289 results about "Membrane coat" patented technology

A collapsible filter element for a transcatheter embolic protection device comprises a collapsible filter body which is movable between a collapsed stored position for movement through a vascular system and an expanded position for extension across a blood vessel such that blood passing through the blood vessel is delivered through the filter element. A proximal inlet portion of the filter body has one or more inlet openings sized to allow blood and embolic material enter the filter body and a distal outlet portion of the filter body has a plurality of outlet openings sized to allow through-passage of blood, but to retain embolic material within the filter body. The filter body is at least partially of laminate construction comprising a membrane coated with a coating which is biocompatible, the thickness of the coating being from 4% to 40% of the thickness of the membrane. The coating may be of hydrophilic material. To facilitate retrieval of captured embolic material the distal portion and / or an intermediate portion of the filter membrane may be stretchable. The filter body may have regions of varying hardness or stiffness.

A system and device for filtering fluids using graphene oxide (GO) is provided. GO-based filters may be used for the efficient removal of microorganisms from organic and aqueous liquids and may be used to prevent fuel biodeterioration. Functionalization of graphene oxide with reactive oxygen functional groups provides physical properties to the GO including high solubility in polar solvents, good colloidal properties, low production costs, low toxicity, and a large surface area which can be decorated with antimicrobial agents including nanosilver. GO may be used as a filtration media for efficient removal of bacteria and to remove small amounts of water from hydrocarbon fuels. The GO filter media may be made of a plurality of GO particles, a structural core coated with GO, a non-porous structural membrane coated with GO, or a filtering membrane coated with GO. A method for sampling impurities found in an environmental sample is also provided.

The invention provides a membrane electrode containing a hydrophilic high polymer in an anode catalytic layer and a preparation method thereof. The method comprises the steps of: preprocessing a proton exchange membrane, mixing a carbon supported platinum catalyst, a perfluorinated sulfonic acid polymer solution, an organic high polymer with hydrophilicity or hygroscopicity in water or a low-boilting-point solvent, ultrasonically processing to prepare catalyst slurry, and spraying the catalyst slurry onto one side of the proton exchange membraneby adopting an illumination coating technology to prepare an anode catalytic layer; and spraying slurry, which does not containing the organic high polymer, onto the other side of the proton exchange membrane to obtain a cathode catalytic layer, and laminating the proton exchange membrane coated with catalysts at two sides with a gas diffusion layer to prepare a self-humidifying electrode with the anode containing the hydrophilic high polymer. According to the invention, the self humidification of the membrane electrode can be realized by means of simple and practical preparation method at low cost, and a fuel cell assembled with the self-humidifying membrane can be used for simplifying a system, reducing the cost and increasing the power density of the system.