Patent ID: 6846413
Filing Date: 2005-01-25
Classification: A61M,B01D,B05B

Abstract:
1. A microstructured filter having an inlet for unfiltered fluid and an outlet for filtered fluid, the filter comprising: a substantially flat base plate and a cover plate that is securable thereto; a plurality of projections, each of which is an integral component of said base plate and each of which projects therefrom, said projections being spaced from one another by passages that form a fluid path through the filter from said inlet to said outlet, said cover plate when secured to the base plate covering said projections and said passages; wherein said plurality of projections are arranged in at least two rows to extend in a zig-zag configuration and in a mutually juxtaposed relationship across the filter; and the inlet and the outlet each comprise an elongate slot for unfiltered and filtered fluid respectively, each of said slots being substantially as wide as the filter and substantially as high as the projections on an inlet side and an outlet side of the filter respectively.