Patents by Inventor Michael Minotti

Michael Minotti 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).

  • Multi medication nasal spray device and method
    Patent number: 7875001
    Abstract: A nasal spray apparatus for simultaneously administrating metered amounts of multiple medicaments includes chambers for separately storing incompatible medicaments, such as an antihistamine and a steroid. Reciprocal piston pumps allow the medications to be sprayed into the user's nasal cavity. Two pumps can be used to separately transfer the medicaments to a receptacle where they can be initially mixed just prior to administration. A small volume receptacle is used to reduce the amount of mixture remaining after each stroke of the nasal spray apparatus. A check valve can be associated with each pump to further reduce medicament mixtures from cross contamination within storage chamber preparations. Collapsible components, including collapsible storage chambers or balloon capacitors can be employed to compensate for vacuums and back pressures as the medicaments are pumped to a spray nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Inventor: Americo Michael Minotti
  • Multi medication nasal spray device and method
    Publication number: 20090216183
    Abstract: A nasal spray apparatus for simultaneously administrating metered amounts of multiple medicaments includes chambers for separately storing incompatible medicaments, such as an antihistamine and a steroid. Reciprocal piston pumps allow the medications to be sprayed into the user's nasal cavity. Two pumps can be used to separately transfer the medicaments to a receptacle where they can be initially mixed just prior to administration. A small volume receptacle is used to reduce the amount of mixture remaining after each stroke of the nasal spray apparatus. A check valve can be associated with each pump to further reduce medicament mixtures from cross contamination within storage chamber preparations. Collapsible components, including collapsible storage chambers or balloon capacitors can be employed to compensate for vacuums and back pressures as the medicaments are pumped to a spray nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Inventor: Americo Michael Minotti
  • Lubricating oil compositions
    Publication number: 20050124509
    Abstract: Soot induced kinematic viscosity increase of lubricating oil compositions for diesel engines can be ameliorated by combined use of derivatized high molecular weight olefin copolymers and high molecular weight nitrogen-containing dispersant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2003
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Inventors: Antonio Gutierrez, Jacob Emert, Andrew Ritchie, Michael Minotti
  • Lubricating oil compositions
    Publication number: 20050119138
    Abstract: Soot induced kinematic viscosity increase of lubricating oil compositions for diesel engines equipped with EGR systems can be ameliorated by selection of viscosity modifier, lubricating oil flow improvers, detergents and/or dispersants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Andrew Ritchie, Jai Bansal, Jacob Emert, Glen Fetterman, Antonio Gutierrez, Matthew Irving, Christopher Locke, Michael Minotti