Patents by Inventor Ariane Firus

Ariane Firus 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).

  • Sterile freezing, drying, storing, assaying and filling process
    Patent number: 7836606
    Abstract: Process for producing containers of a freeze-dried product wherein droplets of the product are frozen to form pellets, the pellets are freeze-dried, assayed and loaded into the containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Bayer Technology Services GmbH
    Inventors: Dietrich Gehrmann, Ariane Firus, Thomas Daun, Heinz Müller, DeQian Wang
  • Sterile Freezing, Drying, Storing, Assaying and Filling Process
    Publication number: 20080060213
    Abstract: Process for producing containers of a freeze-dried product wherein droplets of the product are frozen to form pellets, the pellets are freeze-dried, assayed and loaded into the containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2005
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Applicant: Bayer Technology Services GmbH
    Inventors: Dietrich Gehrmann, Ariane Firus, Thomas Daun, Heinz Muller, DeQian Wang
  • Freeze-drying apparatus
    Patent number: 6931754
    Abstract: A drying unit for removing solvent from moist material, and a method for drying moist material with the drying unit. The unit comprises at least one drying chamber (23) having at least one stand plate (2) for holding vessels (3), which are filled with moist material, or flat layers of moist material, the drying chamber (23) being connected to a condenser (22) via a vapor passage (15), in which sublimed solvent can be separated out, the stand plates (2) being connected to a temperature-controlled heating/cooling circuit, the chamber (23) having heating/cooling plates (4) or (4?) which are connected to a second heat-transfer circuit, wherein the heating/cooling plates (4) or (4?) are substantially thermally isolated from the chamber wall (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernd Sennhenn, Dietrich Gehrmann, Ariane Firus
  • Freeze-drying apparatus
    Publication number: 20040060191
    Abstract: A drying unit for removing solvent from moist material, and a method for drying moist material with the drying unit. The unit comprises at least one drying chamber (23) having at least one stand plate (2) for holding vessels (3), which are filled with moist material, or flat layers of moist material, the drying chamber (23) being connected to a condenser (22) via a vapor passage (15), in which sublimed solvent can be separated out, the stand plates (2) being connected to a temperature-controlled heating/cooling circuit, the chamber (23) having heating/cooling plates (4) or (4′) which are connected to a second heat-transfer circuit, wherein the heating/cooling plates (4) or (4′) are substantially thermally isolated from the chamber wall (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Applicant: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernd Sennhenn, Dietrich Gehrmann, Ariane Firus