Patents by Inventor Thomas E. Kramer
Thomas E. Kramer 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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Publication number: 20230270950Abstract: A safety member for use with an injection device is disclosed. The safety member includes a blocking ring extending into a housing of the injection device in blocking association with a latch member associated with a trigger mechanism of the injector, in which the blocking ring blocks movement of a portion of the trigger mechanism into a firing position. The safety member further includes a manipulable portion disposed outside the housing and configured for hand-manipulation by a user to remove the safety member from the housing to unblock the firing mechanism to enable firing of the injector.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2023Publication date: August 31, 2023Applicant: Antares Pharma, Inc.Inventors: Julius C. Sund, Eric Lagman, Peter A. Hoeft, Paul R. Lesch, JR., Thomas E. Kramer
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Patent number: 11684723Abstract: A safety member for use with an injection device is disclosed. The safety member includes a blocking ring extending into a housing of the injection device in blocking association with a latch member associated with a trigger mechanism of the injector, in which the blocking ring blocks movement of a portion of the trigger mechanism into a firing position. The safety member further includes a manipulable portion disposed outside the housing and configured for hand-manipulation by a user to remove the safety member from the housing to unblock the firing mechanism to enable firing of the injector.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2020Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Antares Pharma, Inc.Inventors: Julius C. Sund, Eric Lagman, Peter A. Hoeft, Paul R. Lesch, Jr., Thomas E. Kramer
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Publication number: 20230109835Abstract: An injector (10) for injecting a medicament into a patient. The injector includes a container (18) defining a first chamber (22), which contains a fluid therein, and a second chamber (23). The injector also includes an injection conduit (126) configured for directing the fluid fired from the container into the patient. A transfer mechanism is operable by a user to transfer the fluid from the first chamber to the second chamber in a first stage of operation, and a firing mechanism is operable by the user for firing the fluid from the second chamber through the injection conduit in a second stage of operation. An energy source (62) is in powering association with the firing mechanism to drive firing mechanism in the first and second stages.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Applicant: Antares Pharma, Inc.Inventors: Thomas E. Kramer, Peter L. Sadowski
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Patent number: 11547808Abstract: An injector (10) for injecting a medicament into a patient. The injector includes a container (18) defining a first chamber (22), which contains a fluid therein, and a second chamber (23). The injector also includes an injection conduit (126) configured for directing the fluid fired from the container into the patient. A transfer mechanism is operable by a user to transfer the fluid from the first chamber to the second chamber in a first stage of operation, and a firing mechanism is operable by the user for firing the fluid from the second chamber through the injection conduit in a second stage of operation. An energy source (62) is in powering association with the firing mechanism to drive firing mechanism in the first and second stages.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2020Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Antares Pharma, Inc.Inventors: Thomas E. Kramer, Peter L. Sadowski
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Publication number: 20230001093Abstract: An injector for injecting a medicament in a patient. The injector includes a container comprising a fluid chamber containing a first volume of a medicament, and an injection conduit associated with the fluid chamber for defining a fluid pathway therefrom to inject the medicament from the fluid chamber through the injection conduit to an injection location. The injector also includes a firing mechanism associated with the fluid chamber for expelling the medicament from the fluid chamber through the injection conduit, arid a volume-control mechanism operable to control a fraction of the first volume of medicament that is injected when the firing mechanism is actuated to inject the medicament.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2022Publication date: January 5, 2023Applicant: Antares Pharma, Inc.Inventors: Paul R. LESCH, Matthew H. RUST, Thomas E. KRAMER
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Patent number: 11471600Abstract: An injector for injecting a medicament in a patient. The injector includes a container comprising a fluid chamber containing a first volume of a medicament, and an injection conduit associated with the fluid chamber for defining a fluid pathway therefrom to inject the medicament from the fluid chamber through the injection conduit to an injection location. The injector also includes a firing mechanism associated with the fluid chamber for expelling the medicament from the fluid chamber through the injection conduit, and a volume-control mechanism operable to control a fraction of the first volume of medicament that is injected when the firing mechanism is actuated to inject the medicament.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Antares Pharma, Inc.Inventors: Paul R. Lesch, Matthew H. Rust, Thomas E. Kramer
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Publication number: 20220296220Abstract: Apparatus and assemblies for automated sterile collection of urine and other biomaterials for medical testing, law enforcement testing, etc. Individual sample collection cartridges include an inflatable collection conduit and an inflatable collection vessel. The collection vessel can be sealed in multiple locations in a chronologically sequential manner to segregate an initial or “dirty” portion of a urine stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Inventors: Heidi Kramer, Herman Wagschal, Joseph Wagschal, Caleb Vainikka, Braden Eliason, Thomas E. Kramer, Logan A. McDermot, Brian J. Mullins, Matthew H. Rust, Dallas J. Erdahl
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Patent number: 11317898Abstract: Apparatus and assemblies for automated sterile collection of urine and other biomaterials for medical testing, law enforcement testing, etc. Individual sample collection cartridges include an inflatable collection conduit and an inflatable collection vessel. The collection vessel can be sealed in multiple locations in a chronologically sequential manner to segregate an initial or “dirty” portion of a urine stream.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2017Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: WK Holdings Inc.Inventors: Heidi Kramer, Herman Wagschal, Joseph Wagschal, Caleb Vainikka, Braden Eliason, Thomas E. Kramer, Logan A. McDermot, Brian J. Mullins, Matthew H. Rust, Dallas J. Erdahl
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Publication number: 20220087853Abstract: A micturition device for fluid removal. The micturition device includes a micturition cup configured to encircle a user's urethra and vaginal anatomy and to facilitate evacuating a fluid from the micturition cup. The micturition cup is joined to a slide plate to form a common flow passage from the micturition cup through the slide plate. A garment, configured to be worn over a pelvic area, includes a slide track. The slide plate slidably engages with the slide track to allow a user to adjust a position of the micturition device relative to the user's vaginal anatomy in a seated or laying position and/or on the positioning of a seat. Also, a method of using the micturition device. Further, a micturition system for evacuating and receiving a fluid from the micturition device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Inventors: Lynn A. Farrar, Margaret S. Fradette, William M. Fradette, Thomas E. Kramer, David J. Prince, Ryan Barnes
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Publication number: 20220080131Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure can provide an injector including a trigger mechanism, an energy source, and a user-operable firing-initiation member. The trigger member can include a trigger member having a retainer portion, and a ram assembly having a ram configured to pressurize a medicament container for expelling a medicament therefrom and a trigger engagement member configured to engage the retainer portion of the trigger member in a pre-firing condition. The energy source can be associated with the ram for powering the ram to expel the medicament, and the user-operable firing-initiation member can be operable for causing an axial rotation between the trigger engagement member and the retainer portion from the pre-firing condition to a firing condition in which the trigger engagement member is released from the retainer portion to allow the energy source to fire the ram.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: Antares Pharma, Inc.Inventors: Thomas E. Kramer, Matthew H. Rust, Paul M. Goudreau, Peter A. Hoeft, Julius C. Sund, Peter L. Sadowski
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Patent number: 11185642Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure can provide an injector including a trigger mechanism, an energy source, and a user-operable firing-initiation member. The trigger member can include a trigger member having a retainer portion, and a ram assembly having a ram configured to pressurize a medicament container for expelling a medicament therefrom and a trigger engagement member configured to engage the retainer portion of the trigger member in a pre-firing condition. The energy source can be associated with the ram for powering the ram to expel the medicament, and the user-operable firing-initiation member can be operable for causing an axial rotation between the trigger engagement member and the retainer portion from the pre-firing condition to a firing condition in which the trigger engagement member is released from the retainer portion to allow the energy source to fire the ram.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2019Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: Antares Pharma, Inc.Inventors: Thomas E. Kramer, Matthew H. Rust, Paul M. Goudreau, Peter A. Hoeft, Julius C. Sund, Peter L. Sadowski
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Patent number: 11058824Abstract: A medicament dispensing mechanism is disclosed that is configured to eject successive doses of the medicament from a medicament chamber. An embodiment of the dispensing mechanism includes a housing and a plunger rod configured for ejecting the doses of medicament from the chamber. The dispensing mechanism further includes an actuation mechanism that comprises a trigger associated with the housing and having a ready and a fired position with respect thereto. The trigger is configured for manipulation by a user for successive movement in a generally axial dosing motion from the ready position to the fired position in which the trigger is associated with the plunger rod to cause the plunger rod to eject one of the doses of a predetermined volume and a resetting motion from the fired position to the ready position that comprises axial rotation, wherein the trigger is uncoupled from the plunger rod during the resetting motion.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2019Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Antares Pharma, Inc.Inventors: Janice L. Cox, Matthew H. Rust, Thomas E. Kramer, Peter A. Hoeft
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Publication number: 20200338273Abstract: A safety member for use with an injection device is disclosed. The safety member includes a blocking ring extending into a housing of the injection device in blocking association with a latch member associated with a trigger mechanism of the injector, in which the blocking ring blocks movement of a portion of the trigger mechanism into a firing position. The safety member further includes a manipulable portion disposed outside the housing and configured for hand-manipulation by a user to remove the safety member from the housing to unblock the firing mechanism to enable firing of the injector.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2020Publication date: October 29, 2020Applicant: Antares Pharma, Inc.Inventors: Julius C. Sund, Eric Lagman, Peter A. Hoeft, Paul R. Lesch, JR., Thomas E. Kramer
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Publication number: 20200316307Abstract: An injector (10) for injecting a medicament into a patient. The injector includes a container (18) defining a first chamber (22), which contains a fluid therein, and a second chamber (23). The injector also includes an injection conduit (126) configured for directing the fluid fired from the container into the patient. A transfer mechanism is operable by a user to transfer the fluid from the first chamber to the second chamber in a first stage of operation, and a firing mechanism is operable by the user for firing the fluid from the second chamber through the injection conduit in a second stage of operation. An energy source (62) is in powering association with the firing mechanism to drive firing mechanism in the first and second stages.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2020Publication date: October 8, 2020Applicant: Antares Pharma, Inc.Inventors: Thomas E. Kramer, Peter L. Sadowski
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Patent number: 10709844Abstract: A safety member for use with an injection device is disclosed. The safety member includes a blocking ring extending into a housing of the injection device in blocking association with a latch member associated with a trigger mechanism of the injector, in which the blocking ring blocks movement of a portion of the trigger mechanism into a firing position. The safety member further includes a manipulable portion disposed outside the housing and configured for hand-manipulation by a user to remove the safety member from the housing to unblock the firing mechanism to enable firing of the injector.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2017Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Antares Pharma, Inc.Inventors: Julius C. Sund, Eric Lagman, Peter A. Hoeft, Paul R. Lesch, Jr., Thomas E. Kramer
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Patent number: 10688250Abstract: An injector (10) for injecting a medicament into a patient. The injector includes a container (18) defining a first chamber (22), which contains a fluid therein, and a second chamber (23). The injector also includes an injection conduit (126) configured for directing the fluid fired from the container into the patient. A transfer mechanism is operable by a user to transfer the fluid from the first chamber to the second chamber in a first stage of operation, and a firing mechanism is operable by the user for firing the fluid from the second chamber through the injection conduit in a second stage of operation. An energy source (62) is in powering association with the firing mechanism to drive firing mechanism in the first and second stages.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2017Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Antares Pharma, Inc.Inventors: Thomas E. Kramer, Peter L. Sadowski
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Publication number: 20200114081Abstract: An injector for injecting a medicament in a patient. The injector includes a container comprising a fluid chamber containing a first volume of a medicament, and an injection conduit associated with the fluid chamber for defining a fluid pathway therefrom to inject the medicament from the fluid chamber through the injection conduit to an injection location. The injector also includes a firing mechanism associated with the fluid chamber for expelling the medicament from the fluid chamber through the injection conduit, and a volume-control mechanism operable to control a fraction of the first volume of medicament that is injected when the firing mechanism is actuated to inject the medicament.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2019Publication date: April 16, 2020Applicant: Antares Pharma, Inc.Inventors: Paul R. Lesch, Matthew H. RUST, Thomas E. KRAMER
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Patent number: 10543316Abstract: An injector for injecting a medicament in a patient. The injector includes a container comprising a fluid chamber containing a first volume of a medicament, and an injection conduit associated with the fluid chamber for defining a fluid pathway therefrom to inject the medicament from the fluid chamber through the injection conduit to an injection location. The injector also includes a firing mechanism associated with the fluid chamber for expelling the medicament from the fluid chamber through the injection conduit, and a volume-control mechanism operable to control a fraction of the first volume of medicament that is injected when the firing mechanism is actuated to inject the medicament.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2015Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: Antares Pharma, Inc.Inventors: Paul R. Lesch, Matthew H. Rust, Thomas E. Kramer
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Publication number: 20190240419Abstract: A medicament dispensing mechanism is disclosed that is configured to eject successive doses of the medicament from a medicament chamber. An embodiment of the dispensing mechanism includes a housing and a plunger rod configured for ejecting the doses of medicament from the chamber. The dispensing mechanism further includes an actuation mechanism that comprises a trigger associated with the housing and having a ready and a fired position with respect thereto. The trigger is configured for manipulation by a user for successive movement in a generally axial dosing motion from the ready position to the fired position in which the trigger is associated with the plunger rod to cause the plunger rod to eject one of the doses of a predetermined volume and a resetting motion from the fired position to the ready position that comprises axial rotation, wherein the trigger is uncoupled from the plunger rod during the resetting motion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2019Publication date: August 8, 2019Applicant: Antares Pharma, Inc.Inventors: Janice L. Cox, Matthew H. Rust, Thomas E. Kramer, Peter A. Hoeft
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Publication number: 20190240426Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure can provide an injector including a trigger mechanism, an energy source, and a user-operable firing-initiation member. The trigger member can include a trigger member having a retainer portion, and a ram assembly having a ram configured to pressurize a medicament container for expelling a medicament therefrom and a trigger engagement member configured to engage the retainer portion of the trigger member in a pre-firing condition. The energy source can be associated with the ram for powering the ram to expel the medicament, and the user-operable firing-initiation member can be operable for causing an axial rotation between the trigger engagement member and the retainer portion from the pre-firing condition to a firing condition in which the trigger engagement member is released from the retainer portion to allow the energy source to fire the ram.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2019Publication date: August 8, 2019Applicant: Antares Pharma, Inc.Inventors: Thomas E. Kramer, Matthew H. Rust, Paul M. Goudreau, Peter A. Hoeft, Julius C. Sund, Peter L. Sadowski