Patents by Inventor Matthias Wochele

Matthias Wochele 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).

  • Patent number: 11059639
    Abstract: A protective cap for a dispenser for discharging pharmaceutical and/or cosmetic liquids. The dispenser has a liquid reservoir and a discharge opening through which the liquid can be dispensed into a surrounding atmosphere. The protective cap has at least one ventilation opening for establishing communication between an interior and an outer surrounding area, and a sterile filter which covers the at least one ventilation opening is arranged on the protective cap in order to reduce or prevent an introduction of microbes into the interior of the protective cap via the at least one ventilation opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: APTAR RADOLFZELL GMBH
    Inventor: Matthias Wochele
  • Publication number: 20200262622
    Abstract: A protective cap for a dispenser for discharging pharmaceutical and/or cosmetic liquids. The dispenser has a liquid reservoir and a discharge opening through which the liquid can be dispensed into a surrounding atmosphere. The protective cap has at least one ventilation opening for establishing communication between an interior and an outer surrounding area, and a sterile filter which covers the at least one ventilation opening is arranged on the protective cap in order to reduce or prevent an introduction of microbes into the interior of the protective cap via the at least one ventilation opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventor: Matthias WOCHELE
  • Patent number: 10099229
    Abstract: Dispenser with a liquid storage unit, a dispensing head with a perforated plate component which has at least 25 dispensing openings in a dispensing opening region, with a pre-chamber connected upstream of the dispensing openings of the perforated plate component and from which the dispensing openings are supplied, and a connecting channel which connects the liquid storage unit to the pre-chamber. The perforated plate component is fastened on the dispensing head in an edge region and the dispensing opening region is pressed into a curved form by means of a curvature body which is arranged in the pre-chamber and acts with force upon the perforated plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: APTAR RADOLFZELL GMBH
    Inventors: Juergen Greiner-Perth, Matthias Wochele
  • Patent number: 9889978
    Abstract: A protective cap for a dispenser for discharging pharmaceutical and/or cosmetic liquids, wherein the dispenser has a liquid reservoir and an outlet opening through which the liquid can be dispensed into a surrounding atmosphere, and wherein the protective cap has at least one ventilation opening to allow communication between an interior and external surroundings. An irreversibly removable sealing element which covers the at least one ventilation opening is arranged on the protective cap, which sealing element closes the at least one ventilation opening in an airtight and germproof manner before a first use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: APTAR RADOLFZELL GMBH
    Inventor: Matthias Wochele
  • Patent number: 9833356
    Abstract: Dispenser for dispensing pharmaceutical liquid having a housing, a liquid reservoir arranged within the housing, an exit opening through which liquid is discharged into a surrounding atmosphere, an outlet channel connecting the liquid reservoir to the exit opening and having an outlet valve, openable in a pressure-dependent manner or actuatable manually, arranged in the outlet channel. With the valve closed, the outlet channel is subdivided into a first portion upstream of the outlet valve and a second portion downstream of the outlet valve. The housing is of antibacterial design in the region of surfaces which are intended to come into contact with the liquid, wherein it is exclusively surfaces in the region of the second portion and/or of an outer surface of the housing which have this antibacterial design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: APTAR RADOLFZELL GMBH
    Inventor: Matthias Wochele
  • Patent number: 9815609
    Abstract: A dispenser for discharging a pharmaceutical or cosmetic medium having a discharge head with a discharge opening, a container for storing the medium prior to discharge, an elastically deformable outer container, and a dimensionally flexible inner container arranged in an interior of the outer container. A ventilation channel is provided, through which the interior of the outer container is connected to an environment for pressure compensation by compensating air. The ventilation channel is delimited in at least some regions by a self-adhesive label, or the ventilation channel has a self-adhesive label and has a gas-permeable surface portion. The gas-permeable surface portion is arranged in the ventilation channel or on one of the ends of the ventilation channel, such that the air passing through the ventilation channel also passes through the gas-permeable surface portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: APTAR RADOLFZELL GMBH
    Inventor: Matthias Wochele
  • Patent number: 9700907
    Abstract: A discharging device for liquids. The invention relates to a discharging device for liquids, more particularly for pharmaceutical liquids, comprising a delivery device (10), a liquid storage receptical (20) communicating with an input (10a) of the delivery device for storage of the liquid (30), and a discharge orifice (12) which communicates with an outlet (10b) of said delivery device, and the liquid storage receptical (20) is at least in part in the form of a dimensionally flexible liquid-containing bag (20) and the liquid storage receptical (20) is disposed in a buffer chamber of constant volume (42).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: APTAR RADOLFZELL GMBH
    Inventors: Juergen Greiner-Perth, Matthias Wochele, Peter Stadelhofer
  • Patent number: 9669974
    Abstract: The invention relates to a protective cap for a dispenser, and to a dispenser for discharging pharmaceutical and/or cosmetical liquids, wherein the dispenser has a liquid reservoir and an outlet opening through which the liquid can be discharged into a surrounding atmosphere. The protective cap comprises an outer cap and an inner element inserted therein, wherein either at least one ventilation channel, which can be closed by means of a shut-off element and provides communication between an interior of the protective cap and an external environment, is formed between the outer cap and the inner element, or the inner element closes a ventilation opening of the outer cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: APTAR RADOLFZELL GMBH
    Inventors: Matthias Wochele, Antonio O. Mallare, Sai Shankar
  • Patent number: 9555950
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser device comprising: a reservoir (10) containing at least two doses of fluid; a dispenser member (20), such as a piston, that is mounted to slide in said reservoir (10) so as to dispense the fluid; a dispenser head (30) that is provided with a dispenser orifice (31), said head being movable relative to said reservoir (10) so as to move said actuator member (20) in said reservoir (10) and thus dispense the fluid through said dispenser orifice (31); said dispenser head (30) including at least two viewing windows (35, 36), said device including an indicator (40) that is movable together with said reservoir (10), said indicator (40) co-operating with a respective viewing window (35, 36) after each actuation of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Francois Le Maner, Jurgen Greiner-Perth, Silvio Carrico, Matthias Wochele
  • Publication number: 20160375448
    Abstract: Dispenser with a liquid storage unit, a dispensing head with a perforated plate component which has at least 25 dispensing openings in a dispensing opening region, with a pre-chamber connected upstream of the dispensing openings of the perforated plate component and from which the dispensing openings are supplied, and a connecting channel which connects the liquid storage unit to the pre-chamber. The perforated plate component is fastened on the dispensing head in an edge region and the dispensing opening region is pressed into a curved form by means of a curvature body which is arranged in the pre-chamber and acts with force upon the perforated plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Juergen GREINER-PERTH, Matthias WOCHELE
  • Publication number: 20160311589
    Abstract: A protective cap for a dispenser for discharging pharmaceutical and/or cosmetic liquids, wherein the dispenser has a liquid reservoir and an outlet opening through which the liquid can be dispensed into a surrounding atmosphere, and wherein the protective cap has at least one ventilation opening to allow communication between an interior and external surroundings. An irreversibly removable sealing element which covers the at least one ventilation opening is arranged on the protective cap, which sealing element closes the at least one ventilation opening in an airtight and germproof manner before a first use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventor: Matthias WOCHELE
  • Publication number: 20160311588
    Abstract: A protective cap for a dispenser for discharging pharmaceutical and/or cosmetic liquids. The dispenser has a liquid reservoir and a discharge opening through which the liquid can be dispensed into a surrounding atmosphere. The protective cap has at least one ventilation opening for establishing communication between an interior and an outer surrounding area, and a sterile filter which covers the at least one ventilation opening is arranged on the protective cap in order to reduce or prevent an introduction of microbes into the interior of the protective cap via the at least one ventilation opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventor: Matthias WOCHELE
  • Publication number: 20160137390
    Abstract: A dispenser for discharging a pharmaceutical or cosmetic medium having a discharge head with a discharge opening, a container for storing the medium prior to discharge, elastically deformable outer container, and a dimensionally flexible inner container arranged in an interior of the outer container. A ventilation channel is provided, through which the interior of the outer container is connected to an environment for pressure compensation by compensating air. The ventilation channel is delimited in at least some regions by a self-adhesive label, or ventilation channel has a self-adhesive label and has a gas-permeable surface portion. The gas-permeable surface portion is arranged in the ventilation channel or on one of the ends of the ventilation channel, such that the air passing through the ventilation channel also passes through the gas-permeable surface portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventor: Matthias WOCHELE
  • Publication number: 20160068326
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser device comprising: a reservoir (10) containing at least two doses of fluid; a dispenser member (20), such as a piston, that is mounted to slide in said reservoir (10) so as to dispense the fluid; a dispenser head (30) that is provided with a dispenser orifice (31), said head being movable relative to said reservoir (10) so as to move said actuator member (20) in said reservoir (10) and thus dispense the fluid through said dispenser orifice (31); said dispenser head (30) including at least two viewing windows (35, 36), said device including an indicator (40) that is movable together with said reservoir (10), said indicator (40) co-operating with a respective viewing window (35, 36) after each actuation of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Francois LE MANER, Jurgen GREINER-PERTH, Silvio CARRICO, Matthias WOCHELE
  • Patent number: 9233384
    Abstract: A dispenser for discharging liquids with a liquid reservoir for accommodating the liquid prior to being discharged, and a liquid outlet passage which leads to a liquid outlet opening through which the liquid reservoir communicates with a surrounding atmosphere. In a use position, the liquid outlet opening is arranged below the liquid reservoir such that the liquid flows on account of the weight thereof in the direction of the liquid outlet opening, and the liquid outlet passage in the use position does not simultaneously permit air to enter the liquid reservoir and liquid to exit into the surrounding atmosphere. In order to reduce the internal volume of the dispenser and therefore to effect a discharge of liquid, a slide is pushed manually in an actuating direction from a stroke starting position into a stroke end position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: APTAR RADOLFZELL GMBH
    Inventors: Juergen Greiner-Perth, Matthias Wochele, Judith Auerbach
  • Patent number: 9204994
    Abstract: A discharge device for discharging pharmaceutical liquids, with a housing, a liquid reservoir with a receiving space for storing the pharmaceutical liquid, and a discharge opening which is provided on the housing and which connects the receiving space to an environment and serves to dispense the pharmaceutical liquid. A pretensioned spring mechanism is provided, by means of which liquid in the receiving space of the liquid reservoir is subjected to pressure and which, in the assembled state of the discharge device, is not accessible for input of energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: APTAR RADOLFZELL GMBH
    Inventors: Juergen Greiner-Perth, Matthias Wochele
  • Patent number: 9073080
    Abstract: A discharge device for liquids, which includes a pump chamber that is limited by two valves, which in each case include a valve body section and a valve seat. Channels are arranged concentrically and a fixing region of a valve body of one or of both valves is attached to an intermediate wall between the channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: APTAR RADOLFZELL GMBH
    Inventors: Matthias Wochele, Juergen Greiner-Perth, Philipp Braik
  • Publication number: 20150166229
    Abstract: The invention relates to a protective cap for a dispenser, and to a dispenser for discharging pharmaceutical and/or cosmetical liquids, wherein the dispenser has a liquid reservoir and an outlet opening through which the liquid can be discharged into a surrounding atmosphere. The protective cap comprises an outer cap and an inner element inserted therein, wherein either at least one ventilation channel, which can be closed by means of a shut-off element and provides communication between an interior of the protective cap and an external environment, is formed between the outer cap and the inner element, or the inner element closes a ventilation opening of the outer cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Matthias WOCHELE, Antonio O. MALLARE, Sai SHANKAR
  • Publication number: 20150151884
    Abstract: Dispenser for cosmetic or pharmaceutical liquids including a liquid reservoir, in which the liquid is stored prior to a discharge process and which is surrounded by an outer wall, a discharge opening for discharging the liquid into a surrounding atmosphere, and a riser pipe, which extends from the discharge opening into the liquid reservoir. The outer wall of the liquid reservoir and the riser pipe are formed as a common one-piece component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventor: Matthias Wochele
  • Publication number: 20140336596
    Abstract: Dispenser for dispensing pharmaceutical liquid having a housing, a liquid reservoir, arranged within the housing, an exit opening, through which liquid is discharged into a surrounding atmosphere, an outlet channel connecting the liquid reservoir to the exit opening and having an outlet valve, openable in a pressure-dependent manner or actuatable manually, arranged in the outlet channel. With the valve closed, the outlet channel is subdivided into a first portion upstream of the outlet valve and a second portion downstream of the outlet valve. The housing is of antibacterial design in the region of surfaces which are intended to come into contact with the liquid, wherein it is exclusively surfaces in the region of the second portion and/or of an outer surface of the housing which have this antibacterial design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventor: Matthias Wochele