Patents by Inventor Lucas V. FORNACE

Lucas V. FORNACE 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: 20110294203
    Abstract: A cell cluster from which unwanted components are removed by efficiently washing the cell cluster is collected. Provided is a cell washing method including a centrifuging step (S1) of collecting a cell suspension in a centrifuge container having a washing fluid discharge port opposing a bottom part and centrifugally separating cells at the bottom part by rotating in such a manner that the bottom part faces outward in the radial direction; a supernatant ejecting step (S2) of ejecting a supernatant centrifugally separated in the centrifuging step (S1); and a washing step (S3) of discharging the washing fluid from the discharge port while rotating the centrifuge container while ejecting the supernatant in the supernatant ejecting step (S2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicants: CYTORI THERAPEUTICS, INC., OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki TSUCHIDA, Chisato KARASAWA, Kazuhiro YOSHIDA, Robert K. SHANAHAN, Lucas V. FORNACE
  • Publication number: 20110230328
    Abstract: A cell suspension that contains a cell group from which unwanted components have been removed by efficiently washing the cell group is recovered. A centrifuge container (1) includes a cylindrical container main body (2) that accommodates a cell suspension and is rotated with a bottom portion (2a) being directed radially outward; a supernatant suction tube (4) that has a first opening (4a) at a position in the depth direction of the container main body (2) and that suctions a supernatant obtained by centrifuging the cell suspension, in the radial direction of the container main body (2); and a washing-fluid discharge tube (3) that have a second opening (3a) at a position in the depth direction of the container main body (2) and that discharge a washing fluid in the axial direction toward the bottom portion (2a) of the container main body (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicants: OLYMPUS CORPORATION, CYTORI THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Aki KINOSHITA, Douglas M. ARM, Robert K. SHANAHAN, Lucas V. FORNACE
  • Publication number: 20110045959
    Abstract: The count of cells that are to be concentrated in a centrifugal container and transplanted can be measured without damaging these cells. Disclosed is a cell processing device comprising: a centrifugal separator which concentrates cells by rotating a centrifugal container that contains a cell suspension yielded by digestion of a biological tissue; a property detection unit which detects a property of the cell suspension contained in the centrifugal container of the centrifugal separator; and a cell count enumeration unit which calculates the cell count on the basis of the property of the cell suspension detected by the property detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicants: OLYMPUS CORPORATION, CYTORI THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Kyohei KURIHARA, Douglas M. ARM, Robert K. SHANAHAN, Lucas V. FORNACE