Fast Membrane Filtration of High Particulate and Viscous Solutions
More pore sizes and chemical compatibility to suit every applicationBillerica, Massachusetts—June 16, 2008—Millipore Corporation, a Life Science leader providing technologies, tools and services for bioscience research and biopharmaceutical manufacturing, today announced the expansion of its Millex® HPF line of syringe filters, which improve throughput of high particulate and viscous solutions. Notably, Millex HPF filters are now available with a new hydrophilic Teflon® membrane, which exhibits the broadest chemical compatibility and lowest extractability of any membrane. When used to filter samples and liquid buffers, the new Millex filters improve the quality and consistency of results, sample throughput, and the longevity of expensive analytical equipment.
The Millex HPF filter incorporates multiple media in its design: a graduated glass fiber prefilter and a membrane filter. This multi-layer filter is resistant to clogging by viscous and high particulate solutions, yet provides quantitative retention of fine particulates. Hydrophilic Teflon and nylon Millex HPF filters are now available with 0.2 µm and 0.45 µm pore sizes, meeting the needs of researchers filtering samples and mobile phases for Ultra High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (UHPLC), a very sensitive and increasingly popular separation technique.
Given their low analyte binding and low extractable characteristics, Millex HPF filters are ideal for a number of applications, including drug dissolution testing, wine analysis, and sample preparation for chromatography. The new Millex filters are specifically engineered for automatic filter-changing workstations, commonly used in high throughput sample preparation. The domed filter housing ensures reliable filter delivery, minimizing workstation downtime.
The integrated Millipore offers more innovative technologies and stronger application support to streamline processes and provide consistently reliable results. Our Laboratory Filtration portfolio includes thousands of membrane-based filtration tools for use in the laboratory to purify and separate samples prior to analysis to allow researchers to efficiently achieve consistent, high quality results. Millipore has evolved from a high performance filtration products and services company into a leading provider of tools and services and a key partner of choice for Life Science customers. We’ve transformed ourselves through R&D investment, organic growth, and acquisitions such as Chemicon, Upstate, Linco, Celliance, Newport Bio Systems, NovAseptic AB and MicroSafe.
About Millipore
Millipore (NYSE: MIL) is a Life Science leader providing cutting-edge technologies, tools, and services for bioscience research and biopharmaceutical manufacturing. As a strategic partner, we collaborate with customers to confront the world’s challenging human health issues. From research to development to production, our scientific expertise and innovative solutions help customers tackle their most complex problems and achieve their goals. Millipore Corporation is an S&P 500 company with more than 6,100 employees in 47 countries worldwide. For more information, please contact Millipore Tech Service at 1-800-548-7853 or 951-676-8080 or visit www.millipore.com.
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