Patents by Inventor Laurent AICARDI

Laurent AICARDI 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: 10391030
    Abstract: Device for receiving and draining a high quantity of biopharmaceutical fluid under pressure includes an inner bag, having an inner container for receiving the fluid and provided with a filling port, a drain port, a filling tube having a filling inlet for connection to a filling line, a drain tube having a drain outlet for connection to a drain line, an outer container in which the bag is placed, a compression chamber between the outer container and the bag, an injection port for injecting pressurized draining gas into the chamber, sealed bushings passing through the container via the filling and drain tubes, the deformation capacities of the bag and container being such that, when the draining gas is injected into the chamber, the bag is compressed and the biopharmaceutical fluid is emptied. The outer container includes a receptacle forming the outer chamber, the tubes passing therethrough via permanently fixed connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: SARTORIUS STEDIM FMT SAS
    Inventors: Cedric Gentile, Maurizio Giovani, Paolo Truzzi, Laurent Aicardi, Sebastien Svete
  • Publication number: 20160015599
    Abstract: Device for receiving and draining a high quantity of biopharmaceutical fluid under pressure includes an inner bag, having an inner container for receiving the fluid and provided with a filling port, a drain port, a filling tube having a filling inlet for connection to a filling line, a drain tube having a drain outlet for connection to a drain line, an outer container in which the bag is placed, a compression chamber between the outer container and the bag, an injection port for injecting pressurized draining gas into the chamber, sealed bushings passing through the container via the filling and drain tubes, the deformation capacities of the bag and container being such that, when the draining gas is injected into the chamber, the bag is compressed and the biopharmaceutical fluid is emptied. The outer container includes a receptacle forming the outer chamber, the tubes passing therethrough via permanently fixed connections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Cedric GENTILE, Maurizio GIOVANI, Paolo TRUZZI, Laurent AICARDI, Sebastien SVETE