Patent ID: 7635426

Claim:
A filtration housing comprising: an upstanding end plate configured to retain a filtration cassette; the end plate includes a feed channel that communicates with an inlet port, wherein the inlet port is connected to a filtrate; the end plate includes a retenate channel that extends into an outlet port; the end plate includes a first filtrate channel and a second filtrate channel; wherein the first filtrate channel includes a first longitudinal portion that is parallel to the feed channel and a first transverse portion on a first declining acute angle that communicates with a first filtrate passage; the second filtrate channel includes a second longitudinal portion that is parallel to the retenate channel and a second transverse portion on a second declining acute angle that communicates with a second filtrate passage; and the first and second transverse filtrate channel portions are configured to form acute angles that come together to provide a structural arrangement with an upper surface of the end plate, wherein the filtrate is configured to flow out of a single outlet port of the end plate.