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).

  • Publication number: 20160153614
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: ST REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Eric Cognard
  • Patent number: 8956855
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: ST Reproductive Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Eric Cognard, Juan Moreno
  • Publication number: 20130105503
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: ST REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Eric Cognard
  • Patent number: 8387818
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: ST Reproductive Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Eric Cognard
  • Publication number: 20120297797
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: ST REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Eric Cognard, Juan Moreno
  • Publication number: 20120211498
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: ST REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Eric Cognard
  • Patent number: 8181813
    Abstract: 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 bulb
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: ST Reproductive Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Eric Cognard
  • Publication number: 20110259892
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: ST REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Eric Cognard, Juan Moreno
  • Publication number: 20110056902
    Abstract: 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 bulb
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Inventor: Eric Cognard
  • Patent number: 7325690
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Inventor: Eric Cognard
  • Publication number: 20060102514
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2003
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Inventor: Eric Cognard