Filter device having a hollow fiber bundle and associated sealing devices

US6074559A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Uwe Hahmann · Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, DE
• Klaus Heilmann · Sankt Wendel, DE
• Michael Schonhofen · Sankt Wendel, DE
• Gerhard Wiesen · Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 12, 1997
• Grant date: Jun 13, 2000
• Expiry date: Nov 12, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01D2313/2061
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A filter device has two flow paths. The first flow path has at least one cap and fluid port. The second flow path surrounds the first fluid flow path and has at least one cap that overlaps the cap of the first fluid flow path. The second flow path also has at least one fluid port. The filter device provides a simple arrangement that is easily disinfected or sterilized.