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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2019
Applicant:
Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US);
Inventors:
Lucas D. McIntosh, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Aniruddha A. Upadhye, St. Paul, MN (US);
Joel A. Getschel, Osceola, WI (US);
Assignee:
Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 67/00 (2006.01); B01D 69/02 (2006.01); B01D 69/06 (2006.01); B01D 71/52 (2006.01); B01D 71/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 67/009 (2013.01); B01D 67/0079 (2013.01); B01D 69/02 (2013.01); B01D 69/06 (2013.01); B01D 71/522 (2022.08); B01D 71/68 (2013.01); B01D 2311/2619 (2013.01); B01D 2323/345 (2013.01); B01D 2325/0232 (2022.08); B01D 2325/026 (2013.01); B01D 2325/44 (2013.01);
Abstract
A membrane having a first outer surface having a plurality of pores in a skin layer and the plurality of pores having a closed perimeter in the skin layer. The membrane having a second outer surface and a porous supporting layer connecting the first outer surface to the second outer surface. The first outer surface of the membrane is a melt-fused skin layer from exposure to ultra-violet light.