Patents by Inventor Alan Stockdale

Alan Stockdale 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: 20240121372
    Abstract: A bioreactor system includes a housing configured to house and support a vessel, a stereo camera having first and second imagers secured to the housing, the stereo camera configured to image a surface of a liquid and a foam exposed to a headspace of the vessel. The system further includes a controller operatively connected to the stereo camera and the stereo camera and controller are configured to create an image of the exposed surface and identify foam on the surface based on the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: GLOBAL LIFE SCIENCES SOLUTIONS USA LLC
    Inventor: ALAN STOCKDALE
  • Publication number: 20240026274
    Abstract: A foam identification system including a thermal imaging camera and a controller connected to the thermal imaging camera. The thermal imaging camera images a surface of a liquid in a vessel that is exposed to a headspace of the vessel. The headspace being either warmer or cooler than the liquid. The camera and the controller detect a change in temperature of the exposed surface of the liquid to identify foam on the exposed surface of the liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: GLOBAL LIFE SCIENCES SOLUTIONS USA LLC
    Inventors: JEFFREY SOCHA, ALAN STOCKDALE, DANIEL STELLA
  • Publication number: 20230053902
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for manufacturing biologically-produced pharmaceutical products. Some of the systems described herein comprise an upstream component comprising a bioreactor and at least one filter (e.g., a filter probe) integrated with a downstream component comprising a purification module comprising at least a first partitioning unit and a second partitioning unit. In some embodiments; these integrated biomanufacturing systems may be operated under continuous or conditions and may be capable of efficiently producing pure, high-quality pharmaceutical products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicants: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Inventors: J. Christopher Love, Kerry R. Love, Laura Crowell, Alan Stockdale, Richard Dean Braatz, Amos Enshen Lu, Steven Cramer, Steven Timmick, Nicholas Vecchiarello, Chaz Goodwine, Craig A. Mascarenhas
  • Publication number: 20200372241
    Abstract: Described herein are systems, methods, and apparatus for automatically identifying and recovering individual cells of interest from a sample of biological matter, e.g., a biological fluid. Also described are methods of enriching a cell type of interest. These systems, methods, and apparatus allow for coordinated performance of two or more of the following, e.g., all with the same device, thereby enabling high throughput: cell enrichment, cell identification, and individual cell recovery for further analysis (e.g., sequencing) of individual recovered cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Viktor A. Adalsteinsson, Denis Loginov, J. Christopher Love, Alan Stockdale, Todd Gierahn
  • Patent number: 10776608
    Abstract: Described herein are systems, methods, and apparatus for automatically identifying and recovering individual cells of interest from a sample of biological matter, e.g., a biological fluid. Also described are methods of enriching a cell type of interest. These systems, methods, and apparatus allow for coordinated performance of two or more of the following, e.g., all with the same device, thereby enabling high throughput: cell enrichment, cell identification, and individual cell recovery for further analysis (e.g., sequencing) of individual recovered cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Viktor A. Adalsteinsson, Denis Loginov, J. Christopher Love, Alan Stockdale, Todd Gierahn
  • Publication number: 20200251186
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating and evaluating candidate sequences of partitioning steps to partition at least one biologically produced product from at least one impurity. In some embodiments, a plurality of candidate sequences of partitioning steps may be generated, wherein at least one candidate sequence of the plurality of candidate sequences comprises a plurality of partitioning steps in a specified order. The plurality of candidate sequences may be evaluated. For instance, a data set associated with the at least one partitioning step may be accessed, the data set comprising: first data indicative of a behavior of the at least one biologically produced product with respect to the at least one partitioning step; and second data indicative of a behavior of the at least one impurity with respect to the at least one partitioning step. The at least one candidate sequence may be scored based at least in part on the data set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicants: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Inventors: J. Christopher Love, Kerry R. Love, Steven Cramer, Steven Timmick, Nicholas Vecchiarello, Chaz Goodwine, Laura Crowell, Alan Stockdale, Richard Dean Braatz, Amos Enshen Lu
  • Publication number: 20200224144
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for manufacturing biologically-produced pharmaceutical products. Some of the systems described herein comprise an upstream component comprising a bioreactor and at least one filter (e.g., a filter probe) integrated with a downstream component comprising a purification module comprising at least a first partitioning unit and a second partitioning unit. In some embodiments, these integrated biomanufacturing systems may be operated under continuous or conditions and may be capable of efficiently producing pure, high-quality pharmaceutical products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicants: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Inventors: J. Christopher Love, Kerry R. Love, Laura Crowell, Alan Stockdale, Richard Dean Braatz, Amos Enshen Lu, Steven Cramer, Steven Timmick, Nicholas Vecchiarello, Chaz Goodwine, Craig A. Mascarenhas
  • Publication number: 20190005304
    Abstract: Described herein are systems, methods, and apparatus for automatically identifying and recovering individual cells of interest from a sample of biological matter, e.g., a biological fluid. Also described are methods of enriching a cell type of interest. These systems, methods, and apparatus allow for coordinated performance of two or more of the following, e.g., all with the same device, thereby enabling high throughput: cell enrichment, cell identification, and individual cell recovery for further analysis (e.g., sequencing) of individual recovered cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Viktor A. Adalsteinsson, Denis Loginov, J. Christopher Love, Alan Stockdale, Todd Gierahn
  • Patent number: 10078778
    Abstract: Described herein are systems, methods, and apparatus for automatically identifying and recovering individual cells of interest from a sample of biological matter, e.g., a biological fluid. Also described are methods of enriching a cell type of interest. These systems, methods, and apparatus allow for coordinated performance of two or more of the following, e.g., all with the same device, thereby enabling high throughput: cell enrichment, cell identification, and individual cell recovery for further analysis (e.g., sequencing) of individual recovered cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Viktor A. Adalsteinsson, Denis Loginov, J. Christopher Love, Alan Stockdale, Todd Gierahn
  • Patent number: 9953209
    Abstract: Described herein are systems, methods, and apparatus for automatically identifying and recovering individual cells of interest from a sample of biological matter, e.g., a biological fluid. Also described are methods of enriching a cell type of interest. These systems, methods, and apparatus allow for coordinated performance of two or more of the following, e.g., all with the same device, thereby enabling high throughput: cell enrichment, cell identification, and individual cell recovery for further analysis (e.g., sequencing) of individual recovered cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Viktor A. Adalsteinsson, Denis Loginov, J. Christopher Love, Alan Stockdale, Todd Gierahn
  • Publication number: 20160217315
    Abstract: Described herein are systems, methods, and apparatus for automatically identifying and recovering individual cells of interest from a sample of biological matter, e.g., a biological fluid. Also described are methods of enriching a cell type of interest. These systems, methods, and apparatus allow for coordinated performance of two or more of the following, e.g., all with the same device, thereby enabling high throughput: cell enrichment, cell identification, and individual cell recovery for further analysis (e.g., sequencing) of individual recovered cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Viktor A. Adalsteinsson, Denis Loginov, J. Christopher Love, Alan Stockdale, Todd Gierahn
  • Publication number: 20160209319
    Abstract: Described herein are systems, methods, and apparatus for automatically identifying and recovering individual cells of interest from a sample of biological matter, e.g., a biological fluid. Also described are methods of enriching a cell type of interest. These systems, methods, and apparatus allow for coordinated performance of two or more of the following, e.g., all with the same device, thereby enabling high throughput: cell enrichment, cell identification, and individual cell recovery for further analysis (e.g., sequencing) of individual recovered cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Viktor A. Adalsteinsson, Denis Loginov, J. Christopher Love, Alan Stockdale, Todd Gierahn