Patents by Inventor Lise N. Halpern

Lise N. Halpern 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: 9539374
    Abstract: A donated blood collection kit includes an easy-to-open closed container. Stored within the container are items necessary or useful for collecting donated blood, such as an antiseptic scrub, an antiseptic swab, test tubes, a blood collection container, a gauze pad and a sheet of pre-printed adhesive barcode labels. Each kit is assigned a unique identification when the kit is manufactured. The identification may eventually be used as the unique donor identification for a unit of donated blood that is collected using the items in the kit. The container is pre-labeled with the unique identification, such as by a barcode or an RF-ID tag. The test tubes and, if included, the blood collection container are pre-labeled with the same unique donor identification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Haemonetics Corporation
    Inventors: Lise N. Halpern, Tim Costello, Jonathan White
  • Publication number: 20110281346
    Abstract: A donated blood collection kit includes an easy-to-open closed container. Stored within the container are items necessary or useful for collecting donated blood, such as an antiseptic scrub, an antiseptic swab, test tubes, a blood collection container, a gauze pad and a sheet of pre-printed adhesive barcode labels. Each kit is assigned a unique identification when the kit is manufactured. The identification may eventually be used as the unique donor identification for a unit of donated blood that is collected using the items in the kit. The container is pre-labeled with the unique identification, such as by a barcode or an RF-ID tag. The test tubes and, if included, the blood collection container are pre-labeled with the same unique donor identification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: HAEMONETICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lise N. Halpern, Tim Costello, Jonathan White
  • Patent number: 6641552
    Abstract: A system compact enough to be located entirely beside the donor's chair, and able to process the blood while the donor is still resting in the chair after having donated the blood. The separated blood components (plasma and red blood cells) may be stored in their individual optimum environments immediately after the whole blood is drawn, and the blood does not need to be transported back to a separation laboratory for processing. The system includes a needle (72) (or other cannula-like device) for insertion into a vein of the donor and drawing whole blood therethrough, a rotor (2a) for holding the blood after it is drawn, and a motor (50) for spinning the rotor so as to cause the blood to separate into components, for example, plasma and red blood cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Haemonetics Corporation
    Inventors: Gordon F. Kingsley, Thomas D. Headley, Lise N. Halpern
  • Patent number: 6379322
    Abstract: A system for collecting and processing blood from a donor (70), wherein the system may be compact enough to be located entirely beside the donor's chair, and be able to process the blood while the donor is still resting in the chair after having donated the blood. Thus, the separated blood components (plasma and red blood cells) may be stored in their individual optimum environments immediately after the whole blood is drawn, and the blood does not need to be transported back to a separation laboratory for processing. The system includes a needle (72) (or other cannula-like device) for insertion into a vein of the donor and drawing whole blood therethrough, a variable-volume rotor (2a) for holding the blood after it is drawn, and a motor (50) for spinning the rotor so as to cause the blood to separate into components, for example, plasma and red blood cells. The system also provides for a container for collecting a separated component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: Transfusion Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Gordon F. Kingsley, Thomas D. Headley, Lise N. Halpern
  • Patent number: 6102883
    Abstract: A system compact enough to be located entirely beside the donor's chair, and able to process the blood while the donor is still resting in the chair after having donated the blood. The separated blood components (plasma and red blood cells) may be stored in their individual optimum environments immediately after the whole blood is drawn, and the blood does not need to be transported back to a separation laboratory for processing. The system includes a needle (72) (or other cannula-like device) for insertion into a vein of the donor and drawing whole blood therethrough, a rotor (2a) for holding the blood after it is drawn, and a motor (50) for spinning the rotor so as to cause the blood to separate into components, for example, plasma and red blood cells. The system also provides for a container for collecting a separated component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: Transfusion Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Gordon F. Kingsley, Thomas D. Headley, Lise N. Halpern
  • Patent number: 6007509
    Abstract: A system compact enough to be located entirely beside the donor's chair, and able to process the blood while the donor is still resting in the chair after having donated the blood. The separated blood components (plasma and red blood cells) may be stored in their individual optimum environments immediately after the whole blood is drawn, and the blood does not need to be transported back to a separation laboratory for processing. The system includes a needle (72) (or other cannula-like device) for insertion into a vein of the donor and drawing whole blood therethrough, a rotor (2a) for holding the blood after it is drawn, and a motor (50) for spinning the rotor so as to cause the blood to separate into components, for example, plasma and red blood cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1999
    Assignee: Transfusion Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Gordon F. Kingsley, Thomas D. Headley, Lise N. Halpern
  • Patent number: 5853382
    Abstract: A system compact enough to be located entirely beside the donor's chair, and able to process the blood while the donor is still resting in the chair after having donated the blood. The separated blood components (plasma and red blood cells) may be stored in their individual optimum environments immediately after the whole blood is drawn, and the blood does not need to be transported back to a separation laboratory for processing. The system includes a needle (72) (or other cannula-like device) for insertion into a vein of the donor and drawing whole blood therethrough, a rotor (2a) for holding the blood after it is drawn, and a motor (50) for spinning the rotor so as to cause the blood to separate into components, for example, plasma and red blood cells. The system also provides for a container for collecting a separated component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1998
    Assignee: Transfusion Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Gordon F. Kingsley, Thomas D. Headley, Lise N. Halpern
  • Patent number: 5779660
    Abstract: A system compact enough to be located entirely beside the donor's chair, and able to process the blood while the donor is still resting in the chair after having donated the blood. The separated blood components (plasma and red blood cells) may be stored in their individual optimum environments immediately after the whole blood is drawn, and the blood does not need to be transported back to a separation laboratory for processing. The system includes a needle (72) (or other cannula-like device) for insertion into a vein of the donor and drawing whole blood therethrough, a rotor (2a) for holding the blood after it is drawn, and a motor (50) for spinning the rotor so as to cause the blood to separate into components, for example, plasma and red blood cells. The system also provides for a container for collecting a separated component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Assignee: Transfusion Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Gordon F. Kingsley, Thomas D. Headley, Lise N. Halpern
  • Patent number: 5728060
    Abstract: A system for collecting and processing blood from a donor (70), wherein the system may be compact enough to be located entirely beside the donor's chair, and be able to process the blood while the donor is still resting in the chair after having donated the blood. Thus, the separated blood components (plasma and red blood cells) may be stored in their individual optimum environments immediately alter the whole blood is drawn, and the blood does not need to be transported back to a separation laboratory for processing. The system includes a needle (72) (or other cannula-like device) for insertion into a vein of the donor and drawing whole blood therethrough, a variable-volume rotor (2a) for holding the blood after it is drawn, and a motor (50) for spinning the rotor so as to cause the blood to separate into components, for example, plasma and red blood cells. The system also provides for a container for collecting a separated component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Assignee: Transfusion Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Gordon F. Kingsley, Thomas D. Headley, Lise N. Halpern
  • Patent number: 5651766
    Abstract: A system compact enough to be located entirely beside the donor's chair, and able to process the blood while the donor is still resting in the chair after having donated the blood. The separated blood components (plasma and red blood cells) may be stored in their individual optimum environments immediately after the whole blood is drawn, and the blood does not need to be transported back to a separation laboratory for processing. The system includes a needle (72) (or other cannula-like device) for insertion into a vein of the donor and drawing whole blood therethrough, a rotor (2a) for holding the blood after it is drawn, and a motor (50) for spinning the rotor so as to cause the blood to separate into components, for example, plasma and red blood cells. The system also provides for a container for collecting a separated component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1997
    Assignee: Transfusion Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Gordon F. Kingsley, Thomas D. Headley, Lise N. Halpern
  • Patent number: 4808151
    Abstract: A lymphocyte-containing white blood cell fraction obtained by standard leukapheresis, elutriation leukapheresis or standard centrifugation can be used for production of lymphokine activated killer cells by incubation with IL-2. Removal of red blood cells and granulocytes by centrifugation on ficoll is not necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1989
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: George F. Dunn, Jr., Joseph D. Irr, Lise N. Halpern