Patents by Inventor Thaddeus G. Minior

Thaddeus G. Minior 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).

  • Injection device
    Patent number: 7806867
    Abstract: An injection device includes a housing having a proximal end and a distal end, the housing defining a distal opening, and a first opening in a side of the housing and between the proximal and distal ends; a propellant disposed inside the housing and spaced from the distal end; and a movable member disposed inside the housing and between the distal end and the propellant, wherein the propellant is in fluid communication with the movable member and the first opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Valeritas, Inc.
    Inventors: John P. Willis, Thaddeus G. Minior
  • Modular units for use in an injection device
    Patent number: 7740607
    Abstract: Injection devices comprising multiple sections, e.g., modular components, are disclosed. In some embodiments the injection system comprises an upper section comprising a compressed gas reservoir, and one or more lower sections, e.g., modular components, containing one or more compositions to be injected. Methods of making and using the injection devices are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Valeritas, Inc.
    Inventors: John P. Willis, Thaddeus G. Minior, Robert R. Gonnelli
  • Injection device
    Publication number: 20040220525
    Abstract: An injection device includes a housing having a proximal end and a distal end, the housing defining a distal opening, and a first opening in a side of the housing and between the proximal and distal ends; a propellant disposed inside the housing and spaced from the distal end; and a movable member disposed inside the housing and between the distal end and the propellant, wherein the propellant is in fluid communication with the movable member and the first opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2003
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Inventors: John P. Willis, Thaddeus G. Minior
  • Injection device
    Patent number: 6616627
    Abstract: An injection device includes a housing having a proximal end and a distal end, the housing defining a distal opening, and a first opening in a side of the housing and between the proximal and distal ends; a propellant disposed inside the housing and spaced from the distal end; and a movable member disposed inside the housing and between the distal end and the propellant, wherein the propellant is in fluid communication with the movable member and the first opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Biovalve Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: John P. Willis, Thaddeus G. Minior
  • Injection device
    Publication number: 20020004639
    Abstract: An injection device includes a housing having a proximal end and a distal end, the housing defining a distal opening, and a first opening in a side of the housing and between the proximal and distal ends; a propellant disposed inside the housing and spaced from the distal end; and a movable member disposed inside the housing and between the distal end and the propellant, wherein the propellant is in fluid communication with the movable member and the first opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2001
    Publication date: January 10, 2002
    Inventors: John P. Willis, Thaddeus G. Minior
  • Rotary centrifuge bowl and seal for blood processing
    Patent number: 5045048
    Abstract: A seal for a blood processing centrifuge bowl which is formed of a dynamic rotary seal and a static seal. The dynamic rotary seal is formed of an upper graphite or carbon non-rotating ring member and a lower two-piece rotatable ring member formed of a ceramic bearing surface bonded by adhesive to a plastic adapter ring. The static seal is comprised of an elastomeric diaphragm formed over the upper ring member and secured thereto by a plastic retaining ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1991
    Assignee: Haemonetics Corporation
    Inventors: Edward W. Kaleskas, Thaddeus G. Minior, Jr., Sepideh H. Nott
  • Stand-off device
    Patent number: 4579123
    Abstract: A stand-off device for use with an acoustic transducer in the form of a volume having a flexible cup section and a stiff cup section with the lips of the cups joined together and almost filled with liquid. The bottom of the stiff cup section has an opening across which a membrane is mounted and a clip for holding the active section of a transducer in contact with the membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1986
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: James N. Chen, Thaddeus G. Minior
  • Pressure dome
    Patent number: 4185641
    Abstract: A pressure dome is provided with resilient tongues that engage projections on a transducer in such manner as to draw the dome and transducer together when one is rotated with respect to the other. Detent notches for the projection ensure that the force between a dome and the transducer is always the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 29, 1980
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: Thaddeus G. Minior, Alexander Tykulsky
  • Sensor cap
    Patent number: D787967
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Scully Signal Company
    Inventors: Peter K. Rhoads, Thaddeus G. Minior
  • Sensor cap
    Patent number: D810601
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Scully Signal Company
    Inventors: Peter K. Rhoads, Thaddeus G. Minior