Patents by Inventor Annika Lubitz

Annika Lubitz 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).

  • Culture system and method for immunogenicity and immunofunction testing in vitro
    Patent number: 8911995
    Abstract: The invention provides a culture device comprising a plurality of culture units, wherein each unit comprises a culture chamber, an inlet port for liquid supply of the culture and an outlet port for discharging liquid from the unit, wherein the inlet port is in fluid communication with the culture chamber and the culture chamber is in fluid communication with the outlet port for allowing a liquid flow through the culture chamber. The culture device is particularly suitable for testing immune cells and immunofunction in vitro. Aspects of the invention include a culture device and associated methods for cultivating immune cells and an in vitro method of analysing the effect of a test compound on immune cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: ProBioGen AG
    Inventors: Richard Ammer, Christian Demmler, Uwe Marx, Annika Lubitz, Michael Sacharjat, Christoph Giese
  • CULTURE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMMUNOGENICITY AND IMMUNOFUNCTION TESTING IN VITRO
    Publication number: 20110312512
    Abstract: The invention provides a culture device comprising a plurality of culture units, wherein each unit comprises a culture chamber, an inlet port for liquid supply of the culture and an outlet port for discharging liquid from the unit, wherein the inlet port is in fluid communication with the culture chamber and the culture chamber is in fluid communication with the outlet port for allowing a liquid flow through the culture chamber. The culture device is particularly suitable for testing immune cells and immunofunction in vitro. Aspects of the invention include a culture device and associated methods for cultivating immune cells and an in vitro method of analysing the effect of a test compound on immune cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2008
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Inventors: Richard Ammer, Christian Demmler, Uwe Marx, Annika Lubitz, Michael Sacharjat, Christoph Giese