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).

  • Patent number: 8376993
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Antares Pharma, Inc.
    Inventors: Janice L. Cox, Matthew Rust, Thomas E. KraMer, Peter Hoeft
  • Patent number: 8251947
    Abstract: An injector for injecting a medicament into a patient. The injector includes a container defining a first chamber, which contains a fluid therein, and a second chamber. The injector also includes an injection conduit 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 is in powering association with the firing mechanism to drive firing mechanism in the first and second stages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Antares Pharma, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas E. KraMer, Peter L. Sadowski
  • Publication number: 20100036320
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Janice L. Cox, Matthew Rust, Thomas E. KraMer, Peter Hoeft
  • Publication number: 20090299278
    Abstract: An injector for injecting 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: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2007
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventors: Paul R. Lesch, JR., Matthew Rust, Thomas E. KraMer
  • Publication number: 20090292240
    Abstract: An injector for injecting a medicament into a patient. The injector includes a container defining a first chamber, which contains a fluid therein, and a second chamber. The injector also includes an injection conduit 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 is in powering association with the firing mechanism to drive firing mechanism in the first and second stages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2007
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Inventors: Thomas E. KraMer, Peter L. Sadowski
  • Publication number: 20080223872
    Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing small items such as pieces of candy is disclosed herein. The dispenser includes an outer housing and an inner housing slidably coupled to the outer housing, the outer housing and the inner housing defining a main cavity thereinbetween. The dispenser includes a pocket within the inner housing that can be separated from the main cavity by slidable movement of the inner housing with respect to the outer housing. The outer housing includes a divider for at least substantially blocking off the pocket from the main cavity when the inner housing moves from a closed position to an open position such that small items cannot enter the pocket. When the inner housing is in the closed position, a small item can enter the pocket but cannot be accessed from outside the small item dispenser, and, when the inner housing is in the open position, the pocket can be accessed from outside the small item dispenser without small items being able to enter the pocket from the main cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Thomas E. Kramer, Matthew H. Rust, Alan Webb
  • Publication number: 20080217355
    Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing small items such as pieces of candy is disclosed herein. The dispenser includes a base and a cover rotatably coupled to the base, the base and the cover defining a main cavity thereinbetween. The dispenser includes a pocket within the base that can be separated from the main cavity by rotatable movement of the cover. The cover includes a divider for at least substantially blocking off the pocket from the main cavity when the cover moves from a closed position to an open position such that small items cannot enter the pocket. When the cover is in the closed position, a small item can enter the pocket but cannot be accessed from outside the small item dispenser, and, when the cover is in the open position, the pocket can be accessed from outside the small item dispenser without small items being able to enter the pocket from the main cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Thomas E. Kramer, Matthew H. Rust, Alan Webb
  • Patent number: 7121518
    Abstract: A portable workstation that is collapsible into a carrying case. The portable workstation comprises an articulating support structure and an enclosure structure that cooperate between an open usable position and a closed carrying case position. In the closed carrying case position, the articulating support structure is substantially enclosed within the enclosure structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Inventors: Arthur M. Hovde, Thomas E. Kramer, Mark J. Weimholt
  • Patent number: 7081006
    Abstract: A utility connection station includes a body portion having a top, a bottom, opposite sides and a plurality of receptacles. A stand is coupled to the body portion and has a first arm and a second arm movable in opposite directions for activation of the stand between a stowed position and a deployed position. A first line management device is integrated with the stand and a second line management device is coupled to the body portion and are configured to hold one or more utility lines coupled to the receptacles. The body portion is supportable in a tower orientation when the stand is in the deployed position and the body portion is positionable in a low profile orientation when the stand is in the stowed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Fiskars Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Kristine E. Lichtscheidl, Mark A. Schaffner, Thomas E. Kramer, Fusu Thao
  • Patent number: 7044128
    Abstract: A demonstration device comprises a base having a front side, a back side, a respiratory port, a circulation port, a heart port and at least one lung port. The heart port is fluidly connected to the circulation port, and the lung port is fluidly connected to the respiratory port. A compressible member is sealed to the front side of the base to define a chamber over the lung port and the heart port. A lung member is disposed over the lung port, and a heart member is disposed over the heart port. In this way, when the compressible member is compressed and released, the lung member deflates and inflates and the heart member deflates and inflates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Advanced Circulatory Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith G. Lurie, Michele D. Perpich, Thomas E. Kramer
  • Patent number: D535867
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Kristine E. Lichtscheidl, Mark A. Schaffner, Thomas E. Kramer, Fusu Thao
  • Patent number: D546286
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Kristine E. Lichtscheidl, Mark A. Schaffner, Thomas E. Kramer, Fusu Thao
  • Patent number: D548109
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Webb Business Promotions, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew H. Rust, Thomas E. Kramer
  • Patent number: D556446
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Webb Candy, Inc.
    Inventors: David V. Olson, Fusu Thao, Thomas E. Kramer
  • Patent number: D557147
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: Webb Candy, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew B. Geppert, Thomas E. Kramer
  • Patent number: D559675
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2008
    Assignee: Webb Candy, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Webb, Matthew H. Rust, Thomas E. Kramer
  • Patent number: D560488
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Webb Candy, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew H. Rust, Thomas E. Kramer
  • Patent number: D572273
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Titan Tool, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott R. Carpenter, Shawn C. Johnson, Eric C. Lagman, Thomas E. KraMer
  • Patent number: D622616
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Webb Candy, Inc.
    Inventors: Fusu Thao, Thomas E. Kramer, Dustin C. Rgnonti, Alan Webb
  • Patent number: D676084
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Jasper & Black LLC
    Inventors: Jeremy P. Black, Matthew H. Rust, Thomas E. KraMer, Christopher J. Scorzelli, Andrew N. Smith