Patents by Inventor Andreas Grill
Andreas Grill 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).
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Publication number: 20230398173Abstract: The present invention relates to delayed release pharmaceutical compositions comprising linaclotide or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, as well as to various methods and processes for the preparation and use of the compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2023Publication date: December 14, 2023Inventors: Angelika Fretzen, Mark G. Currie, Ahmad Hashash, Mahendra Dedhiya, Yun Mo, Anil Chhettry, Matthew Miller, Ritesh Sanghvi, Mohammad Mafruhul Bari, Andreas Grill
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Publication number: 20230142270Abstract: The present invention relates to delayed release pharmaceutical compositions comprising linaclotide or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, as well as to various methods and processes for the preparation and use of the compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2022Publication date: May 11, 2023Inventors: Angelika Fretzen, Mark G. Currie, Ahmad Hashash, Mahendra Dedhiya, Yun Mo, Anil Chhettry, Matthew Miller, Ritesh Sanghvi, Mohammad Mafruhul Bari, Andreas Grill
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Patent number: 11585231Abstract: A device is provided comprising an expansion machine for generating mechanical energy by expanding vapor of a working medium; a generator connected to a shaft of the expansion machine and used for generating electric energy from mechanical energy of the expansion machine; wherein the expansion machine and the generator form a structural unit with an exhaust vapor chamber between the expansion machine and the generator, and wherein, when the expansion machine is in operation, working medium expanded into the exhaust vapor chamber contacts the generator; and means for feeding, in particular injecting, a liquid working medium into the exhaust vapor chamber. Also provided is an ORC device comprising the device and a method for operating the device.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: BITZER KÜHLMASCHINENBAU GMBHInventors: Richard Aumann, Andreas Grill, Roy Langer, Andreas Schuster
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Publication number: 20220370479Abstract: Provided is a method of forming a copper-containing complex, including contacting a sample containing copper with a compound of Formula I: wherein R is —OH or —O—CH3. Also provided is a method of inhibiting enzymatic activity of a kinase in a sample, including contacting the sample with a compound of Formula I. Further provided is a method of administering to a subject a pharmaceutical composition including a compound of Formula I optionally complexed with copper. Also provided is a pharmaceutical composition including copper complexed with a compound of Formula I.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2022Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicants: COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY, DEPYMED, INC.Inventors: Nicholas TONKS, Navasona KRISHNAN, Andreas GRILL, Howard SARD
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Patent number: 11406647Abstract: Provided is a method of forming a copper-containing complex, including contacting a sample containing copper with a compound of Formula I: wherein R is —OH or —O—CH3. Also provided is a method of inhibiting enzymatic activity of a kinase in a sample, including contacting the sample with a compound of Formula I. Further provided is a method of administering to a subject a pharmaceutical composition including a compound of Formula I optionally complexed with copper. Also provided is a pharmaceutical composition including copper complexed with a compound of Formula I.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2018Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignees: COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY, DEPYMED, INC.Inventors: Nicholas Tonks, Navasona Krishnan, Andreas Grill, Howard Sard
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Publication number: 20210261602Abstract: Compounds of formula: are described herein. The compounds selectively complex copper and are therefore useful both abiotically for measuring and detecting small amounts of copper and, in biological systems, for treating diseases associated with inappropriate copper levels, such as Wilson's disease and gastric cancer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2019Publication date: August 26, 2021Applicants: COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY, DEPYMED, INC.Inventors: Nicholas TONKS, Navasona KRISHNAN, Andreas GRILL
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Publication number: 20210215058Abstract: A device is provided comprising an expansion machine for generating mechanical energy by expanding vapor of a working medium; a generator connected to a shaft of the expansion machine and used for generating electric energy from mechanical energy of the expansion machine; wherein the expansion machine and the generator form a structural unit with an exhaust vapor chamber between the expansion machine and the generator, and wherein, when the expansion machine is in operation, working medium expanded into the exhaust vapor chamber contacts the generator; and means for feeding, in particular injecting, a liquid working medium into the exhaust vapor chamber. Also provided is an ORC device comprising the device and a method for operating the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2021Publication date: July 15, 2021Applicants: Orcan Energy AG, Bitzer Kühlmaschinenbau GmbHInventors: Richard Aumann, Andreas Grill, Roy Langer, Andreas Schuster
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Patent number: 10968766Abstract: The invention relates to a device comprising: an expansion machine for generating mechanical energy by expanding vapor of a working medium; a generator connected to a shaft of the expansion machine and used for generating electric energy from mechanical energy of the expansion machine; wherein the expansion machine and the generator form a structural unit with an exhaust vapor chamber between the expansion machine and the generator, and wherein, when the expansion machine is in operation, working medium expanded into the exhaust vapor chamber contacts the generator; and means for feeding, in particular injecting, a liquid working medium into the exhaust vapor chamber. The invention also relates to an ORC device comprising the device according to the present invention and to a method for operating the device according to the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2014Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignees: ORCAN ENERGY AG, Bitzer Küühlmaschinenbau GmbHInventors: Richard Aumann, Andreas Grill, Roy Langer, Andreas Schuster
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Publication number: 20200376006Abstract: Provided is a method of forming a copper-containing complex, including contacting a sample containing copper with a compound of Formula I: wherein R is —OH or —O—CH3. Also provided is a method of inhibiting enzymatic activity of a kinase in a sample, including contacting the sample with a compound of Formula I. Further provided is a method of administering to a subject a pharmaceutical composition including a compound of Formula I optionally complexed with copper. Also provided is a pharmaceutical composition including copper complexed with a compound of Formula I.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2018Publication date: December 3, 2020Applicants: COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY, DEPYMED, INC.Inventors: Nicholas TONKS, Navasona KRISHNAN, Andreas GRILL, Howard SARD
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Publication number: 20200222541Abstract: The present invention is directed to stable linaclotide compositions and methods of treating gastrointestinal disorders in patients in need thereof by providing the stable linaclotide compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2019Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventors: Ritesh Sanghvi, Matthew Miller, Andreas Grill, Yun Mo, Mohammad Mafruhul Bari, Matthew Ronsheim, Joseph Stainkamp
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Patent number: 10480515Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling a pump, in particular a centrifugal pump, during pumping of a liquid, comprising the following steps: fixing a setpoint value of a flow rate of the pump; measuring an inlet pressure of the liquid upstream of the pump and an outlet pressure of the liquid downstream of the pump; determining a setpoint value of a rotational speed of the pump from a performance map of the pump, wherein the fixed setpoint value of the flow rate and a difference between the outlet pressure and the inlet pressure are incorporated into the performance map as input values; and setting the rotational speed of the pump to the setpoint value of the rotational speed. Furthermore, the invention relates to a corresponding device for controlling a pump.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2014Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: ORCAN ENERGY AGInventors: Jens-Patrick Springer, Andreas Grill, Richard Aumann, Andreas Schuster
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Patent number: 10352197Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting a leak in a thermodynamic cycle device with a condenser for condensing vaporous working medium, comprising the following steps: determining sub-cooling of the working medium in the condenser, wherein sub-cooling is determined as a difference between a condensation temperature in the condenser and a temperature of a liquid working medium exiting the condenser; detecting a leak in the event that the sub-cooling determined differs from a setpoint value for the sub-cooling or in the event that a filling quantity of the working medium in the thermodynamic cycle device, being determined from the determined sub-cooling, differs from a setpoint value for the filling quantity. The invention further relates to a corresponding computer program product and to a corresponding device.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2015Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: ORCAN ENERGY AGInventors: Andreas Grill, Jens-Patrick Springer, Richard Aumann, Roy Langer, Daniela Walter, Andreas Schuster
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Patent number: 10329961Abstract: The invention relates to a method for regulating a condenser in a thermal cycle apparatus, in particular in an ORC apparatus, wherein the thermal cycle apparatus comprises a feed pump for conveying liquid working medium with an increase in pressure to an evaporator, the evaporator for evaporating and optionally additionally superheating the working medium with a supply of heat, an expansion machine for generating mechanical energy by expansion of the evaporated working medium, a generator for at least partially converting the mechanical energy into electrical energy, and the condenser for condensing the expanded working medium, and wherein the method comprises the following steps: determining a rotational speed of the generator or of the expansion machine; determining, without the use of a temperature sensor, a temperature of cooling air supplied from the condenser; determining from the determined generator or expansion machine rotational speed and the determined cooling air temperature, a condensation setpoiType: GrantFiled: September 3, 2014Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: ORCAN ENERGY AGInventors: Jens-Patrick Springer, Andreas Grill
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Patent number: 10247046Abstract: The invention relates to a thermodynamic cycle apparatus, comprising: a working medium; an evaporator for evaporating the working medium; an expansion machine; a condenser, and a pump, wherein the geometrical arrangement of the evaporator is selected such that the condensed working medium can flow from the condenser to the evaporator by force of gravity and the working medium can circulate in a closed circuit via the evaporator and the condenser wherein a predetermined head height of the liquid working medium can be provided at the pump. The invention additionally relates to a method of starting the thermodynamic cycle apparatus the method comprising the following steps: applying heat to the evaporator and evaporating the working medium in the evaporator, wherein the working medium is caused to flow to the condenser; condensing the working medium in the condenser; starting the pump when a predetermined head height of the working medium at the pump is reached or exceeded.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2014Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: ORCAN ENERGY AGInventors: Andreas Schuster, Asim Celik, Andreas Grill, Jens-Patrick Springer, Daniela Gewald, Richard Aumann
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Patent number: 10100682Abstract: The invention relates to a thermodynamic circuit process device comprising a working medium having a lubricant additive; an expansion machine (5) for converting enthalpy in the working medium into mechanical energy; a multi-stage pressure-increasing apparatus (1) for the step-by-step pressurization of the working medium; a means (4) for branching a part of the working medium between two stages of the multi-stage pressure-increasing apparatus (1); and a means (4) for feeding the branched off part of the working medium to one or a plurality of bearing points of the expansion machine. The invention further relates to a corresponding method for lubricating an expansion machine in a thermodynamic circuit process device.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2013Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: ORCAN ENERGY AGInventors: Andreas Grill, Jens-Patrick Springer, Gabor Ast, Andreas Sichert, Richard Aumann, Andreas Schuster
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Publication number: 20170281774Abstract: The present invention is directed to stable linaclotide compositions and methods of treating gastrointestinal disorders in patients in need thereof by providing the stable linaclotide compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2017Publication date: October 5, 2017Inventors: Ritesh Sanghvi, Matthew Miller, Andreas Grill, Yun Mo, Mohammad Mafruhul Bari, Matthew Ronsheim, Joseph Stainkamp
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Publication number: 20170030227Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting a leak in a thermodynamic cycle device with a condenser for condensing vaporous working medium, comprising the following steps: determining sub-cooling of the working medium in the condenser, wherein sub-cooling is determined as a difference between a condensation temperature in the condenser and a temperature of a liquid working medium exiting the condenser; detecting a leak in the event that the sub-cooling determined differs from a setpoint value for the sub-cooling or in the event that a filling quantity of the working medium in the thermodynamic cycle device, being determined from the determined sub-cooling, differs from a setpoint value for the filling quantity. The invention further relates to a corresponding computer program product and to a corresponding device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2015Publication date: February 2, 2017Inventors: Andreas Grill, Jens-Patrick Springer, Richard Aumann, Roy Langer, Daniela Gewald, Andreas Schuster
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Publication number: 20170002693Abstract: The invention relates to a method for regulating a condenser in a thermal cycle apparatus, in particular in an ORC apparatus, wherein the thermal cycle apparatus comprises a feed pump for conveying liquid working medium with an increase in pressure to an evaporator, the evaporator for evaporating and optionally additionally superheating the working medium with a supply of heat, an expansion machine for generating mechanical energy by expansion of the evaporated working medium, a generator for at least partially converting the mechanical energy into electrical energy, and the condenser for condensing the expanded working medium, and wherein the method comprises the following steps: determining a rotational speed of the generator or of the expansion machine; determining, without the use of a temperature sensor, a temperature of cooling air supplied from the condenser; determining from the determined generator or expansion machine rotational speed and the determined cooling air temperature, a condensation setpoiType: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2014Publication date: January 5, 2017Inventors: Jens-Patrick SPRINGER, Andreas GRILL
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Publication number: 20160324968Abstract: The present invention is directed to stable linaclotide compositions and methods of treating gastrointestinal disorders in patients in need thereof by providing the stable linaclotide compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2016Publication date: November 10, 2016Inventors: Ritesh Sanghvi, Matthew Miller, Andreas Grill, Yun Mo, Mohammad Mafruhul Bari, Matthew Ronsheim, Joseph Stainkamp
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Publication number: 20160319691Abstract: The invention relates to a device comprising: an expansion machine for generating mechanical energy by expanding vapor of a working medium; a generator connected to a shaft of the expansion machine and used for generating electric energy from mechanical energy of the expansion machine; wherein the expansion machine and the generator form a structural unit with an exhaust vapor chamber between the expansion machine and the generator, and wherein, when the expansion machine is in operation, working medium expanded into the exhaust vapor chamber contacts the generator; and means for feeding, in particular injecting, a liquid working medium into the exhaust vapor chamber. The invention also relates to an ORC device comprising the device according to the present invention and to a method for operating the device according to the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2014Publication date: November 3, 2016Inventors: Richard Aumann, Andreas Grill, Roy Langer, Andreas Schuster