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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2021
Cytiva Us Llc, Marlborough, MA (US);
Marek Zarzycki, Portsmouth, GB;
Kacey W. Pouliot, Port Washington, NY (US);
Joseph D. Wakelin, Portsmouth, GB;
Arianna Rech, Cambridge, GB;
Cytiva US LLC, Marlborough, MA (US);
Abstract
A filtration assembly is provided, comprising a reservoir for holding a sample to be filtered, the reservoir having open top and bottom ends, and inwardly facing arms arranged at the bottom end, the reservoir having an elastic side wall; a fluid port in fluid communication with the reservoir; a porous microorganism-capturing filter element disposed across a flow path between the reservoir and the port, the filter element being releasably retained by the inwardly facing arms; an absorbent pad arranged below the filtration element and the inwardly facing arms, disposed across the flow path between the reservoir and the port; a base detachably mounted to the reservoir, the base including the port, and a support surface for supporting the pad; wherein compressing the elastic side wall releases the filter element from the inwardly facing arms after the base is detached from the reservoir.