Patents by Inventor Florian Weippert

Florian Weippert 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).

  • Publication number: 20260248976
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for ensuring the sterility of objects, products, object-contacting components, and/or product-contacting components in a cleanroom, wherein in the cleanroom an air flow is guided over a component (20, 30) to an object, a product, object-contacting component and/or a product-contacting component, wherein a cover (10) made of a sterilizable, in particular autoclavable, material can be arranged on the component (20, 30) or upstream of the component (20, 30) in such a way that the cover (10) prevents contamination of the air flow guided over the component (20, 30) by the component (20). The invention further relates to the use of a cover (10) for ensuring sterility in a cleanroom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2026
    Publication date: August 27, 2026
    Applicant: OPTIMA pharma GmbH
    Inventors: Marcel Holl, Florian Weippert
  • Patent number: 12703576
    Abstract: The invention relates to a feeding device (1) for feeding small parts, in particular closure elements, comprising a vibrating spiral conveyor (20) having an outlet (200), a feed rail (20), which is arranged downstream of the outlet in the feed direction, and a vibratory drive (201, 211, 221), wherein, by means of the vibratory drive (201, 211, 212), vibrations can be applied to the vibrating spiral conveyor (20) to move the small parts in the direction of the outlet (200) and to the feed rail (21) to move the small parts along the feed rail (21), wherein an intermediate rail (22) is arranged between the outlet (200) of the vibrating spiral conveyor (20) and the feed rail (21), wherein vibrations can be applied to the intermediate rail (22) by means of the vibratory drive (201, 211, 221) to move the small parts along the intermediate rail (22) in the direction of the feed rail (21), wherein a monitoring device (3), associated with the intermediate rail (22), is provided, wherein the monitoring device (3) is de
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2026
    Assignee: OPTIMA pharma GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Laukenmann, Fabienne Lydia Bernatek, Florian Weippert
  • Patent number: 12703531
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for monitoring a filling and/or closing installation and/or a post-processing installation, in particular for the pharmaceutical industry, wherein an image of a transport, infeed and/or outfeed region (2, 3, 6) of the filling and/or closing and/or post-processing installation is taken using a camera system (10) and, wherein on the basis of the image, by use of an artificial intelligence model (AI model) (120) that is trained to detect primary packaging means in the transport, infeed and/or outfeed region (2, 3, 6) and to classify detected primary packaging means, it is determined in which image positions primary packaging means are present, and detected primary packaging means are assigned to a class. The invention further relates to a filling and/or closing installation and/or post-processing installation and to a computer program for monitoring a filling and/or closing installation and/or post-processing installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2026
    Assignee: OPTIMA pharma GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Hofmann, Waldemar Mayer, Matthias Poslovski, Thomas Pospiech, Jürgen Rothbauer, Julian Schweigert, Florian Weippert
  • Publication number: 20260042229
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for removing a closing element from a transport section, in particular a supply section, of a filling and/or closing machine, in particular for the pharmaceutical industry, using a manipulator (3), the device comprising an end effector (2), which can be connected to the manipulator (3) releasably without tools or not releasably without tools for a handling for removing the closing element (4), and a needle (20), wherein the end effector (2) has a holder (22) on which the needle (20) is attached and/or which is produced integrally with the needle (20), and/or wherein the end effector has gripper elements so that the needle (20) can be gripped by the end effector, and wherein the closing element (4) can be speared by the needle (20) and the speared closing element (4) can be removed from the transport section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2025
    Publication date: February 12, 2026
    Applicant: OPTIMA pharma GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Naser, Matthias Hofmann, Felix Seeliger, Florian Weippert
  • Publication number: 20250346437
    Abstract: The invention relates to a feeding device (1) for feeding small parts, in particular closure elements, comprising a vibrating spiral conveyor (20) having an outlet (200), a feed rail (20), which is arranged downstream of the outlet in the feed direction, and a vibratory drive (201, 211, 221), wherein, by means of the vibratory drive (201, 211, 212), vibrations can be applied to the vibrating spiral conveyor (20) to move the small parts in the direction of the outlet (200) and to the feed rail (21) to move the small parts along the feed rail (21), wherein an intermediate rail (22) is arranged between the outlet (200) of the vibrating spiral conveyor (20) and the feed rail (21), wherein vibrations can be applied to the intermediate rail (22) by means of the vibratory drive (201, 211, 221) to move the small parts along the intermediate rail (22) in the direction of the feed rail (21), wherein a monitoring device (3), associated with the intermediate rail (22), is provided, wherein the monitoring device (3) is de
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 13, 2025
    Applicant: OPTIMA pharma GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Laukenmann, Fabienne Lydia Bernatek, Florian Weippert
  • Publication number: 20240383629
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for handling of disturbances in a filling and/or closing and/or post-processing installation for the pharmaceutical industry using a manipulator (14), wherein a path along which the manipulator (14) is moved for collision-free handle of the disturbance is planned in such a way that travel paths of the manipulator (14) which influence a primary air supply (5) of primary packaging means and/or of components of the filling and/or closing and/or post-processing installation which are in contact with the primary packaging means are minimized. The invention further relates to a filling and/or closing and/or post-processing installation and a computer program for a filling and/or closing and/or post-processing installation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: OPTIMA pharma GmbH
    Inventors: Jürgen Rothbauer, Matthias Poslovski, Thomas Pospiech, Julian Schweigert, Matthias Hofmann, Waldemar Mayer, Florian Weippert
  • Publication number: 20240383630
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for monitoring a filling and/or closing installation and/or a post-processing installation, in particular for the pharmaceutical industry, wherein an image of a transport, infeed and/or outfeed region (2, 3, 6) of the filling and/or closing and/or post-processing installation is taken using a camera system (10) and, wherein on the basis of the image, by use of an artificial intelligence model (AI model) (120) that is trained to detect primary packaging means in the transport, infeed and/or outfeed region (2, 3, 6) and to classify detected primary packaging means, it is determined in which image positions primary packaging means are present, and detected primary packaging means are assigned to a class. The invention further relates to a filling and/or closing installation and/or post-processing installation and to a computer program for monitoring a filling and/or closing installation and/or post-processing installation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: OPTIMA pharma GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Hofmann, Waldemar Mayer, Matthias Poslovski, Thomas Pospiech, Jürgen Rothbauer, Julian Schweigert, Florian Weippert