Patents by Inventor Robert Banik
Robert Banik 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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Patent number: 10369271Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for storing and changing needles for connection with a medicament delivery device, comprising an inner housing, a reservoir disposed within the inner housing, and a needle holder disposed within the inner housing, for fluidly connecting a medicament container of the medicament delivery device with the reservoir. The apparatus also includes a plurality of patient needles displaceably disposed on the needle holder, and an outer housing displaceably disposed about the inner housing and providing a user interface to individually select one of the plurality of patient needles, connect the selected needle with the reservoir, expose the selected needle outside of the apparatus for injection, and store the selected needle.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2017Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Michel Bruehwiler, Cole Constantineau, Ryan Schoonmaker, James Bates, Robert Banik, Margaret Taylor
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Patent number: 10350371Abstract: A pen needle is provided with a plastic non-patient end. Since the non-patient end needle does not contact the patient, the needle can be formed with a larger diameter, permitting more secure attachment to a medication pen and greater medication flow from the cartridge through the cannula. In addition, a two-part hub construction comprising a needle bearing sub assembly and an adapter for attachment to the pen body may be used to lower materials volume and costs, and reduce sharps disposal. In embodiments, a hub according to the invention may be provided with a shield that provides an audible and/or tactile indication when full penetration depth of the needle is achieved. Windows on the shield may reveal a color band on the hub at the full-penetration depth position to provide the user with a visual indication that the pen needle has been used.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2013Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: James Bates, Robert Banik, Abhijitsinh S. Raj, Joshua Herr, Joseph Brizzolara, Amit Limaye
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Patent number: 10314967Abstract: A high pressure delivery device for delivering a medicament includes a first chamber for storing a supply of the medicament and a second chamber in fluid communication with the first chamber. A fluid connection path is in fluid communication with the second chamber for administering the medicament. A valving system is in fluid communication with the first chamber, the second chamber and the fluid connection path. The valving system allows a dose of the medicament to be injected from the first chamber into the second chamber while substantially preventing backflow of the dose into the first chamber and substantially preventing leakage through the fluid connection path. The valving system also allows the dose in the second chamber to be administered through the fluid connection path while substantially preventing the dose from flowing back into the first chamber.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2014Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: James Bates, Robert Banik, Barry Ginsberg
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Publication number: 20190117261Abstract: In one aspect, a pen needle assembly is provided herein which includes a hub, and a needle fixed to the hub, the needle having proximal and distal ends with a lumen extending therebetween. The needle extends distally from the hub to define an exposed length between the distal end of the needle and the hub in the range of about 5.0 to 9.0 mm. The hub defines a post formed about the needle, the post having a distally-facing first skin engaging surface. The exposed length of the needle extends distally from the first skin engaging surface. The hub also defines a distally-facing second skin engaging surface which at least partially circumscribes the first skin engaging surface. The second skin engaging surface being located proximally of the first skin engaging surface. Advantageously, a pen needle assembly is provided having two skin engaging surfaces which provide stability in achieving subcutaneous injections.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: Michael A. DiBiasi, Robert Banik, Roger W. Groskopf, Min Wei
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Publication number: 20180289898Abstract: A disposable pen needle, comprising a hub having a needle situated thereon having a patient end and a non-patient end, a removable patient end cap attached at the distal end of the hub, a removable non-patient end cap attached at the proximal end of the hub, wherein greater force is required to detach the patient end cap than is required to detach the non-patient end cap.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Amit Limaye, Yvonne Yan Wang, Joshua Herr, Abhijitsinh S. Raj, James Bates, Robert Banik
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Patent number: 10010680Abstract: Pen needle packaging concepts provide sterile packaging which can be made with fewer small parts and which can be opened with one hand, streamlining the process of installing the pen needle on the medication pen. In some instances, the packaging operates as a sharps container to store the pen needle after use.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2013Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Amit Limaye, Yvonne Yan Wang, Joshua Herr, Abhijitsinh S. Raj, James Bates, Robert Banik
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Publication number: 20180126077Abstract: A medicant injection device includes a compressible body, a tip, and an outer luer body. The compressible body has a proximal end, a distal end, and a plurality of bellows, and defines an inner cavity for holding a liquid medicant. The tip is positioned at the proximal end of the compressible body. The outer luer body includes internal threads, and is positioned over and engaged with the tip to form a first fitting therewith. The first fitting is configured to be connected with a second fitting. A medicant injection device includes a compressible body having first and second arms, a receptacle interconnected with the compressible body and defining an inner cavity, and a first fitting configured to engage a second fitting. The compressible body is configured to be compressed by forcing the distal end of the first and second arm toward each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2017Publication date: May 10, 2018Inventors: Christopher E. Gardner, Robert Banik, Thomas Leo McGurk
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Patent number: 9950121Abstract: A method of amplifying an injection force of a drug delivery device, comprising the steps of storing energy in an additive force device, connecting the additive force device to the drug delivery device, setting a dose of medicament to be administered, and selectively releasing the stored energy of the additive force device to amplify an injection force of the drug delivery device.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2015Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventor: Robert Banik
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Publication number: 20180021509Abstract: An infusion set, patch pump, or elements thereof, having an exemplary catheter (14) provided with one or more channels, grooves and coatings (24, 34, 44), configured and arranged to provide a degree of strength and flexibility. The catheter (14) can also have an exemplary flexible union with the hub (12) having at least one of a ball-and-socket joint (66, 68), a sliding plate (86), and a flexible bushing (106), and which is sealed to allow even further movement of the catheter (14) while preventing leakage of medication through the junction. In doing so, a number of benefits associated with the use of rigid materials in catheter construction can be provided while at the same time, benefits associated with the use of flexible materials in catheter construction and/or flexible engagement with the hub can also be provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2017Publication date: January 25, 2018Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Peter Skutnik, Joshua Horvath, Robert Banik Robert Banik, Gary Searle, Eric Bene
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Patent number: 9801788Abstract: A drug vial safety device, including a cover that is securable to a drug vial is disclosed. The cover at least partially encloses at least a neck and a lid of the drug vial. The cover includes a port having a shape that restricts syringe access to the vial through the port to a syringe shaped to be compatible with the port shape.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2013Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Robert Banik, Edward Rosen, John Manocchio, James Bates
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Publication number: 20170290973Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for storing and changing needles for connection with a medicament delivery device, comprising an inner housing, a reservoir disposed within the inner housing, and a needle holder disposed within the inner housing, for fluidly connecting a medicament container of the medicament delivery device with the reservoir. The apparatus also includes a plurality of patient needles displaceably disposed on the needle holder, and an outer housing displaceably disposed about the inner housing and providing a user interface to individually select one of the plurality of patient needles, connect the selected needle with the reservoir, expose the selected needle outside of the apparatus for injection, and store the selected needle.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2017Publication date: October 12, 2017Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Michel Bruehwiler, Cole Constantineau, Ryan Schoonmaker, James Bates, Robert Banik, Margaret Taylor
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Patent number: 9782536Abstract: An infusion set, patch pump, or elements thereof, having an exemplary catheter (14) provided with one or more channels, grooves and coatings (24, 34, 44), configured and arranged to provide a degree of strength and flexibility. The catheter (14) can also have an exemplary flexible union with the hub (12) having at least one of a ball-and-socket joint (66, 68), a sliding plate (86), and a flexible bushing (106), and which is sealed to allow even further movement of the catheter (14) while preventing leakage of medication through the junction. In doing so, a number of benefits associated with the use of rigid materials in catheter construction can be provided while at the same time, benefits associated with the use of flexible materials in catheter construction and/or flexible engagement with the hub can also be provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2010Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Peter Skutnik, Joshua Horvath, Robert Banik, Gary Searle, Eric Bene
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Publication number: 20170266366Abstract: A package for a medical cannula with a hub, such as a pen needle, is disclosed. The package includes a cover for receiving a medical cannula and for engaging a hub of the medical cannula. The cover has open ends that are in communication through the cover. The packaging also includes a sterility barrier for the cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2017Publication date: September 21, 2017Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Robert Banik, Peter Skutnik, Sean Sullivan
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Patent number: 9737664Abstract: A medicant injection device includes a compressible body, a tip, and an outer luer body. The compressible body has a proximal end, a distal end, and a plurality of bellows, and defines an inner cavity for holding a liquid medicant. The tip is positioned at the proximal end of the compressible body. The outer luer body includes internal threads, and is positioned over and engaged with the tip to form a first fitting therewith. The first fitting is configured to be connected with a second fitting. A medicant injection device includes a compressible body having first and second arms, a receptacle interconnected with the compressible body and defining an inner cavity, and a first fitting configured to engage a second fitting. The compressible body is configured to be compressed by forcing the distal end of the first and second arm toward each other.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2014Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: Medline Industries, Inc.Inventors: Christopher E. Gardner, Robert Banik, Thomas Leo McGurk
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Patent number: 9717861Abstract: A syringe (211) includes a syringe body (217) for receiving and administering a medicament. A needle (215) is received by the syringe body (217). A needle adjusting member (221) is movably disposed on the syringe body (217) between first and second positions. When the needle adjusting member (221) is in the first position, the needle (215) has a first length adapted to draw medicament into the syringe body (217). When the needle adjusting member (221) is in the second position, the needle (215) has a second length for injecting the medicament.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Robert Banik, James Bates
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Patent number: 9717860Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for storing and changing needles for connection with a medicament delivery device, comprising an inner housing, a reservoir disposed within the inner housing, and a needle holder disposed within the inner housing, for fluidly connecting a medicament container of the medicament delivery device with the reservoir. The apparatus also includes a plurality of patient needles displaceably disposed on the needle holder, and an outer housing displaceably disposed about the inner housing and providing a user interface to individually select one of the plurality of patient needles, connect the selected needle with the reservoir, expose the selected needle outside of the apparatus for injection, and store the selected needle.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2016Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Inventors: Michel Bruehwiler, Cole Constantineau, Ryan Schoonmaker, James Bates, Robert Banik, Margaret Taylor
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Patent number: 9694129Abstract: A package for a medical cannula with a hub, such as a pen needle, is disclosed. The package includes a cover for receiving a medical cannula and for engaging a hub of the medical cannula. The cover has open ends that are in communication through the cover. The packaging also includes a sterility barrier for the cover.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2013Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Robert Banik, Peter Skutnik, Sean Sullivan
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Publication number: 20170106150Abstract: A needle changing device for use on a medication delivery device includes an engagement element that is configured to engage the medication delivery device and pierce a septum of the medication delivery device, a needle holder connected to the engagement element, the needle holder having a needle changing septum having a reservoir, the reservoir being in continuous fluid communication with the engagement element, and a plurality of needles configured to pierce the needle changing septum, wherein when the needle holder is in a first position, the plurality of needles are disengaged from the reservoir of the needle changing septum, and when the needle holder is in a second position, one of the plurality of needles enters into fluid communication with the reservoir of the needle changing septum and is partially exposed outside the needle changing device for medicament delivery.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2016Publication date: April 20, 2017Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Michel Bruehwiler, Cole Constantineau, Ryan Schoonmaker, James Bates, Robert Banik, Margaret Taylor
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Publication number: 20160361487Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for storing and changing needles for connection with a medicament delivery device, comprising an inner housing, a reservoir disposed within the inner housing, and a needle holder disposed within the inner housing, for fluidly connecting a medicament container of the medicament delivery device with the reservoir. The apparatus also includes a plurality of patient needles displaceably disposed on the needle holder, and an outer housing displaceably disposed about the inner housing and providing a user interface to individually select one of the plurality of patient needles, connect the selected needle with the reservoir, expose the selected needle outside of the apparatus for injection, and store the selected needle.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2016Publication date: December 15, 2016Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Michel Bruehwiler, Cole Constantineau, Ryan Schoonmaker, James Bates, Robert Banik, Margaret Taylor
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Patent number: 9517298Abstract: Packaging is disclosed for a medical needle, such as a pen needle, having a hub with a patient end of the needle protruding from a distal end thereof. The packaging includes a tube having a first closed end into which the patient end of the needle is inserted so that the hub contacts an interior of the tube, a second closed end enclosing a proximal end of the hub, and a circumferential region disposed between the proximal end of the hub and the second closed end for opening the package to expose the proximal end of the hub.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2012Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventor: Robert Banik