Patents Represented by Attorney Hulbert Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
  • Patent number: 8011294
    Abstract: A method for harvesting biologics from eggs by which an egg is de-capped by positioning the egg in a reference opening so as to expose an upper section of said egg, then, while said egg is positioned within the reference opening, cutting the upper section of the egg by moving a cutter member over the reference opening through the egg, and then removing the debris formed from the cut upper section. The biologics can then be harvested in various ways such as by inverting the egg to allow the biologics to drain for collection. An apparatus for carrying out the method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Sanofi Pasteur, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul Cantineau