Patents by Inventor Albrecht Kühnle

Albrecht Kühnle has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240083615
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system (10) for transporting loose sterile closure elements (12) from the surroundings (14) of an isolator (16) into an interior (18) of the isolator, comprising a container (24) for storing a stock quantity of closure elements in the h surroundings of the isolator, an isolator opening (20) and a collecting device (56) for collecting the closure elements and for providing the closure elements in the interior of the isolator, with a metering device (46) for controlling a target quantity of closure elements to be transported from the container through the isolator opening and into the collecting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Stefan Nagler, Ulrich Krauß, Markus Ilgenfritz, Albrecht Kühnle
  • Publication number: 20240075179
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pharmaceutical unit (12) and to a method for operating a pharmaceutical unit (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Albrecht Kühnle, Benjamin Hoffmann, Thomas Kosian
  • Publication number: 20240066164
    Abstract: The invention relates to an isolator (10) for processing medical substances and a method for decontamination of an isolator (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Benjamin Hoffmann, Albrecht Kühnle, Thomas Kosian
  • Patent number: 11897651
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (10) and a method for transferring a packaging unit (22) into a barrier system (12) for pharmaceuticals, wherein the packaging unit comprises a sterilized container (24) and at least one sterile product (26) arranged in the latter, and wherein the packaging unit, in an initial state, is surrounded by an outer packaging (30) sterilized at least on the inside, wherein the barrier system has an access opening (20) through which the packaging unit can be transferred from a surrounding region (16) of the barrier system into an interior (14) of the barrier system, wherein a film tube (50), closed at one end, is arranged in the surrounding region of the barrier system, the interior (52) of the film tube (50) communicating with the access opening, wherein a connecting device is provided for producing a connection region between a cover portion of the outer packaging and an overlap portion of an outer face of the film tube overlapping the cover portion, and wherein a separating device
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Syntegon Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Albrecht Kühnle, Benjamin Hoffmann, Ulrich Krauß, Markus Ilgenfritz
  • Publication number: 20240034506
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (10) and a method for transferring a packaging unit (22) into a barrier system (12) for pharmaceuticals, wherein the packaging unit comprises a sterilized container (24) and at least one sterile product (26) arranged in the latter, and wherein the packaging unit, in an initial state, is surrounded by an outer packaging (30) sterilized at least on the inside, wherein the barrier system has an access opening (20) through which the packaging unit can be transferred from a surrounding region (16) of the barrier system into an interior (14) of the barrier system, wherein a film tube (50), closed at one end, is arranged in the surrounding region of the barrier system, the interior (52) of the film tube (50) communicating with the access opening, wherein a connecting device is provided for producing a connection region between a cover portion of the outer packaging and an overlap portion of an outer face of the film tube overlapping the cover portion, and wherein a separating device
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Albrecht Kühnle, Benjamin Hoffmann, Ulrich Krauß, Markus Ilgenfritz
  • Publication number: 20230391562
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (10) for handling containers (12) inside a clean room, to a system comprising a corresponding device (10), at least one container (12) and/or one nest (30), to a clean room having a corresponding device (10) and to a method for handling containers (12) inside a clean room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Markus Ilgenfritz, Ulrich Krauss, Stefan Nagler, Albrecht Kühnle, Patrick Holl
  • Patent number: 8191448
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cutting device for a film of an endless web, which includes at least one blade for severing the film. A blade holder which receives and fixes the blade thereto is disposed on a base ring. The base ring in turn, is rotatably supported on a flange element. The blade is disposed in the blade holder in such a way that upon a rotation of the base ring, severing of the film by the blade is effected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Albrecht Kuehnle, Bernd Mueller, Thomas Hertfelder, Rolf Daeuber, Steffen Groeber, Florian Stadelmann
  • Publication number: 20090301280
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cutting device for a film of an endless web, which includes at least one blade for severing the film. A blade holder which receives and fixes the blade thereto is disposed on a base ring. The base ring in turn, is rotatably supported on a flange element. The blade is disposed in the blade holder in such a way that upon a rotation of the base ring, severing of the film by the blade is effected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Albrecht Kuehnle, Bernd Mueller, Thomas Hertfelder, Rolf Daeuber, Steffen Groeber, Florian Stadelmann