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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Pankaj Maganlal Vadgama, Manchester, GB;
Subrayal Medapati Reddy, Manchester, GB;
Marika S.K. Kyrolainen, Lund, SE;
Assignee:
The Victoria University of Manchester, Manchester, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/00 ; G01N 3/348 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/00 ; G01N 3/348 ;
Abstract
Aqueous membrane permeable by mass transport to a charged and uncharged species of interest, comprising a synthetic polymeric material and a surface active agent which is miscible with the synthetic polymer. The surface active agent is distributed throughout the membrane and is present in an amount such as to provide for the permeability of the membrane to the species of interest.