Patents by Inventor Joseph Vincent Ranalletta

Joseph Vincent Ranalletta 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: 20240058216
    Abstract: A drug delivery system includes a container comprising a luer compartment and a fluid compartment, a luer fitting arranged within the luer compartment and in fluidic communication with the fluid compartment, and a dispenser in fluidic communication with the fluid compartment. A method of aseptically transferring a drug to such a drug delivery system may include providing a vial comprising the drug to be transferred, withdrawing a volume of the drug from the vial with a syringe, coupling the syringe to a drug delivery system via the luer fitting, transferring the drug from the syringe to the drug delivery system, and decoupling the syringe from the drug delivery system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: John K. LOKHNAUTH, Eric C. EHRNSPERGER, Travis D. BUEL, Jason M. LEPREE, George J. DONATO, Jeffrey Alan NAU, Peter A. SMITH, Joseph Vincent RANALLETTA, Eli B. NICHOLS
  • Patent number: 11833108
    Abstract: A sterile solution product bag for lyophilizing includes a bladder, a first stem having a first stem inlet end and a first stem outlet end. The first stem outlet end is fluidly connected to the bladder and the first stem inlet end is adapted to receive a liquid. A first filter is disposed in-line with the first stem and includes a first filter membrane, a first filter open end, and a first filter closed end. The first filter closed end is disposed between the first stem inlet end and the first stem outlet end and the first filter open end is disposed in proximity to the first stem inlet end. A second stem having a second stem inlet end fluidly connected to the bladder and a second stem outlet end adapted to receive a vapor. A second filter is disposed within the second stem and includes a filter membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC., BAXTER HEALTHCARE SA
    Inventors: Mark Joseph Doty, Christine L. Rebbeck, Sydney Jean Cope, William Spencer Hurst, Grant Anthony Bomgaars, Yuanpang Samuel Ding, Thomas Edward Dudar, Ying-Cheng Lo, Mark Edward Pasmore, Michael Joseph Sadowski, Anastasios Hristakos, Joseph Vincent Ranalletta, Bernd Krause
  • Patent number: 11759395
    Abstract: A system for reconstituting and sterilizing a concentrate includes a mixing container, a filtration device, and a product bag. The a mixing container has an inlet port and outlet port in fluid communication with a mixing chamber disposed between the inlet port and the outlet port. The mixing chamber is adapted to contain a product concentrate. The filtration device has an inlet and an outlet, the inlet of the filtration device coupled to the outlet port of the mixing container. The filtration device includes a filter membrane with a nominal pore size in a range of approximately 0.1 ?m to approximately 0.5 ?m. The product bag has an inlet port coupled to the outlet of the filtration device, and has a bladder defining an empty sterile chamber for receiving sterilized and reconstituted product resulting from mixing a diluent with a product concentrate in the mixing chamber to obtain a mixture then introduced through the filtration device to obtain the reconstituted and sterilized product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignees: BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC., BAXTER HEALTHCARE SA
    Inventors: Yuanpang Samuel Ding, Ying-Cheng Lo, Jacob Daniel Rivett, Grant Anthony Bomgaars, Thomas Edward Dudar, Mark Edward Pasmore, Michael Joseph Sadowski, Anastasios Hristakos, Joseph Vincent Ranalletta, Bernd Krause
  • Patent number: 11623773
    Abstract: A method of providing a plurality of filled product bags of sterile fluid includes positioning a bag assembly onto a filling machine. The bag assembly includes a tube, a filter assembly, bladders, and stems. A stem is attached to a bladder, forms a fluid passageway, fluidly connects to the tube, and provides fluid communication into the bladders. The method includes fluidly coupling an inlet of the filter assembly to a connection line in fluid communication with a fluid source, and filling the bag assembly with a fluid. Filling the bag assembly includes passing the fluid through the filter assembly, the fluid passageway, and into the bladder. The method includes sealing the fluid passageway at a location between the tube and the bladders. The method includes cutting the stem to form a partially filled product bag having the sealed passageway. The method includes performing an integrity test on the filter assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignees: BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC., BAXTER HEALTHCARE SA
    Inventors: Grant Anthony Bomgaars, Joseph Vincent Ranalletta, Yuanpang Samuel Ding, Ying-Cheng Lo, Mark Edward Pasmore, Michael Joseph Sadowski, Anastasios Hristakos, Thomas Edward Dudar, Bernd Krause
  • Patent number: 11564867
    Abstract: A sterile solution product bag includes sterilization grade filter integrated directly into the product bag such that microbial and particulate matter filtration can be performed using the filter directly at the point of fill. The filter can include a hollow fiber filter membrane contained in a stem connected to a bladder of the product bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignees: BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC., BAXTER HEALTHCARE SA
    Inventors: Grant Anthony Bomgaars, Bernd Krause, Mark Edward Pasmore, Michael Joseph Sadowski, Yuanpang Samuel Ding, Ying-Cheng Lo, Joseph Vincent Ranalletta
  • Patent number: 11547797
    Abstract: A syringe system includes a syringe and a filtration device connected to the syringe for sterilizing and introducing fluid into the syringe. The syringe includes a syringe barrel having a proximal end defining a barrel opening, a distal end defining a delivery opening, a bore extending between the proximal end and the distal end, and a stopper disposed in the bore of the syringe barrel. The filtration device has an inlet and an outlet coupled in fluid communication with the delivery opening at the distal end of the syringe barrel. The filtration device includes a stem and a filter membrane disposed in line with the stem. The filter membrane optionally has a plurality of pores each with a nominal pore size in a range of approximately 0.1 ?m to approximately 0.5 ?m such that a pharmaceutical fluid can be introduced as a sterilized pharmaceutical fluid into the bore of the syringe barrel by passing through the filtration device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignees: BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC., BAXTER HEALTHCARE SA
    Inventors: Yuanpang Samuel Ding, Marc Steven Minkus, Ying-Cheng Lo, Mark Joseph Doty, Thomas Edward Dudar, Grant Anthony Bomgaars, Mark Edward Pasmore, Michael Joseph Sadowski, Anastasios Hristakos, Bernd Krause, Joseph Vincent Ranalletta
  • Patent number: 11511009
    Abstract: A product bag includes a bladder and an elongated filtration device. The bladder includes opposing first and second film layers defining a product chamber. The first and second film layers are sealed together along a perimeter seal extending along at least a portion of a perimeter of the bladder. The elongated filtration device includes a housing, a filtration membrane disposed in the housing, an inlet adapted for receiving a fluid to be filtered, and an outlet in fluid communication with the product chamber. A majority of the elongated filtration device is embedded between the first and second film layers of the perimeter seal of the bladder to provide for a compact form factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignees: BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC., BAXTER HEALTHCARE SA
    Inventors: William Spencer Hurst, Steven Clarence Jepson, Grant Anthony Bomgaars, Yuanpang Samuel Ding, Thomas Edward Dudar, Ying-Cheng Lo, Bernd Krause, Mark Edward Pasmore, Michael Joseph Sadowski, Anastasios Hristakos, Joseph Vincent Ranalletta
  • Publication number: 20220227566
    Abstract: Various nesting structures for storage, transport and/or assembly of dispensers and containers are described herein. For example, a packaging structure for a plurality of drug dispensers may include a support surface and a plurality of dispenser covers arranged on the support surface, where at least one dispenser cover includes a locking flexure member configured to couple a dispenser to the at least one dispenser cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Jeffrey Alan NAU, George J. DONATO, Travis D. BUEL, Charles E. MCCALL, JR., Joseph Vincent RANALLETTA
  • Publication number: 20220211579
    Abstract: A system for reconstituting and sterilizing a concentrate includes a mixing container, a filtration device, and a product bag. The a mixing container has an inlet port and outlet port in fluid communication with a mixing chamber disposed between the inlet port and the outlet port. The mixing chamber is adapted to contain a product concentrate. The filtration device has an inlet and an outlet, the inlet of the filtration device coupled to the outlet port of the mixing container. The filtration device includes a filter membrane with a nominal pore size in a range of approximately 0.1 ?m to approximately 0.5 ?m. The product bag has an inlet port coupled to the outlet of the filtration device, and has a bladder defining an empty sterile chamber for receiving sterilized and reconstituted product resulting from mixing a diluent with a product concentrate in the mixing chamber to obtain a mixture then introduced through the filtration device to obtain the reconstituted and sterilized product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Yuanpang Samuel Ding, Ying-Cheng Lo, Jacob Daniel Rivett, Grant Anthony Bomgaars, Thomas Edward Dudar, Mark Edward Pasmore, Michael Joseph Sadowski, Anastasios Hristakos, Joseph Vincent Ranalletta, Bernd Krause
  • Patent number: 11318069
    Abstract: A system for reconstituting and sterilizing a concentrate includes a mixing container, a filtration device, and a product bag. The a mixing container has an inlet port and outlet port in fluid communication with a mixing chamber disposed between the inlet port and the outlet port. The mixing chamber is adapted to contain a product concentrate. The filtration device has an inlet and an outlet, the inlet of the filtration device coupled to the outlet port of the mixing container. The filtration device includes a filter membrane with a nominal pore size in a range of approximately 0.1 ?m to approximately 0.5 ?m. The product bag has an inlet port coupled to the outlet of the filtration device, and has a bladder defining an empty sterile chamber for receiving sterilized and reconstituted product resulting from mixing a diluent with a product concentrate in the mixing chamber to obtain a mixture then introduced through the filtration device to obtain the reconstituted and sterilized product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignees: BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC., BAXTER HEALTHCARE SA
    Inventors: Yuanpang Samuel Ding, Ying-Cheng Lo, Jacob Daniel Rivett, Grant Anthony Bomgaars, Thomas Edward Dudar, Mark Edward Pasmore, Michael Joseph Sadowski, Anastasios Hristakos, Joseph Vincent Ranalletta, Bernd Krause
  • Publication number: 20210276740
    Abstract: A method of providing a plurality of filled product bags of sterile fluid includes positioning a bag assembly onto a filling machine. The bag assembly includes a tube, a filter assembly, bladders, and stems. A stem is attached to a bladder, forms a fluid passageway, fluidly connects to the tube, and provides fluid communication into the bladders. The method includes fluidly coupling an inlet of the filter assembly to a connection line in fluid communication with a fluid source, and filling the bag assembly with a fluid. Filling the bag assembly includes passing the fluid through the filter assembly, the fluid passageway, and into the bladder. The method includes sealing the fluid passageway at a location between the tube and the bladders. The method includes cutting the stem to form a partially filled product bag having the sealed passageway. The method includes performing an integrity test on the filter assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Grant Anthony Bomgaars, Joseph Vincent Ranalletta, Yuanpang Samuel Ding, Ying-Cheng Lo, Mark Edward Pasmore, Michael Joseph Sadowski, Anastasios Hristakos, Thomas Edward Dudar, Bernd Krause
  • Patent number: 11021275
    Abstract: A method of providing filled product bags of sterile and particulate-free fluid includes securing a product bag to one of a plurality of movable cradles, wherein the product bag has a bladder, a stem fluidly connected to an opening of the bladder, and a filter disposed in-line with the stem. After securing the bag, an inlet of the stem is connected to an outlet of a nozzle assembly and at least partially filling the product bag with a fluid through a nozzle of the nozzle assembly to create a filled product bag, wherein filling the product bag includes passing the fluid through the filter and into the bladder. After filling, the stem of the filled product bag is sealed at a location below the filter. The stem is cut at a location above the seal and below the filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignees: BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC., BAXTER HEALTHCARE SA
    Inventors: Grant Anthony Bomgaars, Joseph Vincent Ranalletta, Yuanpang Samuel Ding, Ying-Cheng Lo, Mark Edward Pasmore, Michael Joseph Sadowski, Anastasios Hristakos, Thomas Edward Dudar, Bernd Krause
  • Publication number: 20200222281
    Abstract: A sterile product bag includes a bladder, a stem, a filter, and a vial adaptor. The bladder has a perimeter seal and defining a sterile chamber. The stem extends through the perimeter seal and has an inlet end outside of the perimeter seal and an outlet end in fluid communication with the chamber. The filter is disposed in line with the stem and has a filter membrane with a nominal pore size in a range of approximately 0.1 ?m to approximately 0.5 ?m. The filter membrane is shaped as a hollow fiber with a wall and pores residing in the wall of the fiber. The vial adaptor includes a sterile hollow cannula, a sheath, and a peelable closure. The cannula is in fluid communication with the chamber of the bladder. The sheath is disposed outside of the bladder and connected to the hollow cannula. The sheath includes an interior cavity into which the hollow cannula extends. The peelable closure extends across an opening of the sheath to seal the interior cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Yuanpang Samuel Ding, Ying-Cheng Lo, Mark Joseph Doty, David Filiberto Schuck, Karl Hans Cazzini, Grant Anthony Bomgaars, Bernd Krause, Thomas Edward Dudar, Mark Edward Pasmore, Michael Joseph Sadowski, Anastasios Hristakos, Joseph Vincent Ranalletta
  • Publication number: 20200214938
    Abstract: A system for reconstituting and sterilizing a concentrate includes a mixing container, a filtration device, and a product bag. The a mixing container has an inlet port and outlet port in fluid communication with a mixing chamber disposed between the inlet port and the outlet port. The mixing chamber is adapted to contain a product concentrate. The filtration device has an inlet and an outlet, the inlet of the filtration device coupled to the outlet port of the mixing container. The filtration device includes a filter membrane with a nominal pore size in a range of approximately 0.1 ?m to approximately 0.5 ?m. The product bag has an inlet port coupled to the outlet of the filtration device, and has a bladder defining an empty sterile chamber for receiving sterilized and reconstituted product resulting from mixing a diluent with a product concentrate in the mixing chamber to obtain a mixture then introduced through the filtration device to obtain the reconstituted and sterilized product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Yuanpang Samuel Ding, Ying-Cheng Lo, Jacob Daniel Rivett, Grant Anthony Bomgaars, Thomas Edward Dudar, Mark Edward Pasmore, Michael Joseph Sadowski, Anastasios Hristakos, Joseph Vincent Ranalletta, Bernd Krause
  • Publication number: 20200146931
    Abstract: A sterile solution product bag for lyophilizing includes a bladder, a first stem having a first stem inlet end and a first stem outlet end. The first stem outlet end is fluidly connected to the bladder and the first stem inlet end is adapted to receive a liquid. A first filter is disposed in-line with the first stem and includes a first filter membrane, a first filter open end, and a first filter closed end. The first filter closed end is disposed between the first stem inlet end and the first stem outlet end and the first filter open end is disposed in proximity to the first stem inlet end. A second stem having a second stem inlet end fluidly connected to the bladder and a second stem outlet end adapted to receive a vapor. A second filter is disposed within the second stem and includes a filter membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Mark Joseph. Doty, Christine L. Rebbeck, Sydney Jean Cope, William Spencer Hurst, Grant Anthony Bomgaars, Yuanpang Samuel Ding, Thomas Edward Dudar, Ying-Cheng Lo, Mark Edward Pasmore, Michael Joseph Sadowski, Anastasios Hristakos, Joseph Vincent Ranalletta, Bernd Krause
  • Publication number: 20200147251
    Abstract: A product bag includes a bladder and an elongated filtration device. The bladder includes opposing first and second film layers defining a product chamber. The first and second film layers are sealed together along a perimeter seal extending along at least a portion of a perimeter of the bladder. The elongated filtration device includes a housing, a filtration membrane disposed in the housing, an inlet adapted for receiving a fluid to be filtered, and an outlet in fluid communication with the product chamber. A majority of the elongated filtration device is embedded between the first and second film layers of the perimeter seal of the bladder to provide for a compact form factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: William Spencer Hurst, Steven Clarence Jepson, Grant Anthony Bomgaars, Yuanpang Samuel Ding, Thomas Edward Dudar, Ying-Cheng Lo, Bernd Krause, Mark Edward Pasmore, Michael Joseph Sadowski, Anastasios Hristakos, Joseph Vincent Ranalletta
  • Publication number: 20200147310
    Abstract: A syringe system includes a syringe and a filtration device connected to the syringe for sterilizing and introducing fluid into the syringe. The syringe includes a syringe barrel having a proximal end defining a barrel opening, a distal end defining a delivery opening, a bore extending between the proximal end and the distal end, and a stopper disposed in the bore of the syringe barrel. The filtration device has an inlet and an outlet coupled in fluid communication with the delivery opening at the distal end of the syringe barrel. The filtration device includes a stem and a filter membrane disposed in line with the stem. The filter membrane optionally has a plurality of pores each with a nominal pore size in a range of approximately 0.1 ?m to approximately 0.5 ?m such that a pharmaceutical fluid can be introduced as a sterilized pharmaceutical fluid into the bore of the syringe barrel by passing through the filtration device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Yuanpang Samuel Ding, Marc Steven Minkus, Ying-Cheng Lo, Mark Joseph. Doty, Thomas Edward Dudar, Grant Anthony Bomgaars, Mark Edward Pasmore, Michael Joseph Sadowski, Anastasios Hristakos, Bernd Krause, Joseph Vincent Ranalletta
  • Publication number: 20200113781
    Abstract: A sterile solution product bag includes sterilization grade filter integrated directly into the product bag such that microbial and particulate matter filtration can be performed using the filter directly at the point of fill. The filter can include a hollow fiber filter membrane contained in a stem connected to a bladder of the product bag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Grant Anthony Bomgaars, Bernd Krause, Mark Edward Pasmore, Michael Joseph Sadowski, Yuanpang Samuel Ding, Ying-Cheng Lo, Joseph Vincent Ranalletta
  • Patent number: 10617603
    Abstract: A sterile solution product bag includes sterilization grade filter integrated directly into the product bag such that microbial and particulate matter filtration can be performed using the filter directly at the point of fill. The filter can include a hollow fiber filter membrane contained in a stem connected to a bladder of the product bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignees: BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC., BAXTER HEALTHCARE SA
    Inventors: Grant Anthony Bomgaars, Bernd Krause, Mark Edward Pasmore, Michael Joseph Sadowski, Yuanpang Samuel Ding, Ying-Cheng Lo, Joseph Vincent Ranalletta
  • Publication number: 20190002136
    Abstract: A method of providing filled product bags of sterile and particulate-free fluid includes securing a product bag to one of a plurality of movable cradles, wherein the product bag has a bladder, a stem fluidly connected to an opening of the bladder, and a filter disposed in-line with the stem. After securing the bag, an inlet of the stem is connected to an outlet of a nozzle assembly and at least partially filling the product bag with a fluid through a nozzle of the nozzle assembly to create a filled product bag, wherein filling the product bag includes passing the fluid through the filter and into the bladder. After filling, the stem of the filled product bag is sealed at a location below the filter. The stem is cut at a location above the seal and below the filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Grant Anthony Bomgaars, Joseph Vincent Ranalletta, Yuanpang Samuel Ding, Ying-Cheng Lo, Mark Edward Pasmore, Michael Joseph Sadowski, Anastasios Hristakos, Thomas Edward Dudar, Bernd Krause