Monthly Archives: October 2016

PTFE Unlaminated 20 micron membranes are being discontinued by the manufacturer. We will be sure to update our web page and newsletter when/if more become available.  Updated: 10/26/2016

Parasites have met their match. Sterlitech, an industry leader in unique micro and sub-micron filtration products, announced today that its Kato-Katz Technique Diagnostic Kit is now available for immediate use in the field. The kit was developed in response to the unanimous difficulty among research groups, control programs, and health organizations to source a fecal-sample-based test kit. This kit enables field scientists to identify the presence of eggs from parasitic Soil-Transmitted Helminth (STH) worms in infected patients.

This is the first time that the kit has been made available from a source in the United States. Until now, research groups and health organizations alike had to rely on a limited availability of kits. Schistosome infections continue to be common where poverty prevails and hygiene behavior, water supply, and sanitation are often deficient. The worms live in the intestine of infected people and can cause a range of gastrointestinal and reproductive complications,

Numerous industries have a necessity to keep things clean and sanitary. Filters are an efficient and cost effective way to keep dirt, dust, bacteria, viruses and other small particulates out. The variety of applications are endless, and hundreds of product manufacturers employ filtration to keep things clean: from medication, to automobiles, to even your home.

Within the life sciences, it is often critical for researchers to keep the growth environments of key cells sterile for production of significant compounds. Contamination could mean the loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of product. At university labs, cell biologists and clinical researchers alike utilize small vent filters and devices to keep their cell growth devices and growth media free of any bacteria or molds that could damage their cell lines in their ongoing research. Sterlitech offers standard

Sterlitech is pleased to offer Chemically Resistant and Thermally Stable membranes from Novamem, Switzerland.

PEEK and PVDF membranes are available in 25mm, 47mm disks, and 10x10cm coupons. These are also available in CF016, CF042, and Sepa Cuts.

Materials: PEEK and PVDF

Pore Size: 0.02 and 0.1 micron

PEEK (Polyether ether ketone) membranes are suitable for applications such as:

• Dialyze monomers & polymers in solvents
• Degassing of harsh chemicals
• Membrane pervaporation & membrane distillation
• Battery separators & semiconductor applications
• Nanofiltration & gas separation with user’s specific coating

PVDF (Polyvinylidene fluoride) membranes are suitable for applications such as:

• Degassing of aqueous solutions under high pressure
• Membrane

Sterlitech is pleased to offer a “plug and play” DCMD test cell. The first commercially available bench-scale cross/tangential flow test cell, that mimics conditions representative of large-scale DCMD systems with minimal amounts of membrane or product. This offers researchers fast and accurate performance data to easily evaluate the performance of membranes and/or the membrane separation processes.

“Adding the DCMD test cell to the Membrane and Process Development product line complements this line of product by offering researchers a bench-scale cross/tangential flow test cell for evaluating Temperature-Driven membrane separation processes,”
- said Sepideh Jankhah, Product Manager at Sterlitech Corporation.

How it works: the liquid to be treated is circulated in direct contact with the feed side of the membrane in the Sterlitech’s DCMD cell. A cold liquid solution is circulated in direct contact with the permeate side of the membrane.