Patents by Inventor Clara VON LEDEBUR-WICHELN

Clara VON LEDEBUR-WICHELN 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).

  • Apparatus for cryopreserving a plurality of cellular samples and method for cryopreserving a plurality of cellular samples
    Patent number: 10674720
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for cryopreserving a plurality of cellular samples are disclosed. The apparatus may include a cooling chamber and a cooling device that may include a mechanism to cool an interior of the cooling chamber. The cooling device may further include cooling tubes that are separate from the mechanism to cool the interior of the cooling chamber and that are arranged within the cooling chamber. The cooling device may provide a flow of refrigerant through the cooling tubes and a support for supporting a plurality of vials for storing cellular samples. The support may be movable relative to the cooling tubes such that the plurality of vials may be engageable with the cooling tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: HOFFMAN-LA ROCHE, INC.
    Inventors: Rüdiger Bauer, Markus Hammel, Sandra Loeder, Robert Pienkny, Clara Von Ledebur-Wicheln, Steffen Wehner
  • APPARATUS FOR CRYOPRESERVING A PLURALITY OF CELLULAR SAMPLES AND METHOD FOR CRYOPRESERVING A PLURALITY OF CELLULAR SAMPLES
    Publication number: 20190029247
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for cryopreserving a plurality of cellular samples are disclosed. The apparatus may include a cooling chamber and a cooling device that may include a mechanism to cool an interior of the cooling chamber. The cooling device may further include cooling tubes that are separate from the mechanism to cool the interior of the cooling chamber and that are arranged within the cooling chamber. The cooling device may provide a flow of refrigerant through the cooling tubes and a support for supporting a plurality of vials for storing cellular samples. The support may be movable relative to the cooling tubes such that the plurality of vials may be engageable with the cooling tubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Rüdiger BAUER, Markus HAMMEL, Sandra LOEDER, Robert PIENKNY, Clara VON LEDEBUR-WICHELN, Steffen WEHNER