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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2005
Applicant:
Roger A. Acey, Long Beach, CA (US);
Inventor:
Roger A. Acey, Long Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
MGP Biotechnologies, LLC, Irvine, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A62D 3/00 (2006.01); B09C 1/08 (2006.01); C12M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Devices, such as solid supports having metal binding proteins, such as metallothionein proteins, bound thereto are disclosed for removing metals from substrates in need of having such metals removed therefrom. Specifically membranes having metallothionein proteins from the brine shrimpare disclosed for removing metals from liquid substrates. Associated methods for removing metals from substrates using metallothionein proteins are also disclosed.