US 12,109,311 B2
Lyophilization systems and methods
Alexander H. Slocum, Bow, NH (US); and Bernhardt Levy Trout, Lexington, MA (US)
Assigned to Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US)
Filed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US)
Filed on Jun. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/359,394.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/072,633, filed on Aug. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0062180 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. A61K 9/19 (2006.01); F26B 5/06 (2006.01); H02N 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61K 9/19 (2013.01) [F26B 5/06 (2013.01); H02N 15/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
16. A system for lyophilization of pharmaceutical products comprising:
at least one mover configured to support one or more containers containing a therapeutic composition;
an inlet of the system for receiving the at least one mover;
an outlet of the system for outputting the at least one mover from the system;
at least one load lock chamber disposed between the inlet and outlet;
at least one process chamber disposed downstream of the load lock chamber;
a plurality of stators configured to electromagnetically levitate and move the at least one mover from the inlet, through the at least one load lock chamber and the at least one process chamber to the outlet;
at least one processor configured to control the stators, the at least one load lock chamber, and the at least one process chamber.