Patents by Inventor Tobias Vocke

Tobias Vocke 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).

  • Device for substantially germ-free provision of a fluid medium
    Patent number: 8540693
    Abstract: A method for removing a fluid medium from a container. The method comprises providing a removal device with a closed-off, sterilizable interior, with a needle element being held in the interior, the interior being closed off by a perforable sealing element; providing the container which contains the fluid medium, the container having a container wall with a perforable section; connecting the removal device and the container, the perforable section and the perforable sealing element being interconnected such that a protected region is created between the perforable section and the perforable sealing element, the protected region being closed off with respect to the surroundings in a substantially germ-free fashion as a result of the connection; and perforating the perforable sealing element and the perforable section by means of the needle element, the needle element penetrating the protected region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: F. Hoffman-La Roche AG
    Inventors: Theo Arnitz, Michael Lammel, Tobias Vocke
  • DEVICE FOR SUBSTANTIALLY GERM-FREE PROVISION OF A FLUID MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20130006213
    Abstract: A method for removing a fluid medium from a container. The method comprises providing a removal device with a closed-off, sterilizable interior, with a needle element being held in the interior, the interior being closed off by a perforable sealing element; providing the container which contains the fluid medium, the container having a container wall with a perforable section; connecting the removal device and the container, the perforable section and the perforable sealing element being interconnected such that a protected region is created between the perforable section and the perforable sealing element, the protected region being closed off with respect to the surroundings in a substantially germ-free fashion as a result of the connection; and perforating the perforable sealing element and the perforable section by means of the needle element, the needle element penetrating the protected region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Theo Arnitz, Michael Lammel, Tobias Vocke