Patents by Inventor Uwe Rothhaar

Uwe Rothhaar 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: 20240009080
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical container includes an inner surface and an outer surface. At least part of the inner surface is coated with a coating to form a coated inner surface. On the coated inner surface the container, based on negative mode Time-of-Flight-Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) data, has a relative lipid nanoparticle (LNP)-incubated Multivariate Curve Resolution (MCR) score ratio of lipid factor1 of less than 0.67.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: SCHOTT Pharma AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Matthias Bicker, Christoph Brüning, Anne Spende, Flor Toledo Rodríguez, Michaela Klause, Uwe Rothhaar, Tanja Woywod, Eveline Rudigier-Voigt, Jovana Djordjevic-Reiss, Sylvia Biedenbender, Harmut Bauch
  • Publication number: 20230310271
    Abstract: A method of forming a glass vial includes: locally heating one end of a glass tube; removing the locally heated end of the glass tube to form the glass vial having a closed base; and further forming the base of the glass vial, the further forming including generating a purge gas flow within the formed glass vial with the aid of a purge gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: SCHOTT Pharma AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Robert Frost, Uwe Rothhaar, Florence Buscke, Bernhard Hladik
  • Patent number: 11707412
    Abstract: A glass vial includes a base including a boron-containing multicomponent glass and a vial opening and holds a liquid active pharmaceutical ingredient formulation. The glass vial has a total volume of <4.5 mL. A filling level of the glass vial with the active pharmaceutical ingredient formulation is not more than 0.25 and a concentration of boron ions, measured at a measurement site below a plane of a middle of the glass vial using a concentration depth profile at a depth in a range from 10 to 30 nm, has a value, averaged over the measurements of the concentration depth profile, that has an excess increase of not more than 30% compared to a concentration of boron ions measured using a concentration depth profile at a depth in a range from 10 to 30 nm with a measurement site in the plane of the middle of the glass vial.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: SHOTT Pharma AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Robert Frost, Uwe Rothhaar, Florence Buscke, Bernhard Hladik
  • Publication number: 20220315284
    Abstract: A coated glass container includes: a glass surface; and a coating that coats at least part of the glass surface to form a coated glass surface. The coating includes at least one layer. The coated glass container fulfills the following parameter: leaching of [Na] ions after an alkaline treatment is 10 mg/l or less [Na] ions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Schott AG
    Inventors: Tanja Woywod, Eveline Rudigier-Voigt, Jovana Djordjevic-Reiß, Uwe Rothhaar, Michaela Klause, Sylvia Biedenbender, Hartmut Bauch
  • Publication number: 20220306527
    Abstract: A coated glass element includes: a glass surface; and a coating that coats at least part of the glass surface. The coating includes at least one layer. The at least one layer of the coating fulfills the following parameter: [Si2C5H15O2?]20/[Si2C5H15O2?]80?1.0. [Si2C5H15O2?]20 are counts of [Si2C5H15O2] ions, measured by a time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS), at 20% of a time a sputter gun beam needs to reach the glass surface and [Si2C5H15O2?]80 are counts of [Si2C5H15O2?]80 ions, measured by a TOF-SIMS, at 80% of a time a sputter gun beam needs to reach the glass surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Schott AG
    Inventors: Tanja Woywod, Eveline Rudigier-Voigt, Jovana Djordjevic-Reiss, Uwe Rothhaar, Michaela Klause, Sylvia Biedenbender, Hartmut Bauch
  • Publication number: 20220306525
    Abstract: A coated glass element includes: a glass surface and a coating that coats at least part of the glass surface. The coating has at least one layer. The at least one layer of the coating fulfills the following parameter: [Al+]80/[Al+]20?1.8. [Al+]20 are counts of [Al+] ions, measured by a time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS), at 20% of a time a sputter gun beam needs to reach the glass surface and [Al+]80 are counts of [Al+] ions, measured by a TOF-SIMS, at 80% of a time a sputter gun beam needs to reach the glass surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Schott AG
    Inventors: Tanja Woywod, Eveline Rudigier-Voigt, Jovana Djordjevic-Reiß, Uwe Rothhaar, Michaela Klause, Sylvia Biedenbender, Hartmut Bauch
  • Publication number: 20220306341
    Abstract: A coated container includes: a container having a surface; and a coating applied to at least part of the surface to form a coated surface. Leaching of at least one of one or more types of ions or one or more types of compounds is determined by performing an alkaline treatment on at least part of the coated surface to obtain an alkaline treated surface and performing an acidic treatment on at least part of the alkaline treated surface to obtain an acidic treated surface. The leaching of the at least one of one or more types of ions or one or more types of compounds from the coated surface is 5.00 mg/l or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Schott AG
    Inventors: Uwe Rothhaar, Michaela Klause, Florence Buscke, Sebastian Brechler, Eveline Rudigier-Voigt, Jovana Djordjevic-Rei?, Hartmut Bauch, Sylvia Biedenbender
  • Publication number: 20200399165
    Abstract: A glass vial including a boron-containing multicomponent glass includes constituents and is partially filled with a pharmaceutical ingredient formulation having a pH in a range from 5 to 9. The glass vial has a total volume of <4.5 mL, a filling level of the glass vial with the formulation is not more than 0.25, and an inner wall of the glass vial has chemical resistance to leaching-out of at least one of the constituents of the multicomponent glass. A ratio of a concentration of a leached-out constituent at a fill volume of 0.5 mL and a concentration of the leached-out constituent at a fill volume of 2 mL is not more than 3 and a ratio between a concentration of the leached-out constituent at a fill volume of 1 mL and the concentration of the leached-out constituent at a fill volume of 2 mL is not more than 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Robert Frost, Uwe Rothhaar, Florence Buscke, Bernhard Hladik
  • Publication number: 20200368108
    Abstract: A glass vial includes a base including a boron-containing multicomponent glass and a vial opening and holds a liquid active pharmaceutical ingredient formulation. The glass vial has a total volume of <4.5 mL. A filling level of the glass vial with the active pharmaceutical ingredient formulation is not more than 0.25 and a concentration of boron ions, measured at a measurement site below a plane of a middle of the glass vial using a concentration depth profile at a depth in a range from 10 to 30 nm, has a value, averaged over the measurements of the concentration depth profile, that has an excess increase of not more than 30% compared to a concentration of boron ions measured using a concentration depth profile at a depth in a range from 10 to 30 nm with a measurement site in the plane of the middle of the glass vial.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Robert Frost, Uwe Rothhaar, Florence Buscke, Bernhard Hladik
  • Patent number: 9322766
    Abstract: A rapid test method for evaluating the delamination in glass packaging is provided. The method includes exposing the glass packaging means to an atmosphere consisting of steam in order to form a corrosion zone; and subsequently carrying out at least one other step. The other step includes: visualizing the corrosion zone using a light microscope; visualizing the corrosion zone by a staining process with a subsequent inspection process; or removing glass components in ultrapure water and quantifying the removed glass components. The rapid test method provides a conclusion about whether a glass packaging exhibits a tendency to delaminate or not in a simple and reliable manner and in a relatively short time span.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Volker Scheumann, Michaela Klause, Uwe Rothhaar
  • Patent number: 9107805
    Abstract: A container for pharmaceutical and medical applications made from glass, preferably from a borosilicate glass. The container is formed in the shape of a hollow body open at both its ends with a cylindrical portion having a wall thickness tolerance of maximally ±0.2 mm. The borosilicate glass has a nominal boron content that drops by less than 40% relative to the nominal value at all of the surfaces of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Andreas Langsdorf, Juergen Thuerk, Aurel Kunz, Ulrich Lange, Joachim Kuester, Bernd Loeffelbein, Marcus Meinefeld, Uwe Rothhaar, Axel Ohlinger
  • Publication number: 20140240694
    Abstract: A rapid test method for evaluating the delamination in glass packaging is provided. The method includes exposing the glass packaging means to an atmosphere consisting of steam in order to form a corrosion zone; and subsequently carrying out at least one other step. The other step includes: visualizing the corrosion zone using a light microscope; visualizing the corrosion zone by a staining process with a subsequent inspection process; or removing glass components in ultrapure water and quantifying the removed glass components. The rapid test method provides a conclusion about whether a glass packaging exhibits a tendency to delaminate or not in a simple and reliable manner and in a relatively short time span.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventors: Volker Scheumann, Michaela Klause, Uwe Rothhaar
  • Patent number: 8673406
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the plasma treatment of glass surfaces, the metal component, in particular the alkali and/or alkaline-earth metal component in the superficial region of the substrate being reduced by a plasma treatment of a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Matthias Bicker, Uwe Rothhaar, Robert Hormes, Bernd Hanser, Manfred Lohmeyer, Stefan Bauer
  • Patent number: 8464553
    Abstract: The invention proposes a process for the production of a container for pharmaceutical and medical applications made from glass, preferably from a borosilicate glass, wherein the container is produced by a press-blow process where the container is initially preformed in a pressing step, by making a ram press a dispensed glass drop into a mold that is open at its bottom, and where the parison so produced is given its final form by a subsequent blowing step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Andreas Langsdorf, Juergen Thuerk, Aurel Kunz, Ulrich Lange, Joachim Kuester, Bernd Loeffelbein, Marcus Meinefeld, Uwe Rothhaar, Axel Ohlinger
  • Patent number: 8158225
    Abstract: The invention proposes a process for the production of a container made from glass, in the form of a hollow body open on both ends for pharmaceutical and medical applications, in particular in the form of a syringe barrel, where a glass drop (14) is dispensed from a melting unit, is placed into a mold (12) that is driven to rotate, and is formed by the effect of the centrifugal force, the mold being driven at a rotational speed of at least 5000 rpm, preferably approximately 50000 rpm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Andreas Langsdorf, Juergen Thuerk, Aurel Kunz, Ulrich Lange, Joachim Kuester, Bernd Loeffelbein, Marcus Meinefeld, Uwe Rothhaar, Axel Ohlinger
  • Patent number: 8067070
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composite material (1), to containers made therefrom and to a method for producing the composite material (1), which comprises a substrate (2) and a coating (3) on the substrate (2), wherein the coating (3) provides at least a first region (31) facing the substrate (2) and at least a second region (32) facing away the substrate (2), and wherein the first region (31) comprises a barrier layer (4) and the second region (32) a passivation layer (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Juergen Klein, Tanja Woywod, Stephan Behle, Uwe Rothhaar
  • Publication number: 20100203269
    Abstract: The invention proposes a process for the production of a container made from glass, in the form of a hollow body open on both ends for pharmaceutical and medical applications, in particular in the form of a syringe barrel, where a glass drop (14) is dispensed from a melting unit, is placed into a mold (12) that is driven to rotate, and is formed by the effect of the centrifugal force, the mold being driven at a rotational speed of at least 5000 rpm, preferably approximately 50000 rpm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: Andreas LANGSDORF, Juergen Thuerk, Aurel Kunz, Ulrich Lange, Joachim Kuester, Bernd Loeffelbein, Marcus Meinefeld, Uwe Rothhaar, Axel Ohlinger
  • Publication number: 20100203270
    Abstract: The invention proposes a process for the production of a container for pharmaceutical and medical applications made from glass, preferably from a borosilicate glass, wherein the container is produced by a press-blow process where the container is initially preformed in a pressing step, by making a ram press a dispensed glass drop into a mold that is open at its bottom, and where the parison so produced is given its final form by a subsequent blowing step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: Andreas LANGSDORF, Juergen Thuerk, Aurel Kunz, Ulrich Lange, Joachim Kuester, Bernd Loeffelbein, Marcus Meinefeld, Uwe Rothhaar, Axel Ohlinger
  • Publication number: 20100089097
    Abstract: The invention discloses a method for the production of packaging made from borosilicate glass for pharmaceutical products and medical products comprising the steps of: providing a glass tube made from a borosilicate base glass, generating a temporary interface layer on an inner surface of the glass tube, hot-forming the glass tube at a temperature above Tg, and cooling down the glass tube to room temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: Heike Brack, Uwe Rothhaar, Stephan Tratzky, Juergen Thuerk
  • Publication number: 20080090039
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composite material (1), to containers made therefrom and to a method for producing the composite material (1), which comprises a substrate (2) and a coating (3) on the substrate (2), wherein the coating (3) provides at least a first region (31) facing the substrate (2) and at least a second region (32) facing away the substrate (2), and wherein the first region (31) comprises a barrier layer (4) and the second region (32) a passivation layer (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Applicant: Schott AG
    Inventors: Juergen Klein, Tanja Woywod, Stephan Behle, Uwe Rothhaar