Patent ID: 7534348

Claim:
A flow-through device for removing selected compounds from a liquid comprising: a housing including a pair of rigid side walls welded together near their peripheries to provide a peripheral end wall, said side walls and end wall defining a chamber, wherein one of said side walls comprises an inlet port in flow communication with said chamber and the other of said side walls comprises an outlet port in flow communication with said chamber, and wherein one of said side walls includes a continuous tongue near the periphery of said wall and the other of said side walls comprises a continuous groove at or near the periphery of said other side wall for receiving said tongue, wherein said groove is defined by radial inner and outer walls, at least one of said walls including a shoulder extending therefrom, whereby said shoulder is disposed relative to said tongue such that during assembly, said tongue initially contacts said shoulder; said housing further including at least one injection port in flow communication with said chamber, a compound removal medium comprising a sintered medium comprising a particulate of a sorbent composition and a polymeric binder, said compound removal medium located within said chamber between said walls, said compound removal medium including a peripheral end surface terminating interior to said peripheral end wall of said housing thereby defining a gap between said peripheral end surface and said peripheral end wall, wherein said compound removal medium peripheral end is in contact with a liquid impermeable barrier, said liquid impermeable barrier further comprising an injectable material and wherein said material is injected through said injection port, said material substantially filling said gap between said peripheral end surface of said compound removal medium and said peripheral end wall of said housing; and a gripping member extending from at least one of said side walls and located radially interior to said tongue and groove and extending a sufficient distance from said side wall such that at least one gripping member contacts said removal medium, a sheet of filter material disposed between said compound removal medium and said housing side wall including said outlet port, wherein said outlet housing side wall comprises a nesting surface for supporting said filter and wherein the peripheral portion of said filter material is held at said nesting surface, wherein said filter material is permeable to said liquid but substantially impermeable to said particulate.