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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2006
Thomas Nikita Krupenkin, Warren, NJ (US);
Victor Alexander Lifton, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Joseph Ashley Taylor, Springfield, NJ (US);
Brijesh Vyas, Warren, NJ (US);
Thomas Nikita Krupenkin, Warren, NJ (US);
Victor Alexander Lifton, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Joseph Ashley Taylor, Springfield, NJ (US);
Brijesh Vyas, Warren, NJ (US);
Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
An apparatus that comprises a membrane having a plurality of fluid-support-structures and openings located between the fluid-support-structures. The fluid-support-structures have at least one dimension that that is about 1 millimeter or less. The apparatus also comprises a wicking material positioned adjacent to a surface of the membrane. When a fluid locatable on a surface of the fluid-support-structures penetrates the fluid-support-structures, at least a portion of the fluid passes through the openings and into the wicking material.