Emd Millipore Corporation

Millipore Corporation

Frans Mels

Sebastien Cirou

Rene Reinbigler

Cecile Delbos

Jean-Louis Weissenbach

Jean-Luc Beulay

Virginie Buisson

Marc Hlavacek

Jean Luc Beulay

Jean Louis Weissenbach

René Reinbigler

Cécile Delbos

Sébastien Cirou

The invention concerns a filtration device comprising a manifold providing fluid connection and mechanical connection comprising a clamping plate movably mounted relative to the manifold and adapted to compress at least one cassette against the manifold, means for driving and guiding the clamping plate comprising a rod extending between the manifold and the plate, an actuator provided with a body and a member moveable relative to the body, which member is adapted to move through a predetermined travel between an extended position and a retracted position, the body being carried by the manifold, and the member carrying the rod and driving the plate via the rod to a clamped position in which the member is in an intermediate retracted position in which it has moved through a shorter travel than the predetermined travel relative to its extended position.

Device for filtration with a set of least one filter cassette

The invention concerns a filtration device comprising a providing fluid connection and mechanical connection comprising a clamping plate movably mounted relative to the manifold and adapted to compress at least one cassette against the manifold, means for driving and guiding the clamping plate comprising a rod extending between the manifold and the plate, an actuator provided with a body and a member moveable relative to the body, which member is adapted to move through a predetermined travel between an extended position and a retracted position, the body being carried by the manifold, and the member carrying the rod and driving the plate via the rod to a clamped position in which the member is in an intermediate retracted position in which it has moved through a shorter travel than the predetermined travel relative to its extended position.

The invention concerns a filtration device comprising a manifold () providing fluid connection and mechanical connection comprising a clamping plate () movably mounted relative to the manifold () and adapted to compress at least one cassette () against the manifold (), means for driving and guiding the clamping plate comprising a rod () extending between the manifold () and the plate (), an actuator provided with a body and a member moveable relative to the body, which member is adapted to move through a predetermined travel between an extended position and a retracted position, the body being carried by the manifold (), and the member carrying the rod () and driving the plate () via the rod () to a clamped position in which the member is in an intermediate retracted position in which it has moved through a shorter travel than the predetermined travel relative to its extended position.

The invention concerns a manifold comprising: an auxiliary block () having cassette feed ports () and cassette filtrate return ports () each emerging through a bearing surface () and, on a counter-bearing surface () situated on the opposite side to the bearing surface (), first recesses into each of which emerges a cassette filtrate return port (); a main block () on which is fastened the auxiliary block (), having an inlet conduit () and a filtrate outlet conduit (), cassette feed intermediate ports which communicate with the inlet conduit () and with a cassette feed port (), conveying cut-outs each facing a recess, and cassette filtrate return intermediate ports which communicate with the filtrate outlet conduit () and with a cassette filtrate return port ().

Manifold for a device for filtration with a set of least one filter cassette

The cart comprises a lateral face by which it is adapted to be juxtaposed against another cart. It further comprises a first pump, a second pump disposed below said first pump and laterally offset relative thereto, and a tank adapted to receive a feed container provided to contain said biological liquid, said tank being disposed above said first pump and offset laterally relative thereto. The installation comprises one said cart, a filter and a second cart, juxtaposed against said first cart and of which the upper face supports said filter such that an outlet point of said first pump is situated substantially facing an inlet/outlet aperture of said filter.

Cart and installation for treating biological liquid

Installation for treating a biological liquid, including a circulation pump (), a filter element (), a container for collecting treated liquid, a first circuit section connecting a source of said biological liquid to an inlet orifice of said filter element (), including a circuit element adapted to cooperate with said circulation pump (); a second circuit section, connecting an outlet orifice of said filter element () to said treated liquid collecting container; characterized in that said treated liquid collecting container, said first circuit section and said second circuit section are disposable and said installation further includes a first cart () carrying said pump () and a second cart () including a housing () for said collecting container, separable from the first cart () and adapted to be at least partly nested in said first cart ().

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Altenmarkt, Austria

Frans Mels