Patents by Inventor Robert E. West
Robert E. West 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: 11766526Abstract: Systems and methods encourage users to rotate injection sites and avoid lipodystrophy. Sleeves and/or lost-tooth gear dials and/or microswitches in or on injection pens or their caps, on vials, and on other portable devices manually adjust an indicator before or after an injection to show a current or next injection site in accordance with a site rotation plan. Injected medicine packaging and related printed indicia encourage site rotation. Optical devices employing optical mouse or projection technology help locate and/or distribute injection sites within a body area. A mobile phone app tracks injections and locations to select next injection site, and can use imaging to locate a target injection site and optionally diagnose lipodystrophic conditions and record them. Tactile and print media educational tools are presented to help users palpate and identify lipos in body areas having injection sites.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2018Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Embecta Corp.Inventors: Alan W. Fiedler, Robert E. West
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Patent number: 11510847Abstract: An adapter for connection with a fluid container includes an outer housing having a distal end, a proximal end, and a substantially cylindrical sidewall extending between the distal end and the proximal end, an inner member including a body rotatably inserted within the outer housing, a connector extending from the body configured to connect the adapter to a fluid container, and at least one grasping member extending from the inner member, the grasping member being configured for grasping by a user of the adapter, a first locking arrangement engageable with a distal end of the inner member and configured to restrict the inner member from rotating relative to the outer housing in a first direction, and a second locking arrangement engageable with a proximal end of the inner member and configured to restrict the inner member from moving in a proximal direction relative to the outer housing.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2018Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Robert E. West, Jude Cancellieri, Kivilcim Eralp, Jayeon Kim, Alicia Malbin, Girum Yemane-Tekeste
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Publication number: 20190076604Abstract: Systems and methods encourage users to rotate injection sites and avoid lipodystrophy. Sleeves and/or lost-tooth gear dials and/or microswitches in or on injection pens or their caps, on vials, and on other portable devices manually adjust an indicator before or after an injection to show a current or next injection site in accordance with a site rotation plan. Injected medicine packaging and related printed indicia encourage site rotation. Optical devices employing optical mouse or projection technology help locate and/or distribute injection sites within a body area. A mobile phone app tracks injections and locations to select next injection site, and can use imaging to locate a target injection site and optionally diagnose lipodystrophic conditions and record them. Tactile and print media educational tools are presented to help users palpate and identify lipos in body areas having injection sites.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2018Publication date: March 14, 2019Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Alan W. FIEDLER, Robert E. WEST
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Publication number: 20190053980Abstract: An adapter for connection with a fluid container includes an outer housing having a distal end, a proximal end, and a substantially cylindrical sidewall extending between the distal end and the proximal end, an inner member including a body rotatably inserted within the outer housing, a connector extending from the body configured to connect the adapter to a fluid container, and at least one grasping member extending from the inner member, the grasping member being configured for grasping by a user of the adapter, a first locking arrangement engageable with a distal end of the inner member and configured to restrict the inner member from rotating relative to the outer housing in a first direction, and a second locking arrangement engageable with a proximal end of the inner member and configured to restrict the inner member from moving in a proximal direction relative to the outer housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2018Publication date: February 21, 2019Inventors: Robert E. West, Jude Cancellieri, Kivilcim Eralp, Jayeon Kim, Alicia Malbin, Girum Yemane-Tekeste
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Patent number: 10207054Abstract: An injection device is provided with dual medicament chambers and a mixing pen needle assembly, whereby predetermined dosages of two medicaments can be provided to a mixing reservoir in the pen needle assembly and delivered simultaneously with the injection device.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2016Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventor: Robert E. West
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Patent number: 10173015Abstract: Systems and methods encourage users to rotate injection sites and avoid lipodystrophy. Sleeves and/or lost-tooth gear dials and/or microswitches in or on injection pens or their caps, on vials, and on other portable devices manually adjust an indicator before or after an injection to show a current or next injection site in accordance with a site rotation plan. Injected medicine packaging and related printed indicia encourage site rotation. Optical devices employing optical mouse or projection technology help locate and/or distribute injection sites within a body area. A mobile phone app tracks injections and locations to select next injection site, and can use imaging to locate a target injection site and optionally diagnose lipodystrophic conditions and record them. Tactile and print media educational tools are presented to help users palpate and identify lipos in body areas having injection sites.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2014Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Alan W. Fiedler, Robert E. West
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Patent number: 9622697Abstract: A lancer device that enables a user to draw blood from a patient and discard the used lancet without touching it. The device also has an adjustable tip for selecting the depth of stylet penetration into the patient and a triggering mechanism that utilizes a yoke latch and a leaf spring to discharge the lancet. The lancer also has a dampening feature to reduce vibrations when the lancet is moving.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2014Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Todd M. Chelak, Jonathan B. Gabel, Robert E. West
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Publication number: 20170028141Abstract: Systems and methods encourage users to rotate injection sites and avoid lipodystrophy. Sleeves and/or lost-tooth gear dials and/or microswitches in or on injection pens or their caps, on vials, and on other portable devices manually adjust an indicator before or after an injection to show a current or next injection site in accordance with a site rotation plan. Injected medicine packaging and related printed indicia encourage site rotation. Optical devices employing optical mouse or projection technology help locate and/or distribute injection sites within a body area. A mobile phone app tracks injections and locations to select next injection site, and can use imaging to locate a target injection site and optionally diagnose lipodystrophic conditions and record them. Tactile and print media educational tools are presented to help users palpate and identify lipos in body areas having injection sites.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2014Publication date: February 2, 2017Inventors: Alan W. FIEDLER, Robert E. WEST, Sudarsan SRINIVASAN, Michael A. DIBIASI, Amit LIMAYE, Brendon HILL, Sean SULLIVAN
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Publication number: 20170000947Abstract: An injection device is provided with dual medicament chambers and a mixing pen needle assembly, whereby predetermined dosages of two medicaments can be provided to a mixing reservoir in the pen needle assembly and delivered simultaneously with the injection device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2016Publication date: January 5, 2017Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventor: Robert E. West
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Patent number: 9486581Abstract: An injectable substance delivery device comprising a pen device body, a cartridge, a plunger, a drive mechanism, and at least one of a lock-out mechanism and a rate-limiting mechanism. The lock-out mechanism is provided through a ratchet engagement between the body and the plunger to restrict plunger movement and to ensure that the required needle puncture depth is realized prior to injection by locking out the injection mechanism from advancing until a specified force is applied to the skin. A rate-limiting mechanism is also provided through a user compressed plunger drive spring to ensure that a specific rate of injection is realized during the injection of a medicament.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2005Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: John Lovell, Robert E. West, Todd M. Chelak, William Easterbrook, Mark A. Follman, Edward P. Browka
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Patent number: 9468725Abstract: An injection device is provided with dual medicament chambers and a mixing pen needle assembly, whereby predetermined dosages of two medicaments can be provided to a mixing reservoir in the pen needle assembly and delivered simultaneously with the injection device.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2013Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventor: Robert E. West
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Publication number: 20140323963Abstract: An injection device is provided with dual medicament chambers and a mixing pen needle assembly, whereby predetermined dosages of two medicaments can be provided to a mixing reservoir in the pen needle assembly and delivered simultaneously with the injection device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2013Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventor: Robert E. West
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Publication number: 20140324088Abstract: A lancer device that enables a user to draw blood from a patient and discard the used lancet without touching it. The device also has an adjustable tip for selecting the depth of stylet penetration into the patient and a triggering mechanism that utilizes a yoke latch and a leaf spring to discharge the lancet. The lancer also has a dampening feature to reduce vibrations when the lancet is moving.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2014Publication date: October 30, 2014Inventors: Todd M. Chelak, Jonathan B. Gabel, Robert E. West
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Patent number: 8858498Abstract: In one aspect, a needle assembly is provided herein which includes a hub; a needle fixed to the hub, the needle having a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end formed for insertion into a patient; and, a body disposed on the hub so as to be moveable relative thereto, the body having a distal end with an aperture formed therein configured to permit passage therethrough of the needle. The body is releasably retainable in a first position on the hub where the distal end of the needle extends distally a first distance from the distal end of the body. Also, the body is retainable in a second position on the hub where the distal end of the needle extends distally a second distance from the distal end of the body, the second distance being less than the first distance. The hub is displaceable proximally relative to the body to urge the body from the first position to the second position.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2010Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventor: Robert E. West
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Patent number: 8808321Abstract: A lancing device integrated with a sensing strip and method of making and using the same are provided. A lance and analyte sensing strip are combined in a single, preferably disposable, device. In a preferred embodiment, a slot is provided in a support member so the lance can be engaged by a lance driver and driven into the skin producing a bodily fluid sample from a wound. The sensing area of the sensing strip is adjacent to the wound location reducing dexterity requirements for patients.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2011Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: John D. DeNuzzio, Steven Keith, Lawrence A. Monahan, Phyllis Palmer, Bill Stewart, Todd M. Chelak, Robert E. West, William Allen, Frederick Karl, Lee Griswold
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Patent number: 8777973Abstract: A lancer device that enables a user to draw blood from a patient and discard the used lancet without touching it. The device also has an adjustable tip for selecting the depth of stylet penetration into the patient and a triggering mechanism that utilizes a yoke latch and a leaf spring to discharge the lancet. The lancer also has a dampening feature to reduce vibrations when the lancet is moving.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2009Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Todd M. Chelak, Jonathan B. Gabel, Robert E. West
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Publication number: 20130066271Abstract: In one aspect, a needle assembly is provided herein which includes a hub; a needle fixed to the hub, the needle having a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end formed for insertion into a patient; and, a body disposed on the hub so as to be moveable relative thereto, the body having a distal end with an aperture formed therein configured to permit passage therethrough of the needle. The body is releasably retainable in a first position on the hub where the distal end of the needle extends distally a first distance from the distal end of the body. Also, the body is retainable in a second position on the hub where the distal end of the needle extends distally a second distance from the distal end of the body, the second distance being less than the first distance. The hub is displaceable proximally relative to the body to urge the body from the first position to the second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2010Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANYInventor: Robert E. West
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Patent number: 8267890Abstract: A medication delivery device, particularly an intradermal delivery device, having a needle cannula, with a sharpened distal end having a forward tip, and a limiter disposed about the needle cannula. The limiter has a distal end defining a skin engaging surface which is disposed transversely to, and at least partially about, the needle cannula. The skin engaging surface is generally non-flat with generally coplanar portions, and a recess being defined in the skin engaging surface which defines a void in or adjacent to the coplanar portions into which portions of a patient's skin can be deformed into when the skin engaging surface is pressed against the patient's skin. The forward tip of the needle cannula is spaced apart from a plane defined by the coplanar portions a distance ranging from about 0.5 mm to 3.0 mm such that the skin engaging surface limits penetration of the forward tip of the needle cannula to the dermis layer of the patient's skin.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2004Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Paul G. Alchas, Peter W. Heyman, Marina S. Korisch, William A. Easterbrook, Robert E. West, Todd M. Chelak
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Publication number: 20120220567Abstract: The present invention relates to certain 4,5-dihydro-3H-spiro[benzo[b]-[1,4]oxazepine compounds of the Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, m, n, o, and p are as herein described. In addition, the invention relates to compositions comprising at least one such compound, and methods of using the compounds for treating or preventing disorders such as non-insulin dependent (Type 2) diabetes, insulin resistance, hyperglycemia, a lipid disorder, obesity, fatty liver disease, or a skin disorder.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2010Publication date: August 30, 2012Inventors: Gerald W. Shipps, JR., Zhiwei Yang, Yongqi Deng, Robert E. West, JR., Dineshwar P. Sinha
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Publication number: 20120061407Abstract: A container suitable for holding a fluid includes a body defining an interior volume and having a torso portion having a substantially square-shaped cross section, a shoulder portion joined above the torso portion and including a plurality of shoulder walls that define a substantially square cross-section, and a base portion, which may have a substantially square or octagonal cross section. The container body may be formed with indentations at each of its four bottom corners that are shaped to give the container relief from detrimental piercing contact with the lugs that are provided in the bottom of some square retention buckets used on commercial paint shakers. The body may be made substantially or entirely of polyethylene terephthalate. The container is particularly suited for colorants and pigment dispersions for tinting coatings and for shaking colorants and pigment dispersions prior to dispensing into a tinting machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2011Publication date: March 15, 2012Applicant: THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANYInventors: James E. MacDonald, Susan C. Jacob, Joseph N. Biber, Robert E. West, Keith R. Gosse