Patents by Inventor Ron Weinberger
Ron Weinberger 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).
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Patent number: 9358315Abstract: A method of sterilizing an object comprising the steps of i) placing an article to be sterilized in a sterilization chamber; ii) providing a sterilizing mist (for example hydrogen peroxide solution) to the sterilization chamber, thereby to contact said article for a first duration; iii) providing a gas flow to said chamber for a second duration, thereby to displace, where present, said sterilizing mist and to remove, where present, condensed mist from said article; wherein the total reduction in micro organisms over a time period encompassing the first duration and the second duration is less than log 6; and wherein steps ii) and iii) are repeated at least once to achieve a predetermined sterilization parameter such as a predetermined sum total of contact time between the sterilizing mist and the article, a predetermined sum total of sterilizing mist provided to the sterilization chamber or a predetermined level of sterilization.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2009Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: SABAN VENTURES PTY LIMITEDInventors: Vladimir Berentsveig, Ron Weinberger, Michael Potas
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Patent number: 9241491Abstract: A nebulant suitable for sterilization comprising finely divided liquid droplets suspended in a gas, said droplets including a solute, which is advantageously hydrogen peroxide and a solvent, for example water, wherein the droplets have a concentration of greater than 60 wt % of solute and an average diameter of less than 1.0 micron, preferably less than 0.8 microns.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2013Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: Saban Ventures Pty LimitedInventors: Vladimir Berentsveig, Gary Erickson, Ron Weinberger
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Patent number: 9226495Abstract: Aerosols comprising droplets dispersed in a carrier gas, wherein at least some of the droplets contain an antagonist effective to inactivate a biocide are provided. The droplets may contain the biocide and the antagonist that reacts with the biocide to render it harmless. The biocide is used for disinfection or sterilization, and the nature and concentration of the antagonist is selected, or means are provided, to ensure that the time required for the antagonist to render the biocide ineffective is longer than the time required for the biocide to be effective for a desired level of disinfection or sterilization. Methods of manufacture of aerosols are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2010Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: SABAN VENTURES PTY LIMITEDInventors: Vladimir Berentsveig, Ron Weinberger
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Patent number: 9192164Abstract: A method for disinfecting or sterilizing an article comprising enclosing the article or article part inside a container having a wall of which at least a part is a semipermeable fabric or membrane and introducing an amount of vaporizable biocide, preferably hydrogen peroxide in water, to the interior of said container in solution, vapor, liquid or preferably nebulant form. The semipermeable fabric or membrane is selected to allow the biocide to pass from inside to outside of the container as a vapor at atmospheric pressure and to provide a barrier against entry of micro-organisms. The biocide is allowed to exit the container through said membrane while at or above atmospheric pressure, a fluid eg air is directed to flow adjacent the outside of the membrane to expedite vapor removal from the interior side. The article is exposed to the biocide for a time sufficient to disinfect or sterilize the article.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2013Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: Saban Ventures Pty LTDInventors: Vladimir Berentsveig, Ron Weinberger
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Patent number: 9138005Abstract: Apparatus for concentrating a nebulant comprising a nebulant flow conduit and a counter-flow conduit, or preferably, a plurality of alternating nebulant flow conduits and corresponding counter-flow conduits eg in layered or coaxial arrangement. and wherein at least a portion of the nebulant flow conduit and said counter-flow conduits define respective opposed sides of a gas permeable membrane. In use a nebulizer is in communication with the nebulant flow conduit and the nebulant flow and counter-flow are in the same or opposite directions and act to concentrate the amount of active in a droplet eg from 35 wt % to 60 wt % hydrogen peroxide in water to disinfect and/or sterilize an article.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2014Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: Saban Ventures Pty LimitedInventors: Vladimir Berentsveig, Ron Weinberger
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Patent number: 9050385Abstract: Methods for disinfecting or sterilizing an article are provided. One method includes vaporizing a solution comprising a biocide in a solvent having a first biocide:solvent ratio, directing a flow of the vapor to a first side of a membrane; directing an alternate flow of a gas to a second side of the membrane to increase the first biocide:solvent ratio on the first side to a second biocide:solvent ratio greater than the first biocide:solvent ratio thereby producing a concentrated vapor on the first side of the membrane, and contacting the article with the concentrated vapor for a time sufficient to disinfect or sterilize it.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2013Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: Saban Ventures Pty LimitedInventors: Ron Weinberger, Michael Potas
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Publication number: 20140219866Abstract: Apparatus for concentrating a nebulant comprising a nebulant flow conduit and a counter-flow conduit, or preferably, a plurality of alternating nebulant flow conduits and corresponding counter-flow conduits eg in layered or coaxial arrangement. and wherein at least a portion of the nebulant flow conduit and said counter-flow conduits define respective opposed sides of a gas permeable membrane. In use a nebuliser is in communication with the nebulant flow conduit and the nebulant flow and counter-flow are in the same or opposite directions and act to concentrate the amount of active in a droplet eg from 35 wt % to 60 wt % hydrogen peroxide in water to disinfect and/or sterilize an article.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2014Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: SABAN VENTURES PTY LIMITEDInventors: Vladimir Berentsveig, Ron Weinberger
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Publication number: 20140154135Abstract: A nebulant suitable for sterilization comprising finely divided liquid droplets suspended in a gas, said droplets including a solute, which is advantageously hydrogen peroxide and a solvent, for example water, wherein the droplets have a concentration of greater than 60 wt % of solute and an average diameter of less than 1.0 micron, preferably less than 0.8 microns.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2013Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicant: SABAN VENTURES PTY LIMITEDInventors: Vladimir Berentsveig, Gary Erickson, Ron Weinberger
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Publication number: 20140105787Abstract: A method for disinfecting or sterilizing an article comprising enclosing the article or article part inside a container having a wall of which at least a part is a semipermeable fabric or membrane and introducing an amount of vaporizable biocide, preferably hydrogen peroxide in water, to the interior of said container in solution, vapour, liquid or preferably nebulant form. The semipermeable fabric or membrane is selected to allow the biocide to pass from inside to outside of the container as a vapour at atmospheric pressure and to provide a barrier against entry of micro-organisms. The biocide is allowed to exit the container through said membrane while at or above atmospheric pressure, a fluid eg air is directed to flow adjacent the outside of the membrane to expedite vapour removal from the interior side. The article is exposed to the biocide for a time sufficient to disinfect or sterilize the article.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: Saban Ventures Pty LimitedInventors: Vladimir Berentsveig, Ron Weinberger
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Patent number: 8658089Abstract: Apparatus for concentrating a nebulant comprising a nebulant flow conduit and a counter-flow conduit, or preferably, a plurality of alternating nebulant flow conduits and corresponding counter-flow conduits eg in layered or coaxial arrangement, and wherein at least a portion of the nebulant flow conduit and said counter-flow conduits define respective opposed sides of a gas permeable membrane. In use a nebuliser is in communication with the nebulant flow conduit and the nebulant flow and counter-flow are in the same or opposite directions and act to concentrate the amount of active in a droplet eg from 35 wt % to 60 wt % hydrogen peroxide in water to disinfect and/or sterilize an article.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2006Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Saban Ventures PTY LimitedInventors: Vladimir Berentsveig, Ron Weinberger
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Patent number: 8591807Abstract: A method for disinfecting or sterilizing an article comprising enclosing the article or article part inside a container having a wall of which at least a part is a semipermeable fabric or membrane and introducing an amount of vaporizable biocide, preferably hydrogen peroxide in water, to the interior of said container in solution, vapor, liquid or preferably nebulant form. The semipermeable fabric or membrane is selected to allow the biocide to pass from inside to outside of the container as a vapor at atmospheric pressure and to provide a barrier against entry of micro-organisms. The biocide is allowed to exit the container through said membrane while at or above atmospheric pressure, a fluid eg air is directed to flow adjacent the outside of the membrane to expedite vapor removal from the interior side. The article is exposed to the biocide for a time sufficient to disinfect or sterilize the article.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2006Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Saban Ventures Pty LimitedInventors: Vladimir Berentsveig, Ron Weinberger
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Patent number: 8591808Abstract: A nebulant suitable for sterilization comprising finely divided liquid droplets suspended in a gas, said droplets including a solute, which is advantageously hydrogen peroxide and a solvent, for example water, wherein the droplets have a concentration of greater than 60 wt % of solute and an average diameter of less than 1.0 micron, preferably less than 0.8 microns.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2006Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Saban Ventures Pty LimitedInventors: Vladimir Berentsveig, Gary Erickson, Ron Weinberger
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Publication number: 20120263800Abstract: Aerosols comprising droplets dispersed in a carrier gas, wherein at least some of the droplets contain an antagonist effective to inactivate a biocide are provided. The droplets may contain the biocide and the antagonist that reacts with the biocide to render it harmless. The biocide is used for disinfection or sterilization, and the nature and concentration of the antagonist is selected, or means are provided, to ensure that the time required for the antagonist to render the biocide ineffective is longer than the time required for the biocide to be effective for a desired level of disinfection or sterilization. Methods of manufacture of aerosols are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2010Publication date: October 18, 2012Inventors: Vladimir Berentsveig, Ron Weinberger
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Publication number: 20110212133Abstract: The present invention relates to novel diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic reagents for infection of an animal subject such as a human by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and conditions associated with such infections, such as, for example, an acute clinical exacerbation in a cystic fibrosis (CF) subject. In particular, the present invention relates to methods for diagnosing/prognosing an infection by P. aeruginosa in a subject comprising detecting the presence or amount of one or more proteins of P. aeruginosa or a fragment or epitope thereof or an antibody thereto in a sample from the subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2011Publication date: September 1, 2011Inventors: Andrew John Sloane, Susanne Kartin Pedersen, Ron Weinberger
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Publication number: 20110165021Abstract: A method of sterilising an object comprising the steps of i) placing an article to be sterilised in a sterilisation chamber; ii) providing a sterilising mist (for example hydrogen peroxide solution) to the sterilisation chamber, thereby to contact said article for a first duration; iii) providing a gas flow to said chamber for a second duration, thereby to displace, where present, said sterilising mist and to remove, where present, condensed mist from said article; wherein the total reduction in micro organisms over a time period encompassing the first duration and the second duration is less than log 6; and wherein steps ii) and iii) are repeated at least once to achieve a predetermined sterilisation parameter such as a predetermined sum total of contact time between the sterilising mist and the article, a predetermined sum total of sterilising mist provided to the sterilisation chamber or a predetermined level of sterilisation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2009Publication date: July 7, 2011Inventors: Vladimir Berentsveig, Ron Weinberger, Michael Potas
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Publication number: 20100034697Abstract: Apparatus for concentrating a vapor including an optional vaporizer, a vapor flow conduit; a counter flow conduit; and an optional humidity controller; wherein at least a portion of the vapor flow conduit and counter-flow conduit define respective opposed sides of a membrane. Also, a method of producing a concentrated active from a solution including an active in a solvent and having a first active-to-solvent ratio, the method comprising the steps of: (1) vaporizing the solution to form a vapor wherein the concentration of active is at about said first ratio, (2) providing a flow of the vapor to a first side of a membrane; and (3) providing an alternate flow of a gas to a second side of the membrane whereby to increase said first active-to-solvent ratio on the first side to a second active-to-solvent ratio greater than the first active-to-solvent ratio.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2008Publication date: February 11, 2010Applicant: SABAN VENTURES PTY LIMITEDInventors: Ron Weinberger, Michael Potas
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Publication number: 20090208535Abstract: The present invention relates to novel diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic reagents for infection of an animal subject such as a human by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and conditions associated with such infections, such as, for example, an acute clinical exacerbation in a cystic fibrosis (CF) subject. In particular, the present invention relates to methods for diagnosing/prognosing an infection by P. aeruginosa in a subject comprising detecting the presence or amount of one or more proteins of P. aeruginosa or a fragment or epitope thereof or an antibody thereto in a sample from the subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2005Publication date: August 20, 2009Applicant: PROTEOME SYSTEMS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PTY LTDInventors: Andrew John Sloane, Susanne Kartin Pedersen, Ron Weinberger
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Publication number: 20080240981Abstract: A method for disinfecting or sterilizing an article comprising enclosing the article or article part inside a container having a wall of which at least a part is a semipermeable fabric or membrane and introducing an amount of vaporizable biocide, preferably hydrogen peroxide in water, to the interior of said container in solution, vapour, liquid or preferably nebulant form. The semipermeable fabric or membrane is selected to allow the biocide to pass from inside to outside of the container as a vapour at atmospheric pressure and to provide a barrier against entry of micro-organisms. The biocide is allowed to exit the container through said membrane while at or above atmospheric pressure, a fluid eg air is directed to flow adjacent the outside of the membrane to expedite vapour removal from the interior side. The article is exposed to the biocide for a time sufficient to disinfect or sterilize the article.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2006Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: SABAN VENTURES PTY LIMITEDInventors: Vladimir Berentsveig, Ron Weinberger
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Publication number: 20080219884Abstract: A nebulant suitable for sterilization comprising finely divided liquid droplets suspended in a gas, said droplets including a solute, which is advantageously hydrogen peroxide and a solvent, for example water, wherein the droplets have a concentration of greater than 60 wt % of solute and an average diameter of less than 1.0 micron, preferably less than 0.8 microns.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2006Publication date: September 11, 2008Applicant: SABAN VENTURES PTY LIMITEDInventors: Vladimir Berentsveig, Gary Erickson, Ron Weinberger, Gary Erickson
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Publication number: 20080199355Abstract: Apparatus for concentrating a nebulant comprising a nebulant flow conduit and a counter-flow conduit, or preferably, a plurality of alternating nebulant flow conduits and corresponding counter-flow conduits eg in layered or coaxial arrangement, and wherein at least a portion of the nebulant flow conduit and said counter-flow conduits define respective opposed sides of a gas permeable membrane. In use a nebuliser is in communication with the nebulant flow conduit and the nebulant flow and counter-flow are in the same or opposite directions and act to concentrate the amount of active in a droplet eg from 35 wt % to 60 wt % hydrogen peroxide in water to disinfect and/or sterilize an article.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2006Publication date: August 21, 2008Applicant: SABAN VENTURES PTY LIMITEDInventors: Vladimir Berentsveig, Ron Weinberger