Patents Assigned to Hoffman
  • Publication number: 20220319003
    Abstract: Methods and systems disclosed herein relate generally to systems and methods for predicting a future visual acuity of a subject by using machine-learning models. An image of at least part of a retina of a subject can be processed by one or more first machine-learning models to detect a set of retina-related segments. Segment-specific metrics that characterize a retina-related segment of the set of retina-related segments can be generated. The segment-specific metrics can be processed by using a second machine-learning model to generate a result corresponding to a prediction corresponding to a future visual acuity of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Felix ALBRECHT, Filippo ARCADU, Fethallah BENMANSOUR, Yun LI, Andreas MAUNZ, Jayashree SAHNI, Andreas THALHAMMER, Yan-Ping ZHANG SCHAERER
  • Patent number: 11460361
    Abstract: A force testing machine (FTM) validation apparatus is disclosed for validating a test process involving a force testing machine to measure forces involved in operation of a syringe arrangement. Particularly a syringe arrangement that includes a staked-in needle prefilled syringe and a needle safety device cooperating with the staked-in needle prefilled syringe. The FTM validation apparatus includes a syringe arrangement surrogate, and a holder arranged to support the syringe arrangement surrogate in a predefined position and orientation in the force testing machine. The syringe arrangement surrogate includes a break loose part arranged to mimic a break loose force of the syringe arrangement and an injection force part arranged to mimic an injection force of the syringe arrangement. Methods are also disclosed for validating a test process that measures forces involved in operation of a syringe arrangement and for measuring forces involved in operation of the syringe arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: HOFFMAN-LA ROCHE INC.
    Inventors: Sascha Dreher, Martin Vogelmann, Thorben Hammerich, Eva Conraths, Paolo Moroni, Georg Cramm
  • Publication number: 20220288000
    Abstract: The invention relates to tyrosine hydroxylase inhibitor compositions and methods of preparing and administering thereof. Specifically, the invention relates to an oral chewable formulation of a tyrosine hydroxylase inhibitor, particularly ?-methyl-DL-tyrosine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: HOFFMAN TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Steven Hoffman, John Rothman
  • Patent number: 11432429
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide an adjustable barrier assembly for enclosure, and related methods of installation. The adjustable barrier assembly includes a barrier panel that includes a first panel slidable relative to a second panel to accommodate different depths of different enclosures. The assembly further includes a top support bracket, an upper barrier plate, a bottom support bracket, and a lower barrier plate. Each of the upper barrier plate and the lower barrier plate can be secured to the top support bracket and the bottom support bracket, respectively, at different relative orientations in order to accommodate different heights of different enclosures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Hoffman Enclosures Inc.
    Inventors: Gerardo Villegas Hinojosa, Alejandro Usiel Hernandez Villa, Omar Alejandro Rodriguez Perez, Selene Hernandez Ariguznaga
  • Patent number: 11408456
    Abstract: An enclosure can have an enclosure body, the enclosure body can include an enclosure frame, and a first enclosure flange. The enclosure can have a center post having a first end and an opposite second end, the first end can include a first center post flange having a hole extending therethrough. The enclosure can include a gasket having a gasket hole therethrough, and a threaded fastener to threadingly engage the hole. The threaded fastener can be configured to rotate in a first direction while threadingly engaged with the hole, and the threaded fastener can contact the first enclosure flange to increase a distance between the first enclosure flange and the first center post flange in order to receive the gasket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Hoffman Enclosures Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph Ricke
  • Patent number: 11401554
    Abstract: Genotyping methods and compositions for selecting patients with cardiovascular disease who will benefit from treatment with HDL-raising or HDL mimicking agent, in particular with a CETP inhibitor/modulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Marie-Pierre Dube, Jean-Claude Tardif
  • Patent number: 11377678
    Abstract: Herein is reported a method for the production of an immunoglobulin comprising the following steps: a) providing a eukaryotic cell comprising a nucleic acid encoding the immunoglobulin, b) cultivating the eukaryotic cell in a cultivation medium wherein the amount of glucose available in the cultivation medium per time unit is kept constant and limited to less than 80% of the amount that could maximally be utilized by the cells in the cultivation medium per time unit, and c) recovering the immunoglobulin from the culture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignees: Hoffman-La Roche Inc., Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Reinhard Franze, Chikashi Hirashima, Thomas Link, Yoshinori Takagi, Shinya Takuma, Yuriko Tsuda
  • Patent number: 11371006
    Abstract: The invention relates to a comparison unit (130) configured for determining if a first pH measuring device of a first tank (104; 106) is affected by a pH-measuring problem, the comparison unit being configured for: —receiving a first CO2 concentration and a first pH value, the first CO2 concentration being a CO2 concentration of a first gas volume above a medium in a first tank, the first CO2 concentration and the first pH value being measured at a first time when the medium in the first tank is in pH-CO2 equilibrium state with the first gas volume and before said equilibrium state is modified by the metabolism of a cell culture in the first tank, the first pH value being a measured value provided by a first pH measuring device operatively coupled to the first tank (102); —receiving a second CO2 concentration and a second pH value, the second CO2 concentration being a CO2 concentration of a second gas volume above a medium in a second tank, the second CO2 concentration and the second pH value being measured a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche, Inc.
    Inventors: Detlef Eisenkraetzer, Christian Klinger, Katrin Greppmair
  • Patent number: 11340003
    Abstract: A system or method can be used to monitor operations of a heat exchanger, such as a condenser of an air conditioning system, that includes a header plate. A temperature sensor can be secured to the header plate to measure a temperature of the header plate as a proxy for a temperature or a pressure of a working fluid of the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Hoffman Enclosures, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Rasmussen, William Hanson
  • Patent number: 11313770
    Abstract: Methods and systems for online sampling an aliquot from a mobile phase comprising an analyte for producing a pharmaceutical or chemical product, wherein the apparatus comprises an analytical device and a tube between an inlet and an outlet, wherein the outlet is in fluid communication with the analytical device, the method comprising: providing a sample device comprising a needle with a needle tip, a septum pierceable by the needle and a pump, wherein the needle is moveable between an extended position in which the septum is pierced by the needle, and a retracted position, in which the septum is not pierced, disposing the sample device at the curved portion of the tube, moving the needle to the extended position such that the needle tip faces the flow direction, and drawing out an aliquot out of the mobile phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: HOFFMAN-LA ROCHE INC.
    Inventors: Benedikt Scheidecker, Reinhard Braaz, Josef Vinnemeier, Agathe Justine Ballin
  • Patent number: 11286840
    Abstract: A shroud assembly can include a support frame with a locking slot and a hinge slot, and a shroud with a first pin and a second pin. The locking slot can receive the first pin to secure the shroud in a closed configuration. The hinge slot can receive the second pin to support the shroud in the closed configuration, in an open configuration, and during hinging of the shroud between the closed and open configurations. A tab can engage a notch to support the shroud at a predetermined angle relative to the support frame when the shroud is in the open configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Hoffman Enclosures, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Thibedeau, Seng Chang, Michael Koehler
  • Patent number: 11117890
    Abstract: The present invention provides substituted isoindole compounds which are selective allosteric EGFR inhibitors, their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as therapeutically active substances, generally of Formula: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Hoffman La-Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Georg Jaeschke, Antonio Ricci, Daniel Rueher, Sandra Steiner, Martin Duplessis, Yvonne Alice Nagel, Bernd Kuhn
  • Patent number: 11083112
    Abstract: A thermal management system for an enclosure containing electrical components includes a cooling unit for controlling temperature inside the enclosure and a controller for the cooling unit, the controller being configured so that it can receive a three-phase power input signal and distribute power and control connected components using the three-phase signal. The controller can protect the compressor in critical scenarios such as thermal overload and overcurrent. The controller can output various faults such as missing phase alarm, imbalance phase alarm, overcurrent alarm, thermal overload alarm, door open alarm, and temperature and pressure alarms. An auto phase sequence correction controls the phase relay, accepting 3 phase 480 VAC power input from facility power terminal, supplying 3 phase power to the compressor and motor impellers, 12V DC power to a display unit, and 24V DC power to a remote access control module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Hoffman Enclosures, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn A. Thao, Mark J. Sowada, Michael Rasmussen, Jason Dickmann, Victor Divine, William J. Hanson
  • Patent number: 11072446
    Abstract: A method of preparing a double chamber container is disclosed that includes filling a substance into the container, freeze-drying the substance therein, inserting a middle plunger in the container to form distal and proximal chambers, wherein the middle plunger seals the distal chamber from the proximal chamber and the freeze-dried substance is inside the distal chamber. The method includes filling a reconstitution medium in the proximal chamber, and sealing distal and proximal openings of the container. The method includes providing a holder having a seat and arranging the container in the seat in an upright position wherein a distal end side of the container extends downwardly and a proximal end side of the container extends upwardly. The container is arranged in the seat while the substance is filled, the substance is freeze-dried, the middle plunger is inserted, the reconstitution medium is filled, and the proximal opening is sealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: HOFFMAN-LA ROCHE INC.
    Inventors: Tobias Werk, Jörg Lümkemann, Hanns-Christian Mahler
  • Patent number: 11001555
    Abstract: The invention provides novel compounds having the general formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, A, X and R11 are as described herein, compositions including the compounds and methods of using the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Benoit Hornsperger, Hans P. Maerki, Peter Mohr, Michael Reutlinger, Markus Rudolph
  • Patent number: 10954695
    Abstract: An interlock for an enclosure can include a primary door activator with an activator arm, a secondary door activator, and a rotatable arrangement that links the primary and secondary door activators. The activator arm can block a primary door of the enclosure from being closed when the activator arm is in an open configuration. The activator arm can be configured to rotate with the rotatable arrangement in a first direction towards the open configuration as the primary door is opened, and in a second direction away from the open configuration as the primary door is closed. The secondary door activator can be configured to engage the rotatable arrangement to prevent rotation of the rotatable arrangement when the secondary door is open, and to permit rotation of the rotatable arrangement when the secondary door is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Hoffman Enclosures, Inc.
    Inventors: William Anderson, Kevin Roof, Krystal Jamison, Alkhalil Alkindi, Taylor Farber, Csaba Andrasfi
  • Patent number: 10870626
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to processes for preparing (cyclopentyl[d]pyrimidin-4-yl)piperazine compounds, and more particularly relates to processes for preparing (R)-4-(5-methyl-7-oxo-6,7-dihydro-5H-cyclopenta[d] pyrimidin-4-yl)piperazine and N-protected derivatives thereof, which may be used as an intermediate in the synthesis of Ipatasertib (i.e., (S)-2-(4-chlorophenyl)-1-(4-((5R,7R)-7-hydroxy-5-methyl-6,7-dihydro-5H-cyclopenta[d]pyrimidin-4-yl)piperazin-1-yl)-3-(isopropylamino)-propan-1-one). The present disclosure additionally relates to various compounds that are intermediates employed in these processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignees: F. Hoffman-La Roche AG, Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Francis Gosselin, Chong Han, Hans Iding, Reinhard Reents, Scott Savage, Beat Wirz
  • Patent number: 10851101
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds of Formula (I): and forms thereof, including compositions thereof and uses therewith for treating spinal muscular atrophy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignees: PTC Therapeutics, Inc., F. Hoffman-La Roche AG
    Inventors: Hongyan Qi, Soongyu Choi, Amal Dakka, Gary Mitchell Karp, Jana Narasimhan, Nikolai Naryshkin, Anthony A. Turpoff, Marla L. Weetall, Ellen Welch, Matthew G. Woll, Tianle Yang, Nanjing Zhang, Xiaoyan Zhang, Xin Zhao, Luke Green, Emmanuel Pinard, Hasane Ratni
  • Patent number: 10846848
    Abstract: An image processing system configured to receive a first fluorescence image generically indicating the presence of biological matter; transform the first image into a transformed first image having a first color; for each of the biomarkers, receive a respective second fluorescence image indicating signals emitted by fluorescence stain selectively staining the biomarker, transforming the second images into a respective transformed second images having a respective second color; overlaying and combining the transformed first and second images; storing and/or displaying the combined image as the simulated digital bright field IHC or ISH image. The first image is created using an autofluorescence reference spectrum of the tissue sample or of a similar tissue sample or by using a fluorescence reference spectrum of a first stain which generically binds to biological matter of the tissue sample for spectrally unmixing of a multi-spectral digital image of the tissue sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventor: Eldad Klaiman
  • Patent number: D966199
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Hoffman Enclosures Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Cheng-Chi Yang, Byron James Madden, Ryan Mac McClister