Patents by Inventor Melanie Marie Springer

Melanie Marie Springer 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).

  • RADIALLY ADJUSTABLE MULTI-CARTRIDGE COMBINATORIAL DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE FOR SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTION
    Publication number: 20220395631
    Abstract: In one aspect, a drug delivery device is provided for delivering drug from a plurality of drug cartridges. The drug delivery device includes: a cylindrical cassette configured to accommodate the plurality of drug cartridges; a reversibly advanceable plunger; and, an indexer for incrementally rotating the cassette to align the plurality of drug cartridges individually with the plunger. The indexer includes first and second shafts with cooperating elements which cause incremental rotation of the first shaft, relative to the second shaft, upon the second shaft engaging the first shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Martin John McLoughlin, Stephen Lawrence Zieminski, Peter William Heyman, Mark Steven Howansky, Frank Berardocco, Samuel Robert Zschack, Melanie Marie Springer, Jonathan Adam Reed, Joseph Morin
  • PISTON VALVING FOR SERIALLY CONNECTABLE DRUG MODULES OF A COMBINATORIAL DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20220362105
    Abstract: A valving arrangement is provided herein for regulating fluidics of modules usable in a combinatorial drug delivery device. The valving includes a slidable piston valve, adjustable to selectively seal an outlet path from a drug vial and a sealing port, in parallel to a vent, for selectively sealing an inlet path to the drug vial. Advantageously, the subject invention allows for applied negative pressure to adjust the valving to allow flow between serially-connected modules forming a drug delivery device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Martin John McLoughlin, Stephen Lawrence Zieminski, Mark Steven Howansky, Mariano Mumpower, Melanie Marie Springer, Katherine Alina Goetz, Benjamin Richard Lane