Patents by Inventor Eric Cognard
Eric Cognard 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).
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Publication number: 20160153614Abstract: A transportation and/or storage device comprising a cap and an external packaging structure with curved outer contours and a double-walled insulating bulb. The invention can be used for transportation and/or storage of products conserved at very low temperatures by means of a liquefied fled gas, such as liquid nitrogen, and entails a reduced number of components, low manufacturing cost and permits single-use utilization.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2013Publication date: June 2, 2016Applicant: ST REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventor: Eric Cognard
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Patent number: 8956855Abstract: The invention relates to a portable personal cryogenic container for carrying materials at low temperatures, and more particularly for carrying cryogenically preserved materials. The cryogenic container can be formed from an external shell assembly having multiple parts, where the parts are interlocked to support an inner container. An elongate receptacle holding preserved materials may be supported in the inner container alongside cryogenic fluids for maintaining cryopreserved materials.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2012Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: ST Reproductive Technologies, LLCInventors: Eric Cognard, Juan Moreno
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Publication number: 20130105503Abstract: A receiving element constructed within a container, the receiving element having a body with a first end and a second end wherein the body is formed from a plurality of separate pieces configured into an annular arrangement in a tension fit in a neck of the container. A passage formed in the body from the first end of the body to the second end of the body creates a cavity and an internal surface having a groove for receiving a locking element.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2011Publication date: May 2, 2013Applicant: ST REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventor: Eric Cognard
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Patent number: 8387818Abstract: The invention relates to a container for transporting and/or storing products, and particularly a cryostat type container, having an external packaging structure having a plurality of walls defining an internal volume within which an insulating bulb is suspended, the insulating bulb having a body formed by an outer wall and an inner wall, the inner wall defining an internal volume and the body having an opening leading into the internal volume of the insulating bulb and a cover formed from one of the plurality of walls of the external packaging structure, the cover having a tubular element capable of contacting the insulating bulb to suspend the insulating bulb within the internal volume that receives the insulating bulb, the cover also allowing passage of materials through the opening when the insulating bulb is suspended.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2012Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: ST Reproductive Technologies, LLCInventor: Eric Cognard
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Publication number: 20120297797Abstract: The invention relates to a portable personal cryogenic container for carrying materials at low temperatures, and more particularly for carrying cryogenically preserved materials. The cryogenic container can be formed from an external shell assembly having multiple parts, where the parts are interlocked to support an inner container. An elongate receptacle holding preserved materials may be supported in the inner container alongside cryogenic fluids for maintaining cryopreserved materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2012Publication date: November 29, 2012Applicant: ST REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Eric Cognard, Juan Moreno
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Publication number: 20120211498Abstract: The invention relates to a container for transporting and/or storing products, and particularly a cryostat type container, having an external packaging structure having a plurality of walls defining an internal volume within which an insulating bulb is suspended, the insulating bulb having a body formed by an outer wall and an inner wall, the inner wall defining an internal volume and the body having an opening leading into the internal volume of the insulating bulb and a cover formed from one of the plurality of walls of the external packaging structure, the cover having a tubular element capable of contacting the insulating bulb to suspend the insulating bulb within the internal volume that receives the insulating bulb, the cover also allowing passage of materials through the opening when the insulating bulb is suspended.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2012Publication date: August 23, 2012Applicant: ST REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventor: Eric Cognard
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Patent number: 8181813Abstract: The invention relates to a device (10) for transporting and/or storing products, particularly of cryostat type, having an external packaging structure (14) comprising walls defining an internal volume (16) within which is a double-walled insulating bulb (12) whose body (32) is formed by an outer wall (34) and an inner wall (36) defining an internal volume (38), bulb (12) comprising an upper neck (40) defining an upper filling opening (42), and the device (10) comprising bulb (12) supporting means (46) that comprise attachment means (48) capable of engaging with the inner wall (36) only of bulb (12) in order to suspend the bulb (12) vertically by its neck (40) in such a way that the bulb (12) hangs freely in the empty space inside the internal volume (16) defined by the packaging structure (14, 18, 22), with no contact between the outer wall (34) of the bulb (12) and the walls (24, 22) of the packaging structure (14), said device being characterized in that the means (46) for the suspended support of the bulbType: GrantFiled: March 25, 2008Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: ST Reproductive Technologies LLCInventor: Eric Cognard
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Publication number: 20110259892Abstract: A telescoping cryocane having a first container element and a second container element, for suspending smaller containers upright within a cryogenic container. The first container element and the second container element can be in a slidable telescoping relationship. One or more of the first and the second container elements can be configured for suspending and retaining the smaller containers at very low temperatures.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2011Publication date: October 27, 2011Applicant: ST REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Eric Cognard, Juan Moreno
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Publication number: 20110056902Abstract: The invention relates to a device (10) for transporting and/or storing products, particularly of cryostat type, having an external packaging structure (14) comprising walls defining an internal volume (16) within which is a double-walled insulating bulb (12) whose body (32) is formed by an outer wall (34) and an inner wall (36) defining an internal volume (38), bulb (12) comprising an upper neck (40) defining an upper filling opening (42), and the device (10) comprising bulb (12) supporting means (46) that comprise attachment means (48) capable of engaging with the inner wall (36) only of bulb (12) in order to suspend the bulb (12) vertically by its neck (40) in such a way that the bulb (12) hangs freely in the empty space inside the internal volume (16) defined by the packaging structure (14, 18, 22), with no contact between the outer wall (34) of the bulb (12) and the walls (24, 22) of the packaging structure (14), said device being characterized in that the means (46) for the suspended support of the bulbType: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2008Publication date: March 10, 2011Inventor: Eric Cognard
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Patent number: 7325690Abstract: The invention relates to a device (10) for transporting a receptacle (16) comprising packaging (12) of polyhedral shape inside which there is arranged a gyroscopic system (14) intended to keep the receptacle (16) upright, of the type in which the gyroscopic system (14) comprises an inner first frame (32) which bears the receptacle (16) and an outer second frame (34), the inner first frame (32) being mounted so that it can rotate with respect to the outer second frame (34) about a first axis of articulation (A1) and the second frame (34) being mounted so that it can rotate with respect to the polyhedral packaging (12) about a second axis of articulation (A2) orthogonal to the first axis (A1), characterized in that the second axis of articulation (A2) extends more or less along one of the diagonals of the polyhedral packaging (12).Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2003Date of Patent: February 5, 2008Inventor: Eric Cognard
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Publication number: 20060102514Abstract: The invention relates to a device (10) for transporting a receptacle (16) comprising packaging (12) of polyhedral shape inside which there is arranged a gyroscopic system (14) intended to keep the receptacle (16) upright, of the type in which the gyroscopic system (14) comprises an inner first frame (32) which bears the receptacle (16) and an outer second frame (34), the inner first frame (32) being mounted so that it can rotate with respect to the outer second frame (34) about a first axis of articulation (A1) and the second frame (34) being mounted so that it can rotate with respect to the polyhedral packaging (12) about a second axis of articulation (A2) orthogonal to the first axis (A1), characterized in that the second axis of articulation (A2) extends more or less along one of the diagonals of the polyhedral packaging (12).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2003Publication date: May 18, 2006Inventor: Eric Cognard