Patents by Inventor Eric P. Hansen

Eric P. Hansen 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).

  • Patent number: 11994343
    Abstract: Provided is a multi-part lyophilization container for lyophilizing a fluid, storing the lyophilizate, reconstituting the lyophilizate, and infusing the reconstituted lyophilizate into a patient, including a method of using same. The container includes a front surface, a back surface, a non-breathable section including a port region, a breathable section including a breathable membrane, and a peelable region including a peelable seal encompassing a boundary between the non-breathable section and the breathable section. The method includes inputting a fluid into a non-breathable section of the container, freezing the fluid, applying, in a lyophilization chamber, vacuum pressure, opening the peelable seal using a pressure differential, applying heat energy, sublimating the fluid and creating a temporary occlusion in a peelable region of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Terumo BCT Biotechnologies, LLC
    Inventors: Kestas P. Parakininkas, Eric T. Hansen, Kirk L. Weimer, Nathaniel T. Johnson, Dennis J. Hlavinka
  • Patent number: D352365
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1994
    Inventors: Eric P. Hansen, Yun-Hee Hansen