Patents by Inventor Virginie Buisson

Virginie Buisson 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: 10766666
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device comprising a base (2) and a door (20), said device having a closed door position in which a circuit (8) of the device comprises a bag comprising two flexible films and connectors of the conveying network, and a press (9) comprising a first shell (16) disposed on a front face (5) of said base (2) and a second shell (17) disposed in said door (20); and a hinge system hinging said door (20) relative to said base (2), and disposed only on one side of said door (20) so as to form lateral clearances between said door (20) and said base (2) over the rest of a perimeter of said door (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: EMD Millipore Corporation
    Inventors: Sebastien Cirou, Rene Reinbigler, Virginie Buisson, Jean-Louis Weissenbach
  • Publication number: 20180111720
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device comprising a base (2) and a door (20), said device having a closed door position in which a circuit (8) of the device comprises a bag comprising two flexible films and connectors of the conveying network, and a press (9) comprising a first shell (16) disposed on a front face (5) of said base (2) and a second shell (17) disposed in said door (20); and a hinge system hinging said door (20) relative to said base (2), and disposed only on one side of said door (20) so as to form lateral clearances between said door (20) and said base (2) over the rest of a perimeter of said door (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Sebastien Cirou, Rene Reinbigler, Virginie Buisson, Jean-Louis Weissenbach
  • Patent number: 9777847
    Abstract: The invention concerns a circuit comprising a bag (11) comprising two flexible films (45, 46) and a press (10) comprising a first (14) and a second (13) shell clamping the bag to form pipes having a passage and edges (41); the first shell comprising a valve (20) which comprises a movable member (24) and a pad (31), which pad has a resting configuration in which a second face (33) of the pad is concave and locally delimits a channel (18) and a pinching configuration in which the second face (33) is convex; said movable member and said pad being configured so that, when said valve is in closed position and said pad in pinching configuration, said passage is pinched by said movable member against said second shell channel and said edges (41) are pinched flat by said movable member against said second shell (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: EMD Millipore Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald Tuccelli, Sebastien Cirou, Virginie Buisson, Christine Abouayad El Idrissi, Jim Kelly
  • Patent number: 9744487
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device comprising a base (2) and a door (20), said device having a closed door position in which a circuit (8) of the device comprises a bag comprising two flexible films and connectors of the conveying network, and a press (9) comprising a first she (16) disposed on a front face (5) of said base (2) and a second shed (17) disposed in said door (20); and a hinge system hinging said door (20) relative to said base (2), and disposed only on one side of said door (20) so as to form lateral clearances between said door (20) and said base (2) over the rest of a perimeter of said door (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: EMD Millipore Corporation
    Inventors: Sebastien Cirou, Rene Reinbigler, Virginie Buisson, Jean-Louis Weissenbach
  • Patent number: 9739424
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device comprising: a base (2); a moveable or removable door (20), said device having a closed door position; and in the closed door position, a circuit (8) comprising a bag comprising two flexible films and conveying network connectors, and a press (9) comprising a first shell (16) disposed on said front face (5) of said base (2) and a second shell (17) disposed in said door (20); said bag being clamped between said first shell (16) and said second shell (17) in a state in which conduits of said network for conveying liquid are formed between said films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: EMD Millipore Corporation
    Inventors: Sebastien Cirou, Rene Reinbigler, Virginie Buisson, Jean-Louis Weissenbach
  • Patent number: 9677675
    Abstract: The invention concerns a circuit comprising a bag (11) comprising two flexible films (45, 46) and a press (10) comprising a first (14) and a second (13) shell clamping the bag to form pipes having a passage and edges (41); the first shell comprising a valve (20) which comprises a movable member (24) and a pad (31), which pad has a resting configuration in which a second face (33) of the pad is concave and locally delimits a channel (18) and a pinching configuration in which the second face (33) is convex; said movable member and said pad being configured so that, when said valve is in closed position and said pad in pinching configuration, said passage is pinched by said movable member against said second shell channel and said edges (41) are pinched flat by said movable member against said second shell (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: EMD Millipore Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald Tuccelli, Sebastien Cirou, Virginie Buisson, Christine Abouayad El Idrissi, Jim Kelly
  • Patent number: 9259733
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device comprising a circuit comprising a bag (10) comprising two flexible films (65, 66), a press (9) comprising a first shell (16) disposed upright on a front face of a base of the device and a second shell (17) mounted on said first shell, which shells clamp said bag to form conduits (13); said press is provided with a system (170) for jamming at the location of a treatment zone (67) of the bag, which comprises a jamming member (171) provided with at least one jamming nipple (173) and a complementary jamming member (172) provided with a jamming channel (174) configured to receive said nipple; said jamming member (171) and complementary jamming member (172) and said bag (10) being configured in order for the latter to have a portion (175) in said treatment zone in which said films are jammed between said nipple and said channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: EMD Millipore Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald Tuccelli, Sebastien Cirou, Virginie Buisson, Christine Abouayad El Idrissi, Jim Kelly
  • Patent number: 9205955
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device comprising a base; a circuit comprising a bag comprising two flexible films and conveying network connectors, and a press (9) comprising a first shell (16) disposed upright on a front face (5) of said base (2) and a second shell (17) mounted on said first shell (16), said first shell (16) and second shell (17) clamping said bag to form conduits; said bag comprising first through apertures on one side and said first shell (16) comprising hooking studs (106) on an upper part, which studs (106) pass through said first apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: EMD Millipore Corporation
    Inventors: Sebastien Cirou, Rene Reinbigler, Virginie Buisson, Jean-Louis Weissenbach
  • Patent number: 9174772
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device comprising a base; a circuit comprising a bag comprising two flexible films and conveying network connectors, and a press (9) comprising a first shell (16) disposed upright on a front face (5) of said base (2) and a second shell (17) mounted on said first shell (16), said first shell (16) and second shell (17) clamping said bag to form conduits; said bag comprising first through apertures on one side and said first shell (16) comprising hooking studs (106) on an upper part, which studs (106) pass through said first apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: EMD Millipore Corporation
    Inventors: Sebastien Cirou, Rene Reinbigler, Virginie Buisson, Jean-Louis Weissenbach
  • Patent number: 9174145
    Abstract: The invention concerns a bag comprising a first conduit (13J), a second conduit (13K), the first section (13J1) of the first conduit (13J) and the first section (13K1) of the second conduit (13K) being opposite; a third conduit (13L) linking said first respective ends (13J2, 13K2) of said first respective sections (13J1, 13K1); a fourth conduit (13M) linking said second respective ends (13J3, 13K3) of said first respective sections (13J1, 13K1); a fifth conduit (13N) linking both said second end (13J3) of said first section (13J1) and said first end (13M1) of said fourth conduit (13M), and said fifth conduit (13N) linking both said first end (13K2) and said second end (13L2) of said third conduit (13L); said first conduit (13J) and said second conduit (13K) each being connected to a chromatography column connector (11M).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: EMD Millipore Corporation
    Inventors: Jean-Louis Weissenbach, Sebastien Cirou, Virginie Buisson
  • Publication number: 20150204450
    Abstract: The invention concerns a circuit comprising a bag (11) comprising two flexible films (45, 46) and a press (10) comprising a first (14) and a second (13) shell clamping the bag to form pipes having a passage and edges (41); the first shell comprising a valve (20) which comprises a movable member (24) and a pad (31), which pad has a resting configuration in which a second face (33) of the pad is concave and locally delimits a channel (18) and a pinching configuration in which the second face (33) is convex; said movable member and said pad being configured so that, when said valve is in closed position and said pad in pinching configuration, said passage is pinched by said movable member against said second shell channel and said edges (41) are pinched flat by said movable member against said second shell (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Ronald Tuccelli, Sebastien Cirou, Virginie Buisson, Christine Abouayad El Idrissi, Jim Kelly
  • Publication number: 20150190809
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device comprising a circuit comprising a bag (10) comprising two flexible films (65, 66), a press (9) comprising a first shell (16) disposed upright on a front face of a base of the device and a second shell (17) mounted on said first shell, which shells clamp said bag to form conduits (13); said press is provided with a system (170) for jamming at the location of a treatment zone (67) of the bag, which comprises a jamming member (171) provided with at least one jamming nipple (173) and a complementary jamming member (172) provided with a jamming channel (174) configured to receive said nipple; said jamming member (171) and complementary jamming member (172) and said bag (10) being configured in order for the latter to have a portion (175) in said treatment zone in which said films are jammed between said nipple and said channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: Ronald Tuccelli, Sebastien Cirou, Virginie Buisson, Christine Abouayad El Idrissi, Jim Kelly
  • Publication number: 20150013773
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device comprising: a base (2); a moveable or removable door (20), said device having a closed door position; and in the closed door position, a circuit (8) comprising a bag comprising two flexible films and conveying network connectors, and a press (9) comprising a first shell (16) disposed on said front face (5) of said base (2) and a second shell (17) disposed in said door (20); said bag being clamped between said first shell (16) and said second shell (17) in a state in which conduits of said network for conveying liquid are formed between said films.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Sebastien Cirou, Rene Reinbigler, Virginie Buisson, Jean-Louis Weissenbach
  • Publication number: 20150008184
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device comprising a base (2) and a door (20), said device having a closed door position in which a circuit (8) of the device comprises a bag comprising two flexible films and connectors of the conveying network, and a press (9) comprising a first she (16) disposed on a front face (5) of said base (2) and a second shed (17) disposed in said door (20); and a hinge system hinging said door (20) relative to said base (2), and disposed only on one side of said door (20) so as to form lateral clearances between said door (20) and said base (2) over the rest of a perimeter of said door (20)
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Sebastien Cirou, Rene Reinbigler, Virginie Buisson, Jean-Louis Weissenbach
  • Patent number: 8921096
    Abstract: The invention concerns a pump cart for a biological liquid treatment installation, having a first lateral face (40), and a second lateral face (41) by which it is configured to be juxtaposed against a conveying network cart (1) of the installation and a front face (42) meeting the lateral faces (40, 41), and comprising at least one pump (414), a pump support (50) on which is mounted said pump (414), and a guide member for making said pump (414) movable in translation and on which said support (50) is mounted; said support (50) being movable in translation in a direction going from the first lateral face (40) towards the second lateral face (41); whereby said pump (414) is disposed at a predetermined location on said cart (2) depending on the type of treatment carried out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: EMD Millipore Corporation
    Inventors: Jean-Louis Weissenbach, Rene Reinbigler, Virginie Buisson, Christine Abouayad El Idrissi, Sebastien Cirou
  • Patent number: 8906229
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device comprising: a base (2); a moveable or removable door (20), said device having a closed door position; and in the closed door position, a circuit (8) comprising a bag comprising two flexible films and conveying network connectors, and a press (9) comprising a first shell (16) disposed on said front face (5) of said base (2) and a second shell (17) disposed in said door (20); said bag being clamped between said first shell (16) and said second shell (17) in a state in which conduits of said network for conveying liquid are formed between said films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: EMD Millipore Corporation
    Inventors: Sebastien Cirou, Rene Reinbigler, Virginie Buisson, Jean-Louis Weissenbach
  • Patent number: 8900454
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device comprising a base (2) and a door (20), said device having a closed door position in which a circuit (8) of the device comprises a bag comprising two flexible films and connectors of the conveying network, and a press (9) comprising a first shell (16) disposed on a front face (5) of said base (2) and a second shell (17) disposed in said door (20); and a hinge system hinging said door (20) relative to said base (2), and disposed only on one side of said door (20) so as to form lateral clearances between said door (20) and said base (2) over the rest of a perimeter of said door (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: EMD Millipore Corporation
    Inventors: Sebastien Cirou, Rene Reinbigler, Virginie Buisson, Jean-Louis Weissenbach
  • Patent number: 8557113
    Abstract: The cart comprises a lateral face by which it is adapted to be juxtaposed against another cart. It further comprises a first pump, a second pump disposed below said first pump and laterally offset relative thereto, and a tank adapted to receive a feed container provided to contain said biological liquid, said tank being disposed above said first pump and offset laterally relative thereto. The installation comprises one said cart, a filter and a second cart, juxtaposed against said first cart and of which the upper face supports said filter such that an outlet point of said first pump is situated substantially facing an inlet/outlet aperture of said filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: EMD Millipore Corporation
    Inventors: Jean Luc Beulay, Virginie Buisson, Sebastien Cirou, Cecile Delbos, Marc Hlavacek, Frans Mels, Rene Reinbigler, Jean Louis Weissenbach
  • Publication number: 20130236130
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device comprising a base (2) and a door (20), said device having a closed door position in which a circuit (8) of the device comprises a bag comprising two flexible films and connectors of the conveying network, and a press (9) comprising a first shell (16) disposed on a front face (5) of said base (2) and a second shell (17) disposed in said door (20); and a hinge system hinging said door (20) relative to said base (2), and disposed only on one side of said door (20) so as to form lateral clearances between said door (20) and said base (2) over the rest of a perimeter of said door (20)
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: EMD Millipore Corporation
    Inventors: Sebastien Cirou, Rene Reinbigler, Virginie Buisson, Jean-Louis Weissenbach
  • Patent number: 8506798
    Abstract: Installation for treating a biological liquid, including a circulation pump (5), a filter element (9), a container for collecting treated liquid, a first circuit section connecting a source of said biological liquid to an inlet orifice of said filter element (9), including a circuit element adapted to cooperate with said circulation pump (5); a second circuit section, connecting an outlet orifice of said filter element (9) to said treated liquid collecting container; characterized in that said treated liquid collecting container, said first circuit section and said second circuit section are disposable and said installation further includes a first cart (1) carrying said pump (5) and a second cart (2) including a housing (14) for said collecting container, separable from the first cart (1) and adapted to be at least partly nested in said first cart (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: EMD Millipore Corporation
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Beulay, Virginie Buisson, Sebastien Cirou, Cecile Delbos, Marc Hlavacek, Frans Mels, Rene Reinbigler, Jean-Louis Weissenbach