ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,263,449, issued on April 1.
"Tangential flow filtration manifold" was invented by John F. Connors Jr. (Shrewsbury, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tangential flow filtration manifold takes a modular form for interconnection in a manifolded arrangement for aggregating a total filtration area of the aggregate filter (membrane) surface. A plurality of modular TFF cassette filters may be or stacked on the TFF manifold such that it allows the number of interconnected filters, as well as the membrane surface area within each cassette, to be readily reconfigured. A single output, or filtrate connection on the TFF manifold simplifies flui...