ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,396, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES INC. (Newark, Del.).
"Spiral wound protein separation device" was invented by Matthew A Johnson (Newark, Del.), Michael C. McManaway (Newark, Del.), Kenneth A. Zukor (Newark, Del.) and Vineet Rakesh (Newark, Del.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to an affinity chromatography device that has a normal flow and which separates a targeted protein from aqueous mixtures. The chromatography device includes a housing containing therein a spiral wound membrane assembly that includes at least one inner intermediate material that forms an outer flow...