Patents by Inventor Samuel Robert ZSCHACK

Samuel Robert ZSCHACK 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).

  • Publication number: 20230017492
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a dose detection system for use in combination with a medication delivery device in which a dose setting member rotates relative to an actuator during dose delivery. The dose detection system includes a module which is removably attached to the medication delivery device. The module includes a dosing component attached to the actuator during dose delivery. The dosing component includes a light source and a light sensor. A sensed element is attached to the dose setting member and includes surface features detectable by the light sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Roy Howard BYERLY, Collin Hunter GRIMES, Jeffrey Manfred GUNNARSSON, Chenrong MENG, Andre Rafael MINOLI, Mariano MUMPOWER, Brian Gregory MURPHY, Aaron Samuel PEARL, Abbie Lynn SHOEMAKER, Samuel Robert ZSCHACK
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11524117
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a dose detection system for use in combination with a medication delivery device in which a dose setting member rotates relative to an actuator during dose delivery. The dose detection system includes a module which is removably attached to the medication delivery device. The module includes a dosing component attached to the actuator during dose delivery. The dosing component includes a light source and a light sensor. A sensed element is attached to the dose setting member and includes surface features detectable by the light sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Roy Howard Byerly, Collin Hunter Grimes, Jeffrey Manfred Gunnarsson, Chenrong Meng, Andre Rafael Minoli, Mariano Mumpower, Brian Gregory Murphy, Aaron Samuel Pearl, Abbie Lynn Shoemaker, Samuel Robert Zschack
  • Publication number: 20200171246
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a dose detection system for use in combination with a medication delivery device in which a dose setting member rotates relative to an actuator during dose delivery. The dose detection system includes a module which is removably attached to the medication delivery device. The module includes a dosing component attached to the actuator during dose delivery. The dosing component includes a light source and a light sensor. A sensed element is attached to the dose setting member and includes surface features detectable by the light sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Roy Howard BYERLY, Collin Hunter GRIMES, Jeffrey Manfred GUNNARSSON, Chenrong MENG, Andre Rafael MINOLI, Mariano MUMPOWER, Brian Gregory MURPHY, Aaron Samuel PEARL, Abbie Lynn SHOEMAKER, Samuel Robert ZSCHACK