Patents by Inventor Alfred von Schuckmann

Alfred von Schuckmann 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: 20140239017
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dispenser (1) for pasty substances (11), consisting of a tubular substance housing (2) having a follower plunger (7) and a hand-actuatable headpiece (3) which is equipped with a mouthpiece and is linearly guided for dispensing the substance and can be depressed in the direction of the follower plunger (7) while tensioning a return spring element (25) that structures itself by buckling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventor: Alfred Von Schuckmann
  • Publication number: 20140190995
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dispenser (1) for pasty compounds (M), comprising a tubular compound housing (2) having a feeding plunger (7) and a head piece (3) which is guided in a spring-mounted manner on the upper tube piece (9) and has a metering chamber (18) with which there is associated an inlet valve (35). In order to provide a dispenser of this kind that has improved performance and a simplified construction, it is proposed that the spring element (25) is composed of two U legs (28, 29) which roll down between parallel annular walls (16, 32) of the head piece (3) and the compound housing (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Inventor: Alfred Von Schuckmann
  • Patent number: 8701660
    Abstract: An inhaler for powdered, particularly medicinal substances, is formed with a suction air duct that extends to a mouthpiece, a reservoir for the substance, and an at least linearly movable dosing chamber for separating a specific amount of the substance from the reservoir and placing the amount into a transfer position from where it is transferred to a suction air flow. In order to charge the dosing chamber by separating a specific amount of substance from the reservoir, the dosing chamber can be rotationally moved in a superimposed fashion while being arranged eccentric to a corresponding axis of rotation. A closure slide element closes off the dosing chamber in the transfer position. When suction is applied, the closure slide element moves relative to the dipping plunger into a dose-release position, whereupon the dose of the powdered substance is transferred to the suction air stream formed in the suction air duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Siegfried Generics International
    Inventor: Alfred Von Schuckmann
  • Publication number: 20140076313
    Abstract: A metering device activated by a user induced airstream for an inhalation of a medicinal substance. The device includes: a closure cap; a piston; a mouthpiece; and an annular chamber disposed upstream of the mouthpiece. A storage chamber stores the substance which can be moved out of the storage chamber when the closure cap is removed. A metering rod for removing the medicinal substance out of the storage chamber into an emptying-standby position. In the emptying-standby position, the metering chamber is closed by the piston. The piston is displaceable by airstream into an emptying-release position. In the emptying-release position, a metering chamber is released and the substance removed by the suction airstream. The metering device includes an outer cylinder which accommodates an inner cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: SIEGFRIED GENERICS INTERNATIONAL AG
    Inventors: Alfred Von Schuckmann, Yorick Kamlag, Stefan Mayer, Dennis Sandell
  • Publication number: 20140076315
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1), which is closable by a cap, for inhaling powdery substances (13), particularly of a medicinal kind, contained in capsules (14) that can be displaced by means of a slider (9) into an emptying position for the purpose of aspirating completely the content thereof. To further improve such a device in terms of clean storage, it is proposed to dispose the air inlet for the mouthpiece channel (5) adjacent to and below the closed mouthpiece cap (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Inventor: Alfred Von Schuckmann
  • Patent number: 8631973
    Abstract: Single-use cartridges for the storing and dispensing of dental two-component impression materials have a closable external chamber with a cylinder-shaped external wall, a cylindrical closable internal chamber that is arranged coaxially or eccentric therein, a mixing element including housing and mobile mixer that is to be mounted separately or connected firmly to the external chamber at its inlet end. Either the internal cylindrical chamber is arranged such that it can be rotated and forms the drive shaft for the mobile mixer part of the mixing element, or the drive shaft extends parallel to the central axis through the internal cylindrical chamber or forms the central axis. The content of the chambers can be dispensed by means of conveying means whose axial thrust motions can be controlled independent of each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Heraeus Kulzer GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Grundler, Klaus-Dieter Nehren, Alfred von Schuckmann
  • Patent number: 8573204
    Abstract: A dosing device can be activated by a vacuum air stream of a user for the inhalation of a powder substance, particularly medicine, which is arranged in a supply chamber and which can be brought out of the same into an open emptying-ready position by a dosing chamber of a dosing rod when the mouthpiece-closure cap is removed. In particular, in order to improve dispensing, the provision of two air paths, of which one serves to open and empty the dosing chamber, and/or the second air path penetrates directly into a ring chamber in order to mix with the air flow containing the substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Siegfried Generics International
    Inventors: Alfred Von Schuckmann, Yorick Kamlag, Stefan Mayer, Dennis Sandell
  • Publication number: 20130237911
    Abstract: The invention relates to a syringe cap (1) for a medical syringe (28), having two cap parts (2, 3) displaceable toward each other, wherein a motion of the cap parts (2, 3) toward each other takes place when the syringe cap (1) is first removed from the syringe (28). In order to disclose a syringe cap for a medical syringe, wherein a first use can be advantageously determined and handling is simple, according to the invention an indicator element is displaced into a display setting and the display element (6) can be removed from the syringe (28) together with the cap parts (2, 3) of the syringe cap (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Inventor: Alfred Von Schuckmann
  • Patent number: 8508385
    Abstract: A metering device can be activated by a suction airflow of a user for inhaling a powdery substance, in particular of medicinal type, which is arranged in a supply chamber and can be brought out of there into an apparent discharge standby position by removing a mouthpiece sealing cap by a metering chamber of a metering rod. The metering device provides piston-extensible tabs for sealing off the metering chamber, particularly for the facilitated opening of the metering chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Alfred Von Schuckmann, Yorick Kamlag, Stefan Mayer, Dennis Sandell
  • Patent number: 8474447
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hand-held device (1), as depicted in exemplary FIG. 4, for metered dispensing of sprayable substances, particularly medicaments for inhalation, with a cartridge (3) that can be moved into the dispensing position, by pressure being applied to a housing, and with a step-by-step indexing mechanism (11) which is entrained by the cartridge (3) in the opening travel thereof and which is used to record and display the dispensing actuations that have been performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Alfred Von Schuckmann, Dieter Hochrainer, Hubert Hoelz
  • Patent number: 8434476
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dispenser (1) for pulverulent substances (30), in particular medicaments, from a blister pack (25), dome-shaped cavities (26) of which that are disposed on a base layer (28) can, by movement in a dispenser housing (4), be brought step by step into an emptying position, in which they can be opened by means of a needle (31) and can be emptied by a suction air stream (a) leading to a mouthpiece (6). To achieve optimum emptying of the cavities, it is proposed that the needle (31) passes crosswise through both lateral walls of the dome (29) of the cavities (preferably parallel to the base layer 28) in order to form a through path to the mouthpiece for suction air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Inventor: Alfred Von Schuckmann
  • Publication number: 20130092161
    Abstract: The invention relates to an inhaler for powdered, particularly medical substances, comprising a suction air duct that extends to a mouthpiece, a reservoir for the substance, and an at least linearly movable dosing chamber for separating a specific amount of the substance from the reservoir and placing the amount into a transfer position in order for the same to be transferred to the suction air flow. In order to further develop a generic inhaler in an advantageous manner, especially so as to charge the dosing chamber by separating a specific amount of substance from the reservoir, the dosing chamber can be rotationally moved in a superimposed fashion while being arranged eccentric to a corresponding axis of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Inventor: Alfred Von Schuckmann
  • Publication number: 20130074841
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dispenser (1) for powdery compositions (M) contained in a separate pack, in particular compositions (M) contained in a blister pack (18), wherein the pack has a container part (14) with tear-off container cover (16), wherein furthermore an aspirated stream of air is sucked for the most part through the container part (14), after the container cover (16) has been removed from the container part (14), in such a way that two air streams (a, b) entering through slits (29) of a lid (19) empty the container part (15) from the direction of its two ends and, after coming together, pass into a swirl chamber (7) arranged upstream of a mouthpiece (3). In order to further optimize a dispenser in terms of flow technology, it is proposed that the air stream channel (27) designed as an arc-shaped path leads to the more distant end of the container part (14) and encompasses the container part (14) with an at least 180° curve area (52).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventor: Alfred Von Schuckmann
  • Patent number: 8342174
    Abstract: An inhaler for powdery, in particular medical, substances is formed with a suction air channel, which leads to a mouthpiece. The inhaler also has a storage chamber for storing the substance and a linearly moving dosing chamber for apportioning a specified amount of substance from the storage chamber to a transfer point to the suction air flow. The aim of the invention is to obtain a structurally simple solution that makes it possible to eliminate adding an external air flow. To this end, a component of the suction air flow, which is located in the direction of extension of the dosing chamber, empties said dosing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Sanofi SA
    Inventor: Alfred von Schuckmann
  • Patent number: 8342175
    Abstract: An inhaler for powdery, in particular medicinal, substances includes a suction air channel, which leads to a mouthpiece. The inhaler also has a storage chamber for storing the substance and a linearly moving dosing chamber for apportioning and distributing a specified amount of substance from the storage chamber to a transfer point to the suction air flow. The novel inhaler represents a structurally simple solution that makes it possible to eliminate adding an external air flow. To this end, a component of the suction air flow, which is located in the direction of extension of the dosing chamber, empties said dosing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Sanofi SA
    Inventor: Alfred von Schuckmann
  • Patent number: 8327842
    Abstract: The invention relates to an inhaler for powdered, particularly medical substances, including a suction air duct that extends to a mouthpiece, a reservoir for the substance, and an at least linearly movable dosing chamber for separating a specific amount of the substance from the reservoir and placing the amount into a transfer position in order for the same to be transferred to the suction air flow. In order to further develop a generic inhaler in an advantageous manner, especially so as to charge the dosing chamber by separating a specific amount of substance from the reservoir, the dosing chamber can be rotationally moved in a superimposed fashion while being arranged eccentric to a corresponding axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Sanofi SA
    Inventor: Alfred von Schuckmann
  • Patent number: 8261737
    Abstract: An inhaler for powdery substances, in particular medical substances, has a substance storage chamber and a dosing chamber, which receives a defined amount of the substance, is formed as a cross-hole of a rod and can be displaced from a filling position into an emptying position, in which emptying position the dosing chamber is located in an air flow channel. The rod has a number of dosing chambers located one after the other on the rod, which preferably move into the emptying position one after the other during a discharge actuation and can be blown out one by one as intermingling small portions (instead of one large one) by positive air pressure in the air flow channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Inventor: Alfred Von Schuckmann
  • Patent number: 8210170
    Abstract: Manually actuable inhaler (1) for pulverulent substances, during manual actuation, apportions a defined discharge quantity (20?) from a substance storage quantity (20) in a metering chamber (D) upstream of a discharge passage (21), for providing an airborne. discharge from a mouthpiece opening (14). The inhaler has a piston (8) which generates the discharge airstream, together with a cavity (17) in a body portion (15) of the piston, the cavity forming a substance storage chamber (SV) and the metering chamber (D). A reduced pressure, which is generated during a return stroke of the piston (8), opens the metering chamber (D) toward the substance storage quantity (20). The base of the metering chamber (D), is formed by an air-permeable membrane and the chamber is closed by a valve cone (65).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Inventor: Alfred von Schuckmann
  • Patent number: 8132565
    Abstract: The invention relates to an inhalator (1) for powdery substances (33), especially medical substances. The inhalator comprises a substance reservoir chamber (27) and a metering chamber (34). The metering chamber is configured as a crossbore (35) of a rod (36) and can be displaced from a filling position (B) to a discharge position (E), in which discharge position (E) the metering chamber (34) is positioned in an air flow channel (21). The aim of the invention is to improve said inhalator, especially with regard to the filling or emptying of its metering chamber, even when particles of smallest dust-like grain size are used. For this purpose, at least a part of the reservoir chamber wall (28) is displaced in the direction of the rod (36) when the inhalator (1) is actuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Inventor: Alfred Von Schuckmann
  • Publication number: 20120017903
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dosing device for inhaling a powdery substance, particularly of a medical nature, which is arranged in a storage chamber above a trailing bottom and can be brought from said storage chamber into an evacuation readiness position, and having a display (A) associated with the actual filling level in the area of the device wall. In order to further develop a dosing device of the type in question particularly with regard to an improved display in an advantageous manner, it is proposed that the display (A) be composed of a strip tape carried along by the bottom and deflected by 180°, wherein the deflection area of the strip tape lies behind the transparent device wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: SANOFI SA
    Inventor: Alfred von Schuckmann