Patents by Inventor Glenn A. Jorgensen

Glenn A. Jorgensen 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: 6132598
    Abstract: An apparatus is adapted to centrifuge and furthermore automatically handle a container (10) for separating a component, such as fibrin monomer, from plasma. The container (10) comprises a cylindrical member (11) and a piston (25) displaceable therein and comprising a tubular piston rod (12), which extends through the top wall. The piston (25) divides the cylindrical member (11) into a first chamber positioned above said piston (25) between said piston and said top wall and a second chamber positioned below said piston (25). The apparatus comprises a supporting turntable (1) with means for releasably retaining the cylindrical member (11), said supporting turntable being connected to a first activating mechanism (5) for rotating the supporting turntable (1) with the container (10) about the central axis thereof. The apparatus comprises furthermore a rotatably journalled piston activating mechanism (13, 15, 16) adapted to activate the piston by means of a second activating means (21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Niels Hvid, Glenn A. Jorgensen, Niels Erik Holm
  • Patent number: 6099740
    Abstract: An apparatus for separating a blood component, e.g., fibrin monomer, from blood or plasma comprises a container (110) with a reaction chamber for receiving the plasma, where said reaction chamber is defined by an outer wall and comprises means for supplying said reaction chamber with an agent for converting the fibrinogen content of the plasma into a non-cross-linked fibrin polymer. The apparatus comprises furthermore a device for centrifuging the reaction chamber with the plasma and said agent to a degree sufficient for separating the non-cross-linked fibrin polymer from the plasma, for depositing said polymer on the outer wall of the reaction chamber, and for expelling the remaining plasma from the reaction chamber. The container (110) comprises means for supplying the reaction chamber with a solvent for dissolving said non-cross-linked fibrin polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Niels Erik Holm, Glenn A. Jorgensen
  • Patent number: 5955026
    Abstract: An apparatus for separating a blood component, e.g., fibrin monomer, from blood or plasma ?comprises! includes a container ?(110)! with a reaction chamber for receiving the plasma, where ?said! the reaction chamber is defined by an outer wall and ?comprises! includes means for supplying ?said! the reaction chamber with an agent for converting the fibrinogen content of the plasma into a non-cross-linked fibrin polymer. The apparatus ?comprises furthermore! also includes a device for centrifuging the reaction chamber with the plasma and ?said! the agent to a degree sufficient for separating the non-cross-linked fibrin polymer from the plasma, for depositing ?said! the polymer on the outer wall of the reaction chamber, and for expelling the remaining plasma from the reaction chamber. The container ?(110) comprises! includes means for supplying the reaction chamber with a solvent for dissolving ?said! the non-cross-linked fibrin polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Niels Erik Holm, Glenn A. Jorgensen
  • Patent number: 5849178
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for centrifuging and further automatically handling a container (110) for separating a component, such as fibrin monomer, from blood. The container (110) comprises a cylindrical member (27) and a piston displaceable in said cylindrical member, said piston comprising a tubular piston rod (8) extending through a top wall (73). The piston divides the cylindrical member (27) into a first chamber (70) positioned above said piston between said piston and the top wall (73), and a second chamber positioned below said piston. The top wall (73) of the container comprises an extension (90) defining a circumferential slit surrounding the outer side of the piston rod (8), whereby one end of said slit communicates in the axial direction with the first chamber. In addition, the first chamber communicates through a plurality of channels with the second chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1998
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Niels Erik Holm, Glenn A. Jorgensen