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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2017
Emd Millipore Corporation, Burlington, MA (US);
Songhua Liu, Lexington, MA (US);
Michael Lynch, Somerville, MA (US);
Ryan Sylvia, Tewksbury, MA (US);
Joseph Almasian, Westford, MA (US);
Salvatore Giglia, Bedford, MA (US);
Luc Messier, Beverly, MA (US);
EMD Millipore Corporation, Burlington, MA (US);
Abstract
A scaling tool for replicating filtration characteristics of a large-scale filtration device, the scaling tool comprising a housing having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, and a filter receiving region in fluid communication with the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet and configured to contain a membrane comprising one or more pleats, the filter receiving region being defined by a rigid wall framework configured to hold the one or more pleats of the membrane and compress the pleats in an amount effective to replicate the filtration performance of the large-scale filtration device. Also disclosed is a methodology for configuring a filter receiving region in a scaling tool.