Patent 7316780 was granted and assigned to Pall (funeral) on January, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Separation device comprising a feed channel including a shear region, permeate passage(s) extending perpendicular to the direction of the feed flow and a porous medium positioned between the shear region of the feed channel and the permeate passage(s). Separation process comprising generating a shear layer in a feed fluid and passing permeate into the permeate passage(s).