Patents by Inventor Mats O. Johansson

Mats O. Johansson 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: 7144147
    Abstract: A mixing apparatus for preparing from a plurality of materials, preferably powders, in particular components of a pharmaceutical composition, a mixture having a required homogeneity, comprising a non-rotating mixing vessel (7); at least one feeding mechanism for feeding said materials into said vessel (7); a stirring means (31) inside said vessel (7) for preparing said mixture; and at least one measuring device (23) for monitoring in-line at one or more locations in said vessel (7) the homogeneity of the mixture being prepared therein, wherein said at least one measuring device (23) comprises a unit for directing input radiation into said vessel (7), and at least one detector unit (45) for detecting output radiation formed by interaction of said input radiation with said materials in said vessel (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Astrazeneca AB
    Inventors: Staffan Folestad, Mats O. Johansson
  • Publication number: 20040008570
    Abstract: A mixing apparatus for preparing from a plurality of materials, preferably powders, in particular components of a pharmaceutical composition, a mixture having a required homogeneity, comprising a non-rotating mixing vessel (7); at least one feeding mechanism for feeding said materials into said vessel (7); a stirring means (31) inside said vessel (7) for preparing said mixture; and at least one measuring device (23) for monitoring in-line at one or more locations in said vessel (7) the homogeneity of the mixture being prepared therein, wherein said at least one measuring device (23) comprises a unit for directing input radiation into said vessel (7), and at least one detector unit (45) for detecting output radiation formed by interaction of said input radiation with said materials in said vessel (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2003
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Inventors: Staffan Folestad, Mats O. Johansson
  • Patent number: 6595678
    Abstract: A mixing apparatus for preparing from a plurality of materials, preferably powders, in particular components of a pharmaceutical composition, a mixture having a required homogeneity, comprising a non-rotating mixing vessel (7); at least one feeding mechanism for feeding said materials into said vessel (7); a stirring means (31) inside said vessel (7) for preparing said mixture; and at least one measuring device (23) for monitoring in-line at one or more locations in said vessel (7) the homogeneity of the mixture being prepared therein, wherein said at least one measuring device (23) comprises a unit for directing input radiation into said vessel (7), and at least one detector unit (45) for detecting output radiation formed by interaction of said input radiation with said materials in said vessel (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: AstraZeneca AB
    Inventors: Staffan Folestad, Mats O. Johansson
  • Publication number: 20020136089
    Abstract: A mixing apparatus for preparing from a plurality of materials, preferably powders, in particular components of a pharmaceutical composition, a mixture having a required homogeneity, comprising a non-rotating mixing vessel (7); at least one feeding mechanism for feeding said materials into said vessel (7); a stirring means (31) inside said vessel (7) for preparing said mixture; and at least one measuring device (23) for monitoring in-line at one or more locations in said vessel (7) the homogeneity of the mixture being prepared therein, wherein said at least one measuring device (23) comprises a unit for directing input radiation into said vessel (7), and at least one detector unit (45) for detecting output radiation formed by interaction of said input radiation with said materials in said vessel (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventors: Staffan Folestad, Mats O. Johansson
  • Patent number: 5246714
    Abstract: Controlled release preparation containing a number of insoluble beads applied with one or more pharmaceutically active compounds, a method for the production thereof and the use in a treatment where a controlled release of a pharmaceutically active compound is needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1993
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget Hassle
    Inventors: Lars-Erik D. Dahlinder, Mats O. Johansson, John A. Sandberg, John A. Sjogren
  • Patent number: 4927640
    Abstract: Controlled release preparation containing a number of insoluble beads applied with one or more pharmaceutically active compounds, a method for the production thereof and the use in a treatment where a controlled release of a pharmaceutically active compound is needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 22, 1990
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget Hassle
    Inventors: Lars-Erik D. Dahlinder, Mats O. Johansson, John A. Sandberg, Sjo