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Title: Spiral wound extraction cartridge

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OSTI ID:350312

A cartridge device for removing an analyte from a fluid comprises a hollow core, a sheet composite comprising a particulate-loaded porous membrane and optionally at least one reinforcing spacer sheet, the particulate being capable of binding the analyte, the sheet composite being formed into a spiral configuration about the core, wherein the sheet composite is wound around itself and wherein the windings of sheet composite are of sufficient tightness so that adjacent layers are essentially free of spaces therebetween, two end caps which are disposed over the core and the lateral ends of the spirally wound sheet composite, and means for securing the end caps to the core, the end caps also being secured to the lateral ends of the spirally wound sheet composite. A method for removing an analyte from a fluid comprises the steps of providing a spirally wound element of the invention and passing the fluid containing the analyte through the element essentially normal to a surface of the sheet composite so as to bind the analyte to the particulate of the particulate-loaded porous membrane, the method optionally including the step of eluting the bound analyte from the sheet composite. 4 figs.

Research Organization:
3M Co
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AR21-96MC33089
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co., St. Paul, MN (United States)
Patent Number(s):
US 5,897,779/A/
Application Number:
PAN: 8-791,205
OSTI ID:
350312
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 27 Apr 1999
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English