Patents by Inventor Simon Karger

Simon Karger 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).

  • Heat exchanger unit for cryotherapy
    Patent number: 10646265
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for cooling a sterile liquid for use in cryotherapy, the apparatus comprising: a first chamber (202) adapted to receive a removable container (201) of sterile liquid and a fluid port for receiving a fluid for applying, in use, pressure to a received removable container (201); and a second chamber (203) comprising a cooler; wherein the first chamber (202) is arranged to be in thermal conductivity with the second chamber (203) such that, in use, the contents of the first chamber (202) are cooled by the cooler of the second chamber (203). Advantageously, embodiments provide a system, heat exchanger unit within the system and method for supplying a sterilised working fluid to a catheter system for cryotherapy, the working fluid being supplied at a desired and easily controllable temperature and flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Cryotherapeutics GmbH
    Inventors: Stuart Robert Abercrombie, Duncan Aleck Bishop, Symon Cotton, Richard Day, Sylvain Bruno Jamais, Simon Karger, Andrew Lintott, Nathan Wrench
  • Heat Exchanger Unit for Cryotherapy
    Publication number: 20160361106
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for cooling a sterile liquid for use in cryotherapy, the apparatus comprising: a first chamber (202) adapted to receive a removable container (201) of sterile liquid and a fluid port for receiving a fluid for applying, in use, pressure to a received removable container (201); and a second chamber (203) comprising a cooler; wherein the first chamber (202) is arranged to be in thermal conductivity with the second chamber (203) such that, in use, the contents of the first chamber (202) are cooled by the cooler of the second chamber (203). Advantageously, embodiments provide a system, heat exchanger unit within the system and method for supplying a sterilised working fluid to a catheter system for cryotherapy, the working fluid being supplied at a desired and easily controllable temperature and flow rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicant: CRYOTHERAPEUTICS GMBH
    Inventors: Stuart Robert Abercrombie, Duncan Aleck Bishop, Symon Cotton, Richard Day, Sylvain Bruno Jamais, Simon Karger, Andrew Lintott, Nathan Wrench