Patents by Inventor Svend Elk

Svend Elk 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).

  • Patent number: 6156014
    Abstract: A dispenser for dispersing of a drug comprising a housing (1) forming a cylinder. The cylinder is at one end closed by an end wall (2) having an outlet pipe (3) and the other end is closed by a plunger (4) which is axially displaceable into the cylinder. The outer end of the plunger (4) is secured to the inner side of a cup shaped cap (13, 14) sliding over the outer side of the cylinder. When the plunger (4) is pressed into the cylinder, the upper edge of the housing (1) being provided with outwardly projecting hooks (15) sliding in corresponding grooves (16) in the inner side of the side wall (14) of the cap wall irreversibly engage windows (20) at the bottom (13) of the cap. The cap (13, 14) and the housing (1) is made from differently colored materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Kim Stengaard Petersen, Svend Elk, Hans Koster
  • Patent number: 5984897
    Abstract: A dispenser comprising a housing forming a cylinder which is at one end closed by an end wall provided with an outlet pipe, and at the other end closed by a plunger projecting from this open end of the cylinder and being axially displaceable into the cylinder towards the end wall. The dispenser is characterized in that the outer end of the plunger is secured to the bottom of a cup shaped cap and the cylinder is provided with outwardly projecting hooks that engage the cap preventing reuse of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Kim Stengaard Petersen, Svend Elk, Hans Koster
  • Patent number: 5683361
    Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing a dosage or a powdery or fluid drug from a cartridge having a tubular chamber the ends of which are sealed by breakable membranes. The dispenser comprises a housing forming a cylinder which is at one end closed by an end wall through which an outlet pipe communicates with the interior of the cylinder. The other end of the cylinder is closed by a plunger which may be displaced into the cylinder. The drug cartridge is placed in a piston mounted axially displaceable in the cylinder between the end wall and the plunger, and the tubular chamber extends from one side of the piston to the other. Penetrators for breaking the membranes are provided at the inner end of the outlet pipe and the inner end of the plunger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1997
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Svend Elk, Kim Steengaard, Hans Koster
  • Patent number: 5331954
    Abstract: A pen shaped device for nasal administration of doses of a liquid medicine, comprising a first and a second housing element, the first housing element (1) comprising a cartridge for the medicine, this cartridge being at one end closed by a piston (21) and being at its other end closed by a valve (7,9), which may be opened to connect the cartridge to a spray nozzle (12). When the two housing elements are rotated relatively to each other, a nut member (27) is proportional to the rotation moved along a threaded piston rod (22) to compress a helical spring (32) to act via the nut element (27) and the piston rod (22) on the piston (21) to put the content of the cartridge under pressure, which pressure may be released by opening the valve (7,9) to lead the medicine in the cartridge to the nozzle (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1994
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Jorn Rex, Kim Steengaard, Svend Elk