Patents by Inventor Shoaib Majeed

Shoaib Majeed 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: 12361842
    Abstract: There is described herein a perforated structure for use in a simulated respiratory tract, the structure comprising a perforated envelope housing one or more branched channels, wherein each perforation is an open terminal of a branch. Also described is a pump for displacing a volume of gas that includes one or more branched channels, such as the perforated structure described herein. Use of the pump in a system for determining the interaction between a test atmosphere and a simulated respiratory tract is also described, together with methods and uses of such a system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Pierre Herve, Shoaib Majeed, Antonin Sandoz, Sandro Steiner
  • Patent number: 12331732
    Abstract: There is described herein a system for determining the interaction between a test atmosphere and a simulated respiratory tract, said system comprising: (a) a first pump comprising: (i) a chamber configured for containing a first volume of gas comprising a test atmosphere; (ii) a first port adapted for receiving and outputting gas and comprising a valve for regulating the flow of gas through the first port, said valve being moveable between open and closed positions, wherein in the open position said valve is openable towards a test atmosphere or surrounding air; (iii) a second port adapted for outputting and receiving gas and comprising a valve for regulating the flow of gas through the second port, said valve being moveable between open and closed positions; (iv) a piston plate in the chamber, said piston plate comprising one or more apertures for the uptake or inflow of gas into the chamber wherein one or more, or each, of the apertures include a valve that is movable between open and closed positions and i
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Pierre Herve, Shoaib Majeed, Sandro Steiner
  • Patent number: 12012584
    Abstract: There is disclosed a cell culture plate comprising at least two sequentially arranged wells and a channel adapted for fluid communication between the wells, wherein the channel is connected or coupled to a first pump via openings at each end of the channel, and wherein said first pump is operable to circulate fluid between the at least two wells. Devices and systems incorporating the cell culture plate and methods and uses employing same are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: David Bovard, Julia Hoeng, Shoaib Majeed, Antonin Sandoz
  • Publication number: 20220093007
    Abstract: There is described herein a perforated structure for use in a simulated respiratory tract, the structure comprising a perforated envelope housing one or more branched channels, wherein each perforation is an open terminal of a branch. Also described is a pump for displacing a volume of gas that includes one or more branched channels, such as the perforated structure described herein. Use of the pump in a system for determining the interaction between a test atmosphere and a simulated respiratory tract is also described, together with methods and uses of such a system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Pierre Herve, Shoaib Majeed, Antonin Sandoz, Sandro Steiner
  • Publication number: 20200339938
    Abstract: There is disclosed a cell culture plate comprising at least two sequentially arranged wells and a channel adapted for fluid communication between the wells, wherein the channel is connected or coupled to a first pump via openings at each end of the channel, and wherein said first pump is operable to circulate fluid between the at least two wells. Devices and systems incorporating the cell culture plate and methods and uses employing same are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: David Bovard, Julia Hoeng, Shoaib Majeed, Antonin Sandoz
  • Publication number: 20200209219
    Abstract: There is described herein a system for determining the interaction between a test atmosphere and a simulated respiratory tract, said system comprising: (a) a first pump comprising: (i) a chamber configured for containing a first volume of gas comprising a test atmosphere; (ii) a first port adapted for receiving and outputting gas and comprising a valve for regulating the flow of gas through the first port, said valve being moveable between open and closed positions, wherein in the open position said valve is openable towards a test atmosphere or surrounding air; (iii) a second port adapted for outputting and receiving gas and comprising a valve for regulating the flow of gas through the second port, said valve being moveable between open and closed positions; (iv) a piston plate in the chamber, said piston plate comprising one or more apertures for the uptake or inflow of gas into the chamber wherein one or more, or each, of the apertures include a valve that is movable between open and closed positions and i
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Pierre Herve, Shoaib Majeed, Sandro Steiner