Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Devices for crystallization by controlled evaporation
- Patent Title (中): 通过控制蒸发结晶的装置
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Application No.: US12483787Application Date: 2009-06-12
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Publication No.: US08206659B2Publication Date: 2012-06-26
- Inventor: Jack Barger , James Sinclair , Michael P. Emery
- Applicant: Jack Barger , James Sinclair , Michael P. Emery
- Applicant Address: US MA Cambridge
- Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Cambridge
- Agency: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
- Main IPC: B01D9/00
- IPC: B01D9/00

Abstract:
Methods and devices for controlled evaporation of solvent from a solution are provided. In one embodiment, the device can control evaporation of different solutions comprising solvents of dissimilar volatilities simultaneously. In another embodiment, control over the flow of solvent vapor out of the device is provided by selecting the pressure at an inlet port and an exhaust port of the device. In yet another embodiment, control over the flow of solvent vapor out of the device is provided by selecting the size of a disk flow control orifice positioned between the wells and a vapor removal outlet of the device. In still another embodiment, control over the flow of solvent vapor out of the device is provided by the opening and closing of the vapor removal outlet of the device. In yet a further embodiment, the rate of evaporation of solvent is controlled by controlling the temperature of the solution. The flow rate control mechanisms can be used alone or in any combination to control evaporation of one or more solvents from solutions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100314051A1 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR CRYSTALLIZATION BY CONTROLLED EVAPORATION Public/Granted day:2010-12-16
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