US 12,434,172 B2
Methods and systems for managing fluid flow in containers
Alexander Glenn Godfrey, Carmel, IN (US); Pranav Bende, University Park, MD (US); Linus Eric Wallgren, Chevy Chase, MD (US); and David Calabrese, Germantown, MD (US)
Assigned to THE USA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Bethesda, MD (US)
Appl. No. 18/044,179
Filed by The USA, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 22, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/051525
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 6, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/066748, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 31, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/081,723, filed on Sep. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0311022 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B01D 1/30 (2006.01); B01D 3/34 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC B01D 3/346 (2013.01) [B01D 1/30 (2013.01); B01L 3/56 (2013.01); B01L 3/563 (2013.01); B01L 3/50825 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus operable for use in evaporating solvent from a container, the apparatus comprising:
a closure member comprising an upper portion and an extension;
the upper portion comprising an inlet provided at an angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the closure member;
the extension operable to extend into an internal volume of a container, and wherein the extension comprises a gas port for ejecting fluid provided to the inlet into the container;
an internal helical conduit extending within the extension that is operable to convey gas between the inlet and the gas port;
an exit channel extending through the closure member; and
wherein closure member comprises an annular sealing element.