Patents by Inventor Lesley Wood

Lesley Wood 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: 11859403
    Abstract: A campus for fabricating at least one pharmaceutical product has one or more customizable facilities each configured to manufacture the at least one pharmaceutical product, a media/buffer plant, and a utility building connected by a utility line to the media/buffer plant and/or the one or more customizable facilities to provide at least one first utility to the media/buffer plant and/or the one or more customizable facilities via the utility line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: LONZA LTD
    Inventors: Leander Biffiger, Sandra Carbonneau, Andre Collioud, Jonathan Fortin, Dominique Imboden, Torsten Schmidt, Stefan Stoffel, Diego Studer, Christoph Vogel, Stefan Widmer, Tristan Wilkins, Lesley Wood, Alexander Zahiri
  • Patent number: 11613900
    Abstract: A customizable facility for manufacturing at least one product has at least one modular unit in communication with at least one central unit configured to provide utilities to the at least one modular unit. In some embodiments, the central unit(s) and modular unit(s) are positioned at least partially within a shell. Each modular unit can be a fermentation unit, a pre-viral unit, a post-viral unit, a utility space, a warehouse, a media buffer facility, an office, a personnel unit, or another unit. The modular units can be arranged to maximize a number of modular units within the shell while minimizing a footprint of the shell. A method of assembling a facility for manufacturing at least one product includes providing at least one central unit and providing at least one modular unit in communication with the central unit(s) such that utilities are provided by the central unit(s) to the modular unit(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: LONZA LTD
    Inventors: Jonathan Fortin, Lesley Wood, Stefan Widmer, Sandra Carbonneau, Alexander Zahiri
  • Publication number: 20220290456
    Abstract: A campus for fabricating at least one pharmaceutical product has one or more customizable facilities each configured to manufacture the at least one pharmaceutical product, a media/buffer plant, and a utility building connected by a utility line to the media/buffer plant and/or the one or more customizable facilities to provide at least one first utility to the media/buffer plant and/or the one or more customizable facilities via the utility line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Leander BIFFIGER, Sandra CARBONNEAU, Andre COLLIOUD, Jonathan FORTIN, Dominik IMBOLDEN, Torsten SCHMIDT, Stefan STOFFEL, Diego STUDER, Christoph VOGEL, Stefan WIDMER, Tristan WILKINS, Lesley WOOD, Alexander ZAHIRI
  • Patent number: 11377865
    Abstract: A campus for fabricating at least one pharmaceutical product has one or more customizable facilities each configured to manufacture the at least one pharmaceutical product, a media/buffer plant, and a utility building connected by a utility line to the media/buffer plant and/or the one or more customizable facilities to provide at least one first utility to the media/buffer plant and/or the one or more customizable facilities via the utility line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: LONZA LTD
    Inventors: Leander Biffiger, Sandra Carbonneau, Andre Collioud, Jonathan Fortin, Dominik Imbolden, Torsten Schmidt, Stefan Stoffel, Diego Studer, Christoph Vogel, Stefan Widmer, Tristan Wilkins, Lesley Wood, Alexander Zahiri
  • Publication number: 20220106800
    Abstract: A customizable facility for manufacturing at least one product has at least one modular unit in communication with at least one central unit configured to provide utilities to the at least one modular unit. In some embodiments, the central unit(s) and modular unit(s) are positioned at least partially within a shell. Each modular unit can be a fermentation unit, a pre-viral unit, a post-viral unit, a utility space, a warehouse, a media buffer facility, an office, a personnel unit, or another unit. The modular units can be arranged to maximize a number of modular units within the shell while minimizing a footprint of the shell. A method of assembling a facility for manufacturing at least one product includes providing at least one central unit and providing at least one modular unit in communication with the central unit(s) such that utilities are provided by the central unit(s) to the modular unit(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Jonathan FORTIN, Lesley WOOD, Stefan WIDMER, Sandra CARBONNEAU, Alexander ZAHIRI
  • Patent number: 11236520
    Abstract: A customizable facility for manufacturing at least one product has at least one modular unit in communication with at least one central unit configured to provide utilities to the at least one modular unit. In some embodiments, the central unit(s) and modular unit(s) are positioned at least partially within a shell. Each modular unit can be a fermentation unit, a pre-viral unit, a post-viral unit, a utility space, a warehouse, a media buffer facility, an office, a personnel unit, or another unit. The modular units can be arranged to maximize a number of modular units within the shell while minimizing a footprint of the shell. A method of assembling a facility for manufacturing at least one product includes providing at least one central unit and providing at least one modular unit in communication with the central unit(s) such that utilities are provided by the central unit(s) to the modular unit(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: LONZA LTD
    Inventors: Jonathan Fortin, Lesley Wood, Stefan Widmer, Sandra Carbonneau, Alexander Zahiri
  • Publication number: 20200291670
    Abstract: A campus for fabricating at least one pharmaceutical product has one or more customizable facilities each configured to manufacture the at least one pharmaceutical product, a media/buffer plant, and a utility building connected by a utility line to the media/buffer plant and/or the one or more customizable facilities to provide at least one first utility to the media/buffer plant and/or the one or more customizable facilities via the utility line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Leander BIFFIGER, Sandra CARBONNEAU, Andre COLLIOUD, Jonathan FORTIN, Dominik IMBOLDEN, Torsten SCHMIDT, Stefan STOFFEL, Diego STUDER, Christoph VOGEL, Stefan WIDMER, Tristan WILKINS, Lesley WOOD, Alexander ZAHIRI
  • Patent number: 10689873
    Abstract: A campus for fabricating at least one pharmaceutical product has one or more customizable facilities each configured to manufacture the at least one pharmaceutical product, a media/buffer plant, and a utility building connected by a utility line to the media/buffer plant and/or the one or more customizable facilities to provide at least one first utility to the media/buffer plant and/or the one or more customizable facilities via the utility line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: LONZA LTD
    Inventors: Leander Biffiger, Sandra Carbonneau, Andre Collioud, Jonathan Fortin, Dominik Imbolden, Torsten Schmidt, Stefan Stoffel, Diego Studer, Christoph Vogel, Stefan Widmer, Tristan Wilkins, Lesley Wood, Alexander Zahiri
  • Publication number: 20170321443
    Abstract: A campus for fabricating at least one pharmaceutical product has one or more customizable facilities each configured to manufacture the at least one pharmaceutical product, a media/buffer plant, and a utility building connected by a utility line to the media/buffer plant and/or the one or more customizable facilities to provide at least one first utility to the media/buffer plant and/or the one or more customizable facilities via the utility line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Leander Biffiger, Sandra Carbonneau, Andre Collioud, Jonathan Fortin, Dominik Imbolden, Torsten Schmidt, Stefan Stoffel, Diego Studer, Christoph Vogel, Stefan Widmer, Tristan Wilkins, Lesley Wood, Alexander Zahiri
  • Publication number: 20170260763
    Abstract: A customizable facility for manufacturing at least one product has at least one modular unit in communication with at least one central unit configured to provide utilities to the at least one modular unit. In some embodiments, the central unit(s) and modular unit(s) are positioned at least partially within a shell. Each modular unit can be a fermentation unit, a pre-viral unit, a post-viral unit, a utility space, a warehouse, a media buffer facility, an office, a personnel unit, or another unit. The modular units can be arranged to maximize a number of modular units within the shell while minimizing a footprint of the shell. A method of assembling a facility for manufacturing at least one product includes providing at least one central unit and providing at least one modular unit in communication with the central unit(s) such that utilities are provided by the central unit(s) to the modular unit(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Jonathan Fortin, Lesley Wood, Stefan Widmer, Sandra Carbonneau, Alexander Zahiri
  • Publication number: 20070154600
    Abstract: The method involves purging of the oxygen content from within the interior of a flexible-walled container by flushing it with an inert gas such as nitrogen. Ideally, the residual oxygen content should be less that 2%, or most preferably, less than 1%. The flushing step may be implemented before, during or after introduction of the foodstuff dependant upon whether the foodstuff is in solid or liquid form, or a mixture of both. After introducing the foodstuff and before sealing, the container is inflated with nitrogen gas and may optionally be subsequently squeezed to remove a selected volume of nitrogen gas. Where discrete pieces of a foodstuff have a tendency to agglomerate during packaging, transport and storage, a higher volume of nitrogen is retained within the container after sealing to counter this effect and ensure that the product is more appealing to the consumer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2005
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: Kenneth Parry, Lesley Wood, Shilen Thakrar
  • Patent number: 4943535
    Abstract: A continuous fermenter vessel such as an air-lift fermenter for receiving and cultivating a suspension culture of cells. The vessel contains a mechanism for agitating the suspension culture received in the vessel and causing a gross flow movement of the suspension culture. The vessel includes an inlet for continuously supplying culture medium to the vessel and an outlet for removing the culture supernatant. A filter material is disposed inside the vessel so that the gross flow movement of the suspension culture substantially prevents clogging of the filter material by cells and/or cell debris.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 24, 1990
    Assignee: Celltech Limited
    Inventors: Philip W. Thompson, Lesley A. Wood