Patents by Inventor Heyo Mennenga

Heyo Mennenga 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: 9095828
    Abstract: A container has flexible walls defining an interior. A mixer is arranged in the interior of the container and includes a mixer shaft with opposite first and second ends. A mixing element is mounted to the first end of the mixer shaft. The second end of the mixer shaft is fixed magnetically to a coupling piece disposed on the exterior of the flexible wall of the container. The coupling piece is connected operatively to a force introducing device that generates movement of the mixer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH
    Inventors: Heyo Mennenga, Oscar-Werner Reif, Gerhard Greller, Reinhard Baumfalk
  • Patent number: 8408078
    Abstract: The invention discloses an apparatus for removing samples or introducing fluids from/into system(s) having flexible walls. A sampler/fluid dispenser (3) is fixed on the outside with a connecting area (4) of its base (5) on a sample removal region/fluid dispensing region (6) of the flexible wall (2) and, in its interior, has a severing element (8). At least the severing element (8) can be pushed forward in the direction of the sample removal region/fluid dispensing region (6) in order to remove the samples and in order to introduce fluids, in such a way that the wall (2) can be perforated within the sample removal region/fluid dispensing region (6). The system (1) comprises containers, bags or tubes for filling, mixing, transporting, storage of media, such as biological liquids, sera, buffers, ultra-pure water and can be used as biological reactors or cell culture vessels in the pharmaceutical and biotechnical industry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH
    Inventors: Heyo Mennenga, Oscar-Werner Reif, Dieter Schmidt, Reinhard Vogt
  • Patent number: 8087596
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for metering media (2) and comprises at least one storage vessel (3), a measuring vessel (14) and a target vessel (14) that are interconnected to give one unit. By the exertion of force on the media (2) to be metered they can communicate between the storage vessel (3) and the measuring vessel (4) and can then be transferred to the target vessel (14). The metering volume is determined by the geometry of the measuring vessel (4). The target vessel (14) can be separated from the measuring vessel (4) by severing (welding, gluing, cutting) the connection between (14) and (4). The invention also relates to a method for metering media using the device (1) according to the invention. The device is suitable as a disposable unit and for the sterile metering of media in a non-sterile environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH
    Inventor: Heyo Mennenga
  • Publication number: 20100175774
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for metering media (2) and comprises at least one storage vessel (3), a measuring vessel (14) and a target vessel (14) that are interconnected to give one unit. By the exertion of force on the media (2) to be metered they can communicate between the storage vessel (3) and the measuring vessel (4) and can then be transferred to the target vessel (14). The metering volume is determined by the geometry of the measuring vessel (4). The target vessel (14) can be separated from the measuring vessel (4) by severing (welding, gluing, cutting) the connection between (14) and (4). The invention also relates to a method for metering media using the device (1) according to the invention. The device is suitable as a disposable unit and for the sterile metering of media in a non-sterile environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2007
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH
    Inventor: Heyo Mennenga
  • Publication number: 20070253288
    Abstract: A container having flexible walls, in the interior of which container there is arranged a mixer which has a mixing element arranged at a first end of a mixer shaft, it being possible for the mixer shaft with the mixing element to be set moving longitudinally by a drive arranged outside the interior of the container, wherein the mixer shaft can be placed on the inside of a container wall with its second end facing away from the mixing element and can be fixed magnetically on the outside of the container wall, facing away from the inside, by means of a coupling piece, and wherein the coupling piece is operatively connected to a force introducing device belonging to the drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: Sartorius AG
    Inventors: Heyo Mennenga, Oscar-Werner Reif, Gerhard Greller, Reinhard Baumfalk
  • Publication number: 20070227270
    Abstract: The invention discloses an apparatus for removing samples or introducing fluids from/into system(s) having flexible walls. A sampler/fluid dispenser (3) is fixed on the outside with a connecting area (4) of its base (5) on a sample removal region/fluid dispensing region (6) of the flexible wall (2) and, in its interior, has a severing element (8). At least the severing element (8) can be pushed forward in the direction of the sample removal region/fluid dispensing region (6) in order to remove the samples and in order to introduce fluids, in such a way that the wall (2) can be perforated within the sample removal region/fluid dispensing region (6). The system (1) comprises containers, bags or tubes for filling, mixing, transporting, storage of media, such as biological liquids, sera, buffers, ultra-pure water and can be used as biological reactors or cell culture vessels in the pharmaceutical and biotechnical industry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2007
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Applicant: Sartorius AG
    Inventors: Heyo Mennenga, Oscar-Werner Reif, Dieter Schmidt, Reinhard Vogt