Patents by Inventor David Schiff
David Schiff 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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Publication number: 20240023635Abstract: An e-vaping case includes a housing, a guide structure, a cartridge receiving portion connected to the guide structure, and an electronics system in the housing. The cartridge receiving portion is configured to be moved along the guide structure between a first surface and a second surface of the housing. The electronics system includes a power supply that is configured to initiate a transfer of power to an electrical contact structure if the cartridge receiving portion is moved towards the first surface of the housing to at least a first position of the housing. The electronics system is configured to interrupt the transfer of power to the electrical contact structure if the cartridge receiving portion is moved towards the second surface of the housing. An electronic vaping device may include a cartridge detachably coupled to the cartridge receiving portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Applicant: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: Eric HAWES, Chris SIMPSON, Terrance Theodore BACHE, David SCHIFF
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Patent number: 11800900Abstract: An e-vaping case includes a housing, a guide structure, a cartridge receiving portion connected to the guide structure, and an electronics system in the housing. The cartridge receiving portion is configured to be moved along the guide structure between a first surface and a second surface of the housing. The electronics system includes a power supply that is configured to initiate a transfer of power to an electrical contact structure if the cartridge receiving portion is moved towards the first surface of the housing to at least a first position of the housing. The electronics system is configured to interrupt the transfer of power to the electrical contact structure if the cartridge receiving portion is moved towards the second surface of the housing. An electronic vaping device may include a cartridge detachably coupled to the cartridge receiving portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2020Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: Eric Hawes, Chris Simpson, Terrance Theodore Bache, David Schiff
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Patent number: 11744956Abstract: An apparatus for entirely removing a medical sharp from a holder to which it is connected, including a body (102), a heating unit (104) disposed in the body, a receiving unit (114) fixedly disposed in the body and configured to receive the holder, and a collet (122) movably disposed within the body and configured to receive the medical sharp. The apparatus also includes a first biasing member (130) disposed within the body, and a user interface (136) coupled to the collet and configured to displace the collet away from the receiving unit, actuate the first biasing member to increase a bias on the collet toward the receiving unit, and actuate the heating unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2018Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Amit Limaye, David Schiff, Eric Chang
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Patent number: 11577030Abstract: User-friendly attachment mechanisms for pen needles provide improved handling and ease of use, including locking installation and removal features and sensory feedback when a needle-bearing hub is seated on a pen.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2017Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Embecta Corp.Inventors: Sudarsan Srinivasan, MichaeL DiBiasi, Sean Sullivan, Keith Knapp, II, Joshua Herr, Amit Limaye, David Huang, David Schiff, Todd Sack
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Patent number: 11471612Abstract: Induction heating from an induction coil (108) is used to separate a metal medical sharp (144) from its holder (142) by applying a high-frequency oscillating magnetic field that excites eddy currents and resistance heating in the sharp. The heated metal sharp melts the adhesive or plastic securing the sharp to its holder. The use of induction heating is advantageous in that it does not require direct contact between the electrical circuit and the sharp or its holder. The heating can also act to sterilize the sharp and thereby render it less hazardous at the same time that it separates the sharp from its holder. The induction coil can have a stepped or conical shape to concentrate the RF energy at the interface between the metal sharp and its holder.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2018Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Amit Limaye, David Schiff, Todd Zielinski, Nick McGill, Marian Morys, Glenn Smollinger
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Publication number: 20220212196Abstract: Variable temperature analytical assemblies are provided and/or methods for changing temperatures of a mass are provided. Low thermal conductance components and/or assemblies are also provided. Methods for thermally isolating a mass from a support structure are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2020Publication date: July 7, 2022Applicant: Montana Instruments CorporationInventors: Ryan Murdick, Anjan Reijnders, David Schiff
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Publication number: 20220088320Abstract: A needle hub assembly for a pen needle includes a needle hub, an inner shield and an outer cover. The open end of the outer cover is closed by a removable seal to access the needle hub. The needle hub has a body with a shoulder and a tower extending from the body for supporting a cannula. The inner shield fits over the tower and the cannula and includes a flange that has an outer dimension complementing the outer dimension of the needle hub and contacts the shoulder of the needle hub in the assembled condition. The outer cover encloses the needle hub and the inner shield and includes a stop member on an inner surface that contacts the flange of the inner shield to capture the inner shield between the shoulder of the needle hub and the outer cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Inventors: Christopher RINI, Richard KLUG, Ronald PETTIS, David HUANG, Shresta MARIGOWDA, Todd SACK, Mark BOWEN, Matthew ZUSCHLAG, David SCHIFF
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Patent number: 11207472Abstract: A needle hub assembly for a pen needle includes a needle hub, an inner shield and an outer cover. The open end of the outer cover is closed by a removable seal to access the needle hub. The needle hub has a body with a shoulder and a tower extending from the body for supporting a cannula. The inner shield fits over the tower and the cannula and includes a flange that has an outer dimension complementing the outer dimension of the needle hub and contacts the shoulder of the needle hub in the assembled condition. The outer cover encloses the needle hub and the inner shield and includes a stop member on an inner surface that contacts the flange of the inner shield to capture the inner shield between the shoulder of the needle hub and the outer cover.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2016Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Christopher Rini, Richard Klug, Ronald Pettis, David Huang, Shresta Marigowda, Todd Sack, Mark Bowen, Matthew Zuschlag, David Schiff
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Patent number: 11123500Abstract: A magazine (18) that stores a plurality of needles (56) configured to engage a medication pen (2) for medication delivery, the magazine (18) comprising a magazine housing (20) enclosing a removable array (26) having a plurality of hub chambers (22) each enclosing one of a plurality of needle hubs (50), a connector (28) in each of the plurality of huh chambers (22), each connector (28) engages one of the plurality of needle hubs (50), a plurality of peel tabs (30) each sealing one of the plurality of hub chambers (22), and an electronic indicator (62) to identify a status of the plurality of needle hubs (50), wherein the electronic indicator (62) identifies how many of the plurality of needle hubs (50) are unused.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2020Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Sudarsan Srinivasan, David Schiff, Stephan Lawson, Nicholas Hugh McGill
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Publication number: 20210100960Abstract: A needle hub assembly for a pen needle includes a needle hub, an inner shield and an outer cover. The open end of the outer cover is closed by a removable seal to access the needle hub. The needle hub has a body with a shoulder and a tower extending from the body for supporting a cannula. The inner shield fits over the tower and the cannula and includes a flange that has an outer dimension complementing the outer dimension of the needle hub and contacts the shoulder of the needle hub in the assembled condition. The outer cover encloses the needle hub and the inner shield and includes a stop member on an inner surface that contacts the flange of the inner shield to capture the inner shield between the shoulder of the needle hub and the outer cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2016Publication date: April 8, 2021Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Christopher RINI, Richard KLUG, Ronald PETTIS, David HUANG, Shresta MARIGOWDA, Todd SACK, Mark BOWEN, Matthew ZUSCHLAG, David SCHIFF
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Publication number: 20200367555Abstract: An e-vaping case includes a housing, a guide structure, a cartridge receiving portion connected to the guide structure, and an electronics system in the housing. The cartridge receiving portion is configured to be moved along the guide structure between a first surface and a second surface of the housing. The electronics system includes a power supply that is configured to initiate a transfer of power to an electrical contact structure if the cartridge receiving portion is moved towards the first surface of the housing to at least a first position of the housing. The electronics system is configured to interrupt the transfer of power to the electrical contact structure if the cartridge receiving portion is moved towards the second surface of the housing. An electronic vaping device may include a cartridge detachably coupled to the cartridge receiving portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Applicant: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: Eric HAWES, Chris SIMPSON, Terrance Theodore BACHE, David SCHIFF
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Patent number: 10828235Abstract: A syringe includes a syringe body having a syringe barrel for receiving and administering a medicament, a hollow needle fluidly communicating with the syringe barrel, and a needle adapter disposed on the syringe body. An outer diameter of the needle adapter is wider than an outer diameter of the syringe barrel, and a distal surface of the needle adapter is substantially flat. The needle adapter facilitates a flush alignment of the distal surface of the needle adapter with at least one of a vial stopper and a vial stopper holder of a medicament vial to ensure that a tip of the needle is properly inserted into the vial to aspirate the medicament within the vial.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2016Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Amit Limaye, Kevin O'Hara, David Schiff, Jesse Gala
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Patent number: 10821237Abstract: A pen needle assembly (10) includes a pen needle (12) with a hub body (16) having a needle shield (28) that covers a needle (26) and can be retracted to expose the needle during injection and return to the extended position after use and locked in the extended position. A spring (56) is provided to rotate the needle shield after use to a locked position. A locking member (84) can be provided on the needle shield that cooperates with the hub body (16) to prevent rotation after use. An attachment mechanism (38) for the pen needle provides a sensory indication when a needle-bearing hub body (16) is seated on a pen and limits further rotation of the pen needle relative to the delivery device.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2018Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Amit Limaye, Sudarsan Srinivasan, David Schiff, Todd Sack, Breanna Stachowski
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Publication number: 20200329770Abstract: The method includes supporting at least one first heater, and at least partially supporting at least one portion of at least one first wick, using a support plate in an e-vaping section, configuring the at least one first wick to transfer a pre-vapor formulation from a reservoir to the at least one first heater, forming an electrical connection between the at least one first heater and a terminal that is electrically connectable to a power supply, and positioning the support plate nearer a downstream end than an upstream end of the reservoir relative to a normal direction of airflow through the e-vaping section during use, a major surface of the support plate being transverse to the normal direction of airflow.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2020Publication date: October 22, 2020Applicant: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: David SCHIFF, Chris CARRICK, Eric HAWES, Ali ROSTAMI, Christopher S. TUCKER, Berina YERKIC-HUSEJNOVIC
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Publication number: 20200297938Abstract: User-friendly attachment mechanisms for pen needles provide improved handling and ease of use, including locking installation and removal features and sensory feedback when a needle-bearing hub is seated on a pen. Embodiments include a needle-bearing hub having a circumferentially oriented flexible tab that engages a radially inward rib on an outer cover to assist in attaching a pen device to the pen needle.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2020Publication date: September 24, 2020Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Sudarsan Srinivasan, Michael DiBiasi, Sean Sullivan, Keith Knapp, Joshua Herr, Amit Limaye, David Huang, David Schiff, Todd Sack
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Patent number: 10765148Abstract: An e-vaping case includes a housing, a guide structure, a cartridge receiving portion connected to the guide structure, and an electronics system in the housing. The cartridge receiving portion is configured to be moved along the guide structure between a first surface and a second surface of the housing. The electronics system includes a power supply that is configured to initiate a transfer of power to an electrical contact structure if the cartridge receiving portion is moved towards the first surface of the housing to at least a first position of the housing. The electronics system is configured to interrupt the transfer of power to the electrical contact structure if the cartridge receiving portion is moved towards the second surface of the housing. An electronic vaping device may include a cartridge detachably coupled to the cartridge receiving portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2016Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: Eric Hawes, Chris Simpson, Terrance Theodore Bache, David Schiff
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Publication number: 20200261664Abstract: A magazine (18) that stores a plurality of needles (56) configured to engage a medication pen (2) for medication delivery, the magazine (18) comprising a magazine housing (20) enclosing a removable array (26) having a plurality of hub chambers (22) each enclosing one of a plurality of needle hubs (50), a connector (28) in each of the plurality of huh chambers (22), each connector (28) engages one of the plurality of needle hubs (50), a plurality of peel tabs (30) each sealing one of the plurality of hub chambers (22), and an electronic indicator (62) to identify a status of the plurality of needle hubs (50), wherein the electronic indicator (62) identifies how many of the plurality of needle hubs (50) are unused.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2020Publication date: August 20, 2020Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Sudarsan Srinivasan, David Schiff, Stephan Lawson, Nicholas Hugh McGill
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Patent number: 10729858Abstract: A magazine (18) that stores a plurality of needles (56) configured to engage a medication pen (2) for medication delivery, the magazine (18) comprising a magazine housing (20) enclosing a removable array (26) having a plurality of hub chambers (22) each enclosing one of a plurality of needle hubs (50), a connector (28) in each of the plurality of hub chambers (22), each connector (28) engages one of the plurality of needle hubs (50), a plurality of peel tabs (30) each sealing one of the plurality of hub chambers (22), and an electronic indicator (62) to identify a status of the plurality of needle hubs (50), wherein the electronic indicator (62) identifies how many of the plurality of needle hubs (50) are unused.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2017Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Sudarsan Srinivasan, David Schiff, Stephan Lawson, Nicholas Hugh McGill
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Publication number: 20200222640Abstract: An apparatus for entirely removing a medical sharp from a holder to which it is connected, including a body (102), a heating unit (104) disposed in the body, a receiving unit (114) fixedly disposed in the body and configured to receive the holder, and a collet (122) movably disposed within the body and configured to receive the medical sharp. The apparatus also includes a first biasing member (130) disposed within the body, and a user interface (136) coupled to the collet and configured to displace the collet away from the receiving unit, actuate the first biasing member to increase a bias on the collet toward the receiving unit, and actuate the heating unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2018Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Amit Limaye, David Schiff, Eric Chang
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Publication number: 20200222639Abstract: Induction heating from an induction coil (108) is used to separate a metal medical sharp (144) from its holder (142) by applying a high-frequency oscillating magnetic field that excites eddy currents and resistance heating in the sharp. The heated metal sharp melts the adhesive or plastic securing the sharp to its holder. The use of induction heating is advantageous in that it does not require direct contact between the electrical circuit and the sharp or its holder. The heating can also act to sterilize the sharp and thereby render it less hazardous at the same time that it separates the sharp from its holder. The induction coil can have a stepped or conical shape to concentrate the RF energy at the interface between the metal sharp and its holder.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2018Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Amit Limaye, David Schiff, Todd Zielinski, Nick McGill, Marian Marys, Glenn Smolfinger