Patent · US Active

Method for conducting maintenance on a chromatography column

US7780853B2 · kind B2 · utility

12Cited by
5References
11Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateAug 7, 2007
Grant dateAug 24, 2010
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 30, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N30/56
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to methods for conducting maintenance on chromatography columns used in industrial-scale chromatography. In particular, the invention is concerned with safer methods for performing maintenance on such columns, such as cleaning and replacing bed supports, distributors, nozzles, O-rings and other column components, by the use of a handling device to support, lift, carry and manipulate such column components.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.