Patents by Inventor Bernard Lahendro

Bernard Lahendro 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).

  • Patent number: 9073649
    Abstract: A finger grip for a flangeless container, the finger grip having a skirt removably attachable to an open end portion of the container and a lip that extends radially outwardly from the skirt. The flangeless container is fillable by capping the container using a cap element to attach the finger grip to the container; installing the container in a container support assembly including a tray having a plurality of wells; filling the container; inserting a piston into the container; and removing the finger grip. Each well has a depth less than a predetermined length of the container, a lower portion of each well having a first cross-sectional shape similar to but greater than the cross-sectional shape of the flangeless container, an upper portion of each well having a second cross-sectional shape similar to but greater than the first cross-sectional shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul H. Norton, Edward Vander Bush, Scott Young, Bernard Lahendro
  • Publication number: 20120118903
    Abstract: A finger grip for a flangeless container, the finger grip having a skirt removably attachable to an open end portion of the container and a lip that extends radially outwardly from the skirt. The flangeless container is fillable by capping the container using a cap element to attach the finger grip to the container; installing the container in a container support assembly including a tray having a plurality of wells; filling the container; inserting a piston into the container; and removing the finger grip. Each well has a depth less than a predetermined length of the container, a lower portion of each well having a first cross-sectional shape similar to but greater than the cross-sectional shape of the flangeless container, an upper portion of each well having a second cross-sectional shape similar to but greater than the first cross-sectional shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Paul H. Norton, Edward Vanderbush, Scott Young, Bernard Lahendro
  • Patent number: 5447699
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a combination container for holding sterilized elements and a sterilizable transfer port for transferring the sterilized elements into an isolation system having a wall. The container includes a flexible bag defining a cavity containing a plurality of the sterilized elements. The container also includes a collar which has an interior surface defining a bore extending through the collar. The bag is secured to the collar with the opening in registry with the bore. A removable seal is movable between a first position where the seal initially extends across the bore to prevent elements from being removed from the cavity and to maintain the sterility of the elements and a second position where the seal is moved from the first position to access the cavity such that the elements are removable from the cavity through the opening and the bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1995
    Assignee: The West Company
    Inventors: Charles Papciak, James Gerhart, John Paproski, Kathleen A. Parker, Paul Norton, Robert Nase, Bernard Lahendro