Patents by Inventor Ian S. Fitzpatrick

Ian S. Fitzpatrick 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).

  • Centrifuge vessels with a center mound and an internal elongate tube suitable for live cell processing and associated systems and methods
    Patent number: 10022731
    Abstract: Centrifuge vessels suitable for live cell processing include a bowl with a cap, and a tube inside the bowl extending between the cap and a lower portion of the bowl. The bottom of the bowl can have a closed annular ring surrounding a center mound. The vessels can be particularly suitable for processing low volumes of live cells for vaccines or other therapies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Argos Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Tamara Tatroe Monesmith, Arjun V. Caprihan, Christopher Thomas Ryan, Richard A. Grant, Ian S. Fitzpatrick, Christopher John Leigh-Lancaster
  • CENTRIFUGE VESSELS SUITABLE FOR LIVE CELL PROCESSING AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20140364296
    Abstract: Centrifuge vessels suitable for live cell processing include a bowl with a cap, and a tube inside the bowl extending between the cap and a lower portion of the bowl. The bottom of the bowl can have a closed annular ring surrounding a center mound. The vessels can be particularly suitable for processing low volumes of live cells for vaccines or other therapies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Tamara Tatroe Monesmith, Arjun V. Caprihan, Christpher Thomas Ryan, Richard A. Grant, Ian S. Fitzpatrick, Christopher John Leigh-Lancaster
  • Devices, systems and related methods suitable for delivery of a liquid medicament stored at cryogenic temperatures
    Patent number: 8672879
    Abstract: Medicament devices include a sealed medicament dose container comprising a cell based medicament that is stored at a temperature less than about ?40 degrees Celsius, then thawed into a liquid prior to administration and a medicament dose cartridge configured and sized to snugly hold the dose container therein during extraction of the liquid medicament. Related dose containers, retainers and extraction/dispensing systems are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Argos Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Grant, Christopher John Leigh-Lancaster, Andrew Zipsin, Timothy Peele, Ian S. Fitzpatrick
  • DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS SUITABLE FOR DELIVERY OF A LIQUID MEDICAMENT STORED AT CRYOGENIC TEMPERATURES
    Publication number: 20090204071
    Abstract: Medicament devices include a sealed medicament dose container comprising a cell based medicament that is stored at a temperature less than about ?40 degrees Celsius, then thawed into a liquid prior to administration and a medicament dose cartridge configured and sized to snugly hold the dose container therein during extraction of the liquid medicament. Related dose containers, retainers and extraction/dispensing systems are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: Argos Therapeuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Grant, Christopher John Leigh-Lancaster, Andrew Zipsin, Timothy Peele, Ian S. Fitzpatrick
  • Vending machine
    Patent number: 4778042
    Abstract: A coin-freed vending machine for cylinders of compressed gas comprises an outer cabinet having a door-opening, a storage chain conveyor for cylinders within the cabinet and a rotatable transfer cradle between the door-opening and the conveyor preventing access to the conveyor. The transfer cradle is furnished with sensors enabling an empty cylinder placed in it through the door-opening to be identified by a data processor, following which the cradle and conveyor are operated to load the empty cylinder into the conveyor and to unload a full cylinder from the conveyor for extraction through the door-opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1988
    Assignee: The Commonwealth Industrial Gases Limited
    Inventors: Peter A. Warren, Evelyn A. Shervington, Ian S. Fitzpatrick