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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 29, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eli Ruckenstein, Amherst, NY (US);
Xianfang Zeng, Cary, NC (US);
Assignee:
The Research Foundation of State University of New York, Amherst, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 6/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 6/100 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to a microporous or macroporous affinity filtration membrane wherein the matrix of the membrane is composed of chitin and the pores are made by dissolution of porogen during the preparation of the membrane. The invention also relates to a method for the purification of wheat germ agglutinin using chitin microprous or macroporous membranes.