Patents by Inventor Anders Löfgren

Anders Löfgren 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: 20110186451
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical container systems, and to prefilled container inserts for use therein, for mixing two or more ingredients of a pharmaceutical product. The prefilled container insert of one embodiment comprises a molded container casing having walls, a bottom and an open top for receiving a solid component, a resilient stopper for sealing the open top of the molded container casing, and a bottom disc formed by a weakening rim in the bottom periphery of the molded container casing. The bottom disc is openable to allow mixing of the prefilled solid component with a diluents fluid of the pharmaceutical container system by introducing a spike through the resilient stopper applying a pushing force on the bottom disc, by which force the weakening rim is broken and the container is opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Pontus Dersjö, Anders Löfgren
  • Patent number: 7946449
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a blister pack device for dispensing a dosage unit from a blister pack. The blister pack has at least one blister and a lid foil. The device comprises a first arm and a second lever arm hingedly connected to each other, the first arm comprises an aperture through which the dosage unit can be ejected. The lever arm comprises a protruding member for pressing out a dosage unit from the blister when the lever arm is lowered down onto the blister positioned on the first arm. The protruding member comprises a first section for applying a pressing force on the dosage unit inside the blister to initiate the breaking of the lid foil of the blister pack and a second section for distributing the pressing force over the dosage unit and for ejecting the dosage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Maria Benktzon, Sofia Jacobsson, Anders Löfgren, Thomas Nilsson, Ulrika Vejbrink
  • Publication number: 20100193536
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a blister pack device for dispensing a dosage unit from a blister pack. The blister pack has at least one blister and a lid foil. The device comprises a first arm and a second lever arm hingedly connected to each other, the first arm comprises an aperture through which the dosage unit can be ejected. The lever arm comprises a protruding member for pressing out a dosage unit from the blister when the lever arm is lowered down onto the blister positioned on the first arm. The protruding member comprises a first section for applying a pressing force on the dosage unit inside the blister to initiate the breaking of the lid foil of the blister pack and a second section for distributing the pressing force over the dosage unit and for ejecting the dosage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: ASTRAZENECA AB
    Inventors: Maria Benktzon, Sofia Jacobsson, Anders Löfgren, Thomas Nilsson, Ulrika Vejbrink
  • Patent number: 6627443
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new color compositions which are especially suitable to be used in oxygen indicators. The compositions comprise iron(II), an agent containing pyrogallol entities and an organic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Fresenius Kabi AB
    Inventors: Åke Stenholm, Lars Karlsson, Anders Löfgren, Bo Nystrom, Otto Skolling
  • Patent number: 6399387
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new color compositions which are especially suitable to be used in oxygen indicators. The compositions comprise iron(II), an agent containing pyrogallol entities and an organic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: Pharmacia AB
    Inventors: Åke Stenholm, Lars Karlsson, Anders Löfgren, Bo Nyström, Otto Skolling
  • Patent number: D570171
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Maria Benktzon, Anders Löfgren, Sofia Jacobsson, Thomas Nilsson, Ulrika Vejbrink
  • Patent number: D582240
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Maria Benktzon, Anders Löfgren, Sofia Jacobsson, Thomas Nilsson, Ulrika Vejbrink