US 11,998,876 B2
Diagnostic methods and apparatus for electrodialysis
Michael James Connor, Jr., Porter, TX (US); Brian M. McDonald, Austin, TX (US); Ethan Demeter, The Woodlands, TX (US); and Thomas Beales, Houston, TX (US)
Filed by MIS IP Holdings, LLC, Houston, TX (US)
Filed on May 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/321,887.
Application 18/321,887 is a division of application No. 16/600,416, filed on Oct. 11, 2019, granted, now 11,701,619.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/745,010, filed on Oct. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0285902 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. B01D 53/22 (2006.01); B01D 61/48 (2006.01); B01D 61/52 (2006.01); B01D 63/08 (2006.01)
CPC B01D 61/485 (2013.01) [B01D 61/52 (2013.01); B01D 63/0821 (2022.08); B01D 2311/2623 (2013.01); B01D 2313/143 (2013.01); B01D 2313/345 (2013.01); B01D 2313/70 (2022.08); B01D 2325/42 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ion-exchange device comprising:
a pair of compression plates, wherein at least one of the compression plates comprises a strain gauge on an outer surface of the at least one compression plate;
a pair of electrodes comprising an anode and a cathode between the pair of compression plates;
a first ion exchange membrane and a second ion exchange membrane between the pair of electrodes, wherein the first ion exchange membrane comprise at least two inlet or outlet ports,
wherein the strain gauge is located at a position on the outer surface of the at least one compression plate corresponding to a point between the at least two inlet or outlet ports of the first ion exchange membrane.