Purdue Research Foundation

Muffin Incorporated

Kyle D Amick

Neal E Fearnot

William John Havel

Richard B Sisken

James D Purdy

Charles Leland Baxter

Marc C Buhrmester

James Thomas Jones

Leah Kenttamaa-Squires

A filling and sealing system is provided for efficiently filling a series of individual vials with therapeutic liquids. In particular embodiments, the system includes a filling zone or station, a sealing zone or station, an unloading zone or station, and electronic controls.

Systems and methods for filling and sealing vials

A convertible chair with upright and reclined configurations is disclosed. Embodiments of the invention include a chair that collapses to form a dolly and expands to form a chair with upright and reclined seating configurations. Alternate embodiments include a base connected to a seat with a four bar linkage. In still further embodiments, one side of the four bar linkage is extended outside the pivoting joints, the extended portion being pivotally and slidingly engaged with the base. In other embodiments, the chair is configured to maintain the occupant's center of mass near the primary weight supporting pivot linkage.

Convertible chair

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West Lafayette, IN, United States of America

Kyle D Amick