Patents by Inventor Terry Wolf
Terry Wolf 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: 5964095Abstract: A device for cryoprotecting thermolabile products. A container (20) receives an annular rack (40) which is sealed by an enclosure (60). The enclosure (60) includes an outer stationary toroid (70) and a rotatable core (90). A robotic arm (160) is adapted to move and is supported by the core (90). The robotic arm (160) accesses an interior of the enclosure (60). An access portal (80) allows removal and placement of thermolabile products constrained by a holder (150). The robotic arm (160) accesses product and holder (150) and embarks upon controlled freezing of the product and its location in the rack (40) until subsequent retrieval. A computer controls the rate of freezing and stores in memory the location of all of the stored products. The robotic arm (160) reads the product in storage to assure the correct product is being accessed.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 1997Date of Patent: October 12, 1999Assignee: ThermoGenesis Corp.Inventors: Philip Henry Coelho, Terry Wolf, Pablo Rubinstein
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Patent number: 5939023Abstract: An instrumentality for promulgating the cryoprecipitation of fibrinogen from a blood product. The instrumentality contemplates a container for the blood product, an apparatus for creating the fibrinogen within the container and a method of manipulating the container within the apparatus and subsequently after fibrinogen has been formed. The apparatus includes a receiver within which the container is supported, a motion transfer device for the receiver to impart motion to the container while simultaneously subjecting the container to a temperature differential to cause heat transfer. The motion imparted to the container results in a thin coating of the blood product being disposed on an interior surface of the container which, in turn, is exposed to a heat transfer fluid through the wall of the container. Successive coatings placed on an interior of the container are timed such that each coating is placed on a previous coating that has changed phase.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 1996Date of Patent: August 17, 1999Assignee: ThermoGenesis Corp.Inventors: Philip H. Coelho, Terry Wolf
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Patent number: 5750658Abstract: An instrumentality for promulgating the cryoprecipitation of fibrinogen from a blood product. The instrumentality contemplates a container for the blood product, an apparatus for creating the fibrinogen within the container and a method of manipulating the container within the apparatus and subsequently after fibrinogen has been formed. The apparatus includes a receiver within which the container is supported, a motion transfer device for the receiver to impart motion to the container while simultaneously subjecting the container to a temperature differential to cause heat transfer. The motion imparted to the container results in a thin coating of the blood product being disposed on an interior surface of the container which, in turn, is exposed to a heat transfer fluid through the wall of the container. Successive coatings placed on an interior of the container are timed such that each coating is placed on a previous coating that has changed phase.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 1996Date of Patent: May 12, 1998Assignee: ThermoGenesis Corp.Inventors: Philip H. Coelho, Terry Wolf
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Patent number: 5638686Abstract: A device for cryoprotecting thermolabile products. A container (20) receives an annular rack (40) which is sealed by an enclosure (60). The enclosure (60) includes an outer stationary toroid (70) and a rotatable core (90). A robotic arm (160) is adapted to move and is supported by the core (90). The robotic arm (160) accesses an interior of the enclosure (60). An access portal (80) allows removal and placement of thermolabile products constrained by a holder (150). The robotic arm (160) accesses product and holder (150) and embarks upon controlled freezing of the product and its location in the rack (40) until subsequent retrieval. A computer controls the rate of freezing and stores in memory the location of all of the stored products. The robotic arm (160) reads the product in storage to assure the correct product is being accessed.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 1995Date of Patent: June 17, 1997Assignee: ThermoGenesis CorporationInventors: Philip Henry Coelho, Terry Wolf, Pablo Rubinstein
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Patent number: 5557943Abstract: Rapid cooling or freezing of foodstuffs, perishables or blood products is accomplished by using a thin film membrane to totally envelope the foodstuffs or blood product only during the heat extraction period. This thin film encapsulation system closes around the item and is held tightly to the item by atmospheric and/or hydrostatic pressure. Once the item is encapsulated, low temperature heat transfer fluids are then circulated on the exterior surface of the membrane, thus extracting the heat within the item through the thickness of the membrane. Upon completion of the necessary chilling or freezing, the atmospheric and/or hydrostatic pressure is withdrawn and the chilled or frozen item is extracted.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 1992Date of Patent: September 24, 1996Assignee: ThermoGenesis CorporationInventors: Philip H. Coelho, Terry Wolf
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Patent number: 5520885Abstract: An instrumentality for promulgating the cryoprecipitation of fibrinogen from a blood product. The instrumentality contemplates a container for the blood product, an apparatus for creating the fibrinogen within the container and a method of manipulating the container within the apparatus and subsequently after fibrinogen has been formed. The apparatus includes a receiver within which the container is supported, a motion transfer device for the receiver to impart motion to the container while simultaneously subjecting the container to a temperature differential to cause heat transfer. The motion imparted to the container results in a thin coating of the blood product being disposed on an interior surface of the container which, in turn, is exposed to a heat transfer fluid through the wall of the container. Successive coatings placed on an interior of the container are timed such that each coating is placed on a previous coating that has changed phase.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 1993Date of Patent: May 28, 1996Assignee: ThermoGenesis CorporationInventors: Philip H. Coelho, Terry Wolf
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Patent number: 5261255Abstract: A method and device for fractionating pouches of cryoprecipitable material including a membrane which provides a barrier within an interior of the device with the membrane receiving the pouches of cryoprecipitable material therewithin. The interior of the device includes a sump having a heat transfer fluid stored therein and maintained at a temperature which is to be achieved by the cryoprecipitable material as it cycles between freezing and thawing. The pouch of material, after placement within the membrane, is exposed (through the membrane) to hydrostatic forces associated with the heat transfer fluid in the sump collapsing the membrane on the pouch while pulsating jets impinge indirectly upon the pouch through the membrane. In this way, as the contents within the pouch change temperature, circulation of the fluid within the pouch occurs for more rapid realization of the cycling target temperatures for the cryoprecipitable material within the pouch.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 1991Date of Patent: November 16, 1993Assignee: Instacool Inc. of North AmericaInventors: Philip H. Coelho, Terry Wolf
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Patent number: 5243833Abstract: A method and device for thawing pouches of frozen transfusion material including a membrane which provides a barrier within an interior of the device with the membrane receiving the pouches of frozen material therewithin. The interior of the device includes a sump having thawing fluid stored therein and maintained at a constant target temperature which is to be achieved by the frozen transfusion material to be thawed. The pouch of material to be thawed, after placement within the membrane, is exposed (through the membrane) to hydrostatic forces associated with the fluid in the sump collapsing the membrane on the pouch while pulsating jets impinge indirectly upon the pouch through the membrane. In this way, as the contents within the pouch thaw, circulation of the fluid within the pouch occurs for more rapid realization of the target temperature for the fluid within the pouch.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 1991Date of Patent: September 14, 1993Assignee: Instacool Inc. of North AmericaInventors: Philip H. Coelho, Terry Wolf
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Patent number: 5168712Abstract: Rapid cooling or freezing of foodstuffs, perishables or blood products is accomplished by using a thin film membrane to totally envelope the foodstuffs or blood product only during the heat extraction period. This thin film encapsulation system closes around the item and is held tightly to the item by atmospheric and/or hydrostatic pressure. Once the item is encapsulated, low temperature heat transfer fluids are then circulated on the exterior surface of the membrane, thus extracting the heat within the item through the thickness of the membrane. Upon completion of the necessary chilling or freezing, the atmospheric and/or hydrostatic pressure is withdrawn and the chilled or frozen item is extracted.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 1990Date of Patent: December 8, 1992Assignee: InstaCool Inc. of North AmericaInventors: Philip H. Coelho, Terry Wolf
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Patent number: 5103651Abstract: A thermal transport device having a hollow within which a plasma storage freezer is deployed. The freezer acts as a cold "battery" by having a eutectic fluid contained therewithin. The freezer is placed in a commercial, powered refrigeration unit for chilling ("charging") the eutectic fluid of the plasma storage freezer to approximately -30.degree. C. The freezer is then deployed within the thermal transport device and sent to a remote locale for collecting blood plasma. Blood plasma is disposed between a central heat sink and lateral heat sinks of the freezer freezing the blood plasma quickly and maintaininig its initial high quality because of negligible time loss for freezing. Ultimately, the device is returned to a commercial powered refrigeration unit for ("recharging") rechilling the eutectic fluid for subsequent reuse.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 1990Date of Patent: April 14, 1992Assignee: Instacool Inc of North AmericaInventors: Philip H. Coelho, Terry Wolf