Patents by Inventor Sandhya Buchanan

Sandhya Buchanan 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: 20200390712
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a method for producing a medicinal product comprising a biologically active protein comprising the steps of providing an aqueous composition comprising a solvent, the biologically active protein and between 20% w/w and 60% w/w of a non-polymeric sugar, freezing the composition, thereby forming at least one frozen body comprising the solvent in frozen form, putting the frozen body in a drying apparatus while being carried by a support, the support comprising one or more restraining elements that define one or more boundaries of the support, wherein at most 30% of the surface of the body is contiguous with the one or more restraining elements, reducing the pressure in the drying apparatus below atmospheric pressure, providing heat to the body in order to sublimate the frozen solvent of the body and obtain a dried body. The invention also pertains to a product obtainable by this method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: Intervet Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin O'Connell, Sandhya Buchanan
  • Publication number: 20180369146
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a method for producing a medicinal product comprising a biologically active protein comprising the steps of providing an aqueous composition comprising a solvent, the biologically active protein and between 20% w/w and 60% w/w of a non-polymeric sugar, freezing the composition, thereby forming at least one frozen body comprising the solvent in frozen form, putting the frozen body in a drying apparatus while being carried by a support, the support comprising one or more restraining elements that define one or more boundaries of the support, wherein at most 30% of the surface of the body is contiguous with the one or more restraining elements, reducing the pressure in the drying apparatus below atmospheric pressure, providing heat to the body in order to sublimate the frozen solvent of the body and obtain a dried body. The invention also pertains to a product obtainable by this method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: Intervet Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin O'Connell, Sandhya Buchanan
  • Patent number: 9393298
    Abstract: The present invention discloses liquid stable bovine vaccines that comprise a live attenuated virus, in sucrose, arginine, and methionine. The present invention also discloses the manufacture of such vaccines and methods of protecting an animal by administration of such vaccines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Intervet Inc.
    Inventors: Sandhya Buchanan, Kevin O'Connell
  • Publication number: 20150140102
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a method for producing a medicinal product comprising a biologically active protein comprising the steps of providing an aqueous composition comprising a solvent, the biologically active protein and between 20% w/w and 60% w/w of a non-polymeric sugar, freezing the composition, thereby forming at least one frozen body comprising the solvent in frozen form, putting the frozen body in a drying apparatus while being carried by a support, the support comprising one or more restraining elements that define one or more boundaries of the support, wherein at most 30% of the surface of the body is contiguous with the one or more restraining elements, reducing the pressure in the drying apparatus below atmospheric pressure, providing heat to the body in order to sublimate the frozen solvent of the body and obtain a dried body. The invention also pertains to a product obtainable by this method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Kevin O'Connell, Sandhya Buchanan
  • Publication number: 20140271710
    Abstract: The present invention discloses liquid stable bovine vaccines that comprise a live attenuated virus, in sucrose, arginine, and methionine. The present invention also discloses the manufacture of such vaccines and methods of protecting an animal by administration of such vaccines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Sandhya BUCHANAN, Kevin O'CONNELL
  • Publication number: 20140017318
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a method for producing a medicinal product comprising a biologically active protein comprising the steps of providing an aqueous composition comprising a solvent, the biologically active protein and between 20% w/w and 60% w/w of a non-polymeric sugar, freezing the composition, thereby forming at least one frozen body comprising the solvent in frozen form, putting the frozen body in a drying apparatus while being carried by a support, the support comprising one or more restraining elements that define one or more boundaries of the support, wherein at most 30% of the surface of the body is contiguous with the one or more restraining elements, reducing the pressure in the drying apparatus below atmospheric pressure, providing heat to the body in order to sublimate the frozen solvent of the body and obtain a dried body. The invention also pertains to a product obtainable by this method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: Kevin O'Connell, Sandhya Buchanan