ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,440, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to SPF TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Somerville, Mass.).
"Separation module" was invented by Erik O. Blomquist (Jamaica Plain, Mass.) and Gaston De Los Reyes (Somerville, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and devices are disclosed for a separation device. A separation device includes a plurality stacked modules and a distribution network including an inter-module LEVEL-1 distributor an intermediate LEVEL-2 distributor and a planar LEVEL-3 distributor. The distribution network enables streamline lengths which are approximately equal and induces uniform velocity fluid flow. These features provide a ...