium chloride, sodium carbonate, sodium chloride, sodium sulfate, calcium bicarbonate, and...
7192456 Method of preparing a purified purple corn coloring agent  
A method of preparing a purified purple corn coloring agent comprising passing a purple corn color extract solution through an adsorption resin, washing with water, and releasing the purple corn...
7186344 Membrane based fluid treatment systems  
A process for removing soluble and insoluble inorganic, organic, and microbiological contaminants from a fluid stream employing a pretreatment module, a post-treatment module, a recycle stream...
RE39498 Treatment for cardiovascular and related diseases  
A method for the removal of cholesterol, triglycerides and other lipids from animal plasma, serum or other suitable blood fractions, as a discontinuous flow system, the method comprising...
7182865 Device for separating whole blood under gravitational force  
Method for separating whole blood into a leukocyte-depleted erythrocyte concentrate and thrombocyte-containing plasma, in which method whole blood is separated in a first step into an erythrocyte...
7179382 Coated activated carbon for automotive emission control  
A method for avoidance of attrited carbon dust is disclosed to lead to improved canister performance in emission control. Product attrition by dusting of granular and shaped activated carbons is...
7179376 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...
7160464 Methods for removal, purification, and concentration of viruses and methods of therapy based thereupon  
The invention is based on the discovery that certain membranes, which include side chains or molecular “brushes” having, for example, tertiary amino functional groups, can be used as highly...
7153433 Use of functionalized porous membranes or matrices for purification of nucleic acids and corresponding methods  
Application of a functionalized porous membrane to purify nucleic acids, the binding properties of the membrane with respect to nucleic acids being adjustable by controlling the conditions of an...
7153432 Method of purifying Fischer-Tropsch derived water  
A process for the production of highly purified water 38 from Fischer-Tropsch reaction water 12 , includes at least the steps of a primary treatment stage comprising an equilibrium staged...
7144511 Two stage nanofiltration seawater desalination system  
The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for desalinating seawater utilizing a two stage seawater desalination system, a first stage including at least one high performance...
7138058 Acid stable membranes for nanofiltration  
Semi-permeable membranes are described that allow for the efficient processing of many liquid based feed solutions, particularly those that contain acids. The membranes of this invention are able...
7108791 High-resolution virus removal methodology and filtration capsule useful therefor  
The present invention provides a high-resolution membrane-based method for removing a virus from a manufactured protein-containing solution, the method being particularly characterized by its...
7097769 Method of boron removal in presence of magnesium ions  
A method of boron removal from saline water containing boron and magnesium or calcium salts including a multi-stage reverse-osmosis (RO) separation process and comprising the steps of a first stage...
7088514 Particle size variable reactor  
A particle size (or particle diameter) variable reactor comprises a granular substrate and a capturing unit fixed onto the surface of the granular substrate. The capturing unit comprises a...
7077962 Method and apparatus for parallel desalting  
Parallel desalting (PDS) includes a hybrid membrane softening (MS) system for de-mineralizing water for residential and commercial use. Parallel desalting produces “soft” water without the use...
7077953 Nanofilter system and method of use  
An acid recovery system used in a hydrolysis operation includes a chromatographic unit to provide initial separation of sugar and acid. The sugar product provided by the chromatographic unit is...
7074333 Recovery of linear nucleic acids by salt dilution and/or reduced pressure prior to continuous pressure differential ultrafiltration  
A method of recovery of DNA fragments using ultrafiltration. The method of the present invention relates to the separation and/or fractionation of double stranded linear nucleic acids using...