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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2014
Bio-rad Laboratories, Inc., Hercules, CA (US);
Nathan Wrench, Swaffham Prior, GB;
William Mainwaring-Burton, Cambridge, GB;
BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC., Hercules, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is an apparatus for debubbling or degassing a liquid. The apparatus includes a tube with a hollow lumen and a gas-permeable, liquid-impermeable wall surrounding the lumen. Also disclosed is a method for performing the debubbling or degassing, wherein the liquid is passed through the tube and gas is allowed to escape through the wall of the tube. The application additionally discloses a system for debubbling or degassing a liquid, wherein a pump is connected to the upstream end of the tube and a device to impede the flow of liquid out the tube is connected to the downstream end.