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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2012
Applicants:
Anna M Galea, Stow, MA (US);
Kristen Leroy, Somerville, MA (US);
Nicholas Vitale, Albany, NY (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Vivonics, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 53/22 (2006.01); B01D 63/04 (2006.01); B01D 67/00 (2006.01); B01D 63/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 63/04 (2013.01); B01D 67/00 (2013.01); B01D 63/02 (2013.01); B01D 63/021 (2013.01); B01D 63/022 (2013.01);
Abstract
An array of hollow fibers including a plurality of hollow fibers of a predetermined diameter configured to receive a gas having oxygen therein and transfer the oxygen to a fluid and/or transfer carbon dioxide in the fluid to a gas. The array is configured in a predetermined pattern having a predetermined packing density that is a fraction of a total cross-sectional area of the array occupied by the hollow fibers.