Patents by Inventor Sean Devin

Sean Devin 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: 9295947
    Abstract: Filtration device suited for concentration of liquid samples, particularly biomolecules, and a method of concentrating, desalting, purifying and/or fractionating liquid samples. In certain embodiments the device includes a housing having a sample reservoir, and two substantially vertically oriented and spaced apart membranes disposed in the housing. An underdrain is associated with each membrane such that fluid passing through each membrane flows through a respective underdrain into a filtrate collection chamber. The fluid that does not pass through the membrane is collected in the retentate collection chamber, and can be recovered such as by a reverse spinning step, achieving recoveries greater than about 90%. The substantially vertical orientation of the membranes increases the available membrane area by at least 2.7 times the area available in a conventional filter device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: EMD Millipore Corporation
    Inventors: Louis Bonhomme, John Doyle, Kurt Greenizen, George Gagne, Sean Devin, Gerard Lombard, Vincent Smith
  • Patent number: 9050565
    Abstract: Filtration device suited for concentration of liquid samples, particularly biomolecules, and a method of concentrating, desalting, purifying and/or fractionating liquid samples. In certain embodiments the device includes a housing having a sample reservoir, and two substantially vertically oriented and spaced apart membranes disposed in the housing. An underdrain is associated with each membrane such that fluid passing through each membrane flows through a respective underdrain into a filtrate collection chamber. The fluid that does not pass through the membrane is collected in the retentate collection chamber, and can be recovered such as by a reverse spinning step, achieving recoveries greater than about 90%. The substantially vertical orientation of the membranes increases the available membrane area by at least 2.7 times the area available in a conventional filter device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: EMD Millipore Corporation
    Inventors: Louis Bonhomme, John Doyle, Kurt Greenizen, George Gagne, Sean Devin, Gerard Lombard, Vincent Smith
  • Publication number: 20140224723
    Abstract: Filtration device suited for concentration of liquid samples, particularly biomolecules, and a method of concentrating, desalting, purifying and/or fractionating liquid samples. In certain embodiments the device includes a housing having a sample reservoir, and two substantially vertically oriented and spaced apart membranes disposed in the housing. An underdrain is associated with each membrane such that fluid passing through each membrane flows through a respective underdrain into a filtrate collection chamber. The fluid that does not pass through the membrane is collected in the retentate collection chamber, and can be recovered such as by a reverse spinning step, achieving recoveries greater than about 90%. The substantially vertical orientation of the membranes increases the available membrane area by at least 2.7 times the area available in a conventional filter device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: EMD Millipore Corporation
    Inventors: Louis Bonhomme, John Doyle, Kurt Greenizen, George Gagne, Sean Devin, Gerard Lombard, Vincent Smith
  • Patent number: 8747670
    Abstract: Filtration device suited for concentration of liquid samples, particularly biomolecules, and a method of concentrating, desalting, purifying and/or fractionating liquid samples. In certain embodiments the device includes a housing having a sample reservoir, and two substantially vertically oriented and spaced apart membranes disposed in the housing. An underdrain is associated with each membrane such that fluid passing through each membrane flows through a respective underdrain into a filtrate collection chamber. The fluid that does not pass through the membrane is collected in the retentate collection chamber, and can be recovered such as by a reverse spinning step, achieving recoveries greater than about 90%. The substantially vertical orientation of the membranes increases the available membrane area by at least 2.7 times the area available in a conventional filter device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: EMD Millipore Corporation
    Inventors: Louis Bonhomme, John Doyle, Kurt Greenizen, George Gagne, Sean Devin, Gerard Lombard, Vincent Smith
  • Patent number: 8357296
    Abstract: Filtration device suited for concentration of liquid samples, particularly biomolecules, and a method of concentrating, desalting, purifying and/or fractionating liquid samples. In certain embodiments the device includes a housing having a sample reservoir, and two substantially vertically oriented and spaced apart membranes disposed in the housing. An underdrain is associated with each membrane such that fluid passing through each membrane flows through a respective underdrain into a filtrate collection chamber. The fluid that does not pass through the membrane is collected in the retentate collection chamber, and can be recovered such as by a reverse spinning step, achieving recoveries greater than about 90%. The substantially vertical orientation of the membranes increases the available membrane area by at least 2.7 times the area available in a conventional filter device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: EMD Millipore Corporation
    Inventors: Louis Bonhomme, John Doyle, Kurt Greenizen, George Gagne, Sean Devin, Gerard Lombard, Vincent Smith, Mark Kavonian
  • Publication number: 20090078638
    Abstract: Filtration device suited for concentration of liquid samples, particularly biomolecules, and a method of concentrating, desalting, purifying and/or fractionating liquid samples. In certain embodiments the device includes a housing having a sample reservoir, and two substantially vertically oriented and spaced apart membranes disposed in the housing. An underdrain is associated with each membrane such that fluid passing through each membrane flows through a respective underdrain into a filtrate collection chamber. The fluid that does not pass through the membrane is collected in the retentate collection chamber, and can be recovered such as by a reverse spinning step, achieving recoveries greater than about 90%. The substantially vertical orientation of the membranes increases the available membrane area by at least 2.7 times the area available in a conventional filter device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2007
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventors: Louis Bonhomme, John Doyle, Kurt Geenizen, George Gagne, Sean Devin, Gerard Lombard, Vincent Smith