Patents Represented by Attorney Elizabeth J. Reagan
  • Patent number: 8321145
    Abstract: This invention relates to a cell expansion system and to a method of determining when to harvest cells from the cell expansion system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Terumo BCT, Inc.
    Inventor: Glen Delbert Antwiler
  • Patent number: 8309347
    Abstract: Cell expansion systems and methods of use are provided. The cell expansion systems generally include a hollow fiber cell growth chamber, and first and second circulation loops (intracapillary loops and extracapillary loops) associated with the interior of the hollow fibers and exterior of the hollow fibers, respectively. Detachable flow circuits and methods of expanding cells are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Terumo BCT, Inc.
    Inventor: Glen Delbert Antwiler
  • Patent number: 8173027
    Abstract: Method for separating a volume of composite liquid into at least a first component and a second component including centrifuging a separation bag containing a volume of composite liquid and a volume of gas so as to sediment at least a first component and a second component separation bag; displacing a volume of hydraulic fluid against the separation bag to cause a transfer of at least one fraction of the content of the separation bag into at least one component bag connected to the separation bag; determining the volume of hydraulic fluid displaced and determining the volume of the composite liquid or the transferred components from the determined volume of displaced hydraulic fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Terumo BCT, Inc.
    Inventors: Niclas Högberg, Brian M. Holmes, Briden Ray Stanton, Lars Persson, Lars Strandberg, Peter Pihlstedt