Patents by Inventor Traci Jo Barron

Traci Jo Barron 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).

  • Medication dispensing apparatus configured for rotate to prime and pull/push to inject functionality
    Patent number: 7704237
    Abstract: A medication dispensing apparatus having a manually operable plunger axially shiftable relative to the apparatus housing. The plunger is pullable relative to the housing in a proximal direction to cock the apparatus, and when the plunger is then manually pushed back toward the housing, a piston within a medicine container of the apparatus is shifted to force medication from a needle assembly at the distal end of the apparatus. The medication dispensing apparatus also includes a priming mechanism which is operated by rotating an externally accessible driver portion to prime the apparatus for use, which priming can be performed whether or not the apparatus is in a cocked state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Mark James Fisher, Traci Jo Barron, Scott Alan Massing, Iain Roberts
  • Fixed dose medication dispensing device
    Patent number: 7695454
    Abstract: A guide and follower cooperate to promote a user moving the driver relative to the housing along a travel path that operates the apparatus. The cooperating elements of the nut and the driver are disengaged when the driver is disposed in a reset segment of the travel path, and the cooperating elements of the nut and the driver become engaged when the driver is shifted through a nut engaging segment of the travel path from the reset segment to a nut rotating segment of the travel path. The engagement of the cooperating elements of the nut and the driver cause the nut to screw proximally along the threaded shaft of the drive member when the driver is shifted through the nut rotating segment from the nut engaging segment to an injecting section of the travel path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Traci Jo Barron, Andrew Christopher Burroughs, David William Hixson
  • Medication dispensing apparatus configured for rotate to prime and pull/push to inject functionality
    Publication number: 20040236285
    Abstract: A medication dispensing apparatus having a manually operable plunger axially shiftable relative to the apparatus housing. The plunger is pullable relative to the housing in a proximal direction to cock the apparatus, and when the plunger is then manually pushed back toward the housing, a piston within a medicine container of the apparatus is shifted to force medication from a needle assembly at the distal end of the apparatus. The medication dispensing apparatus also includes a priming mechanism which is operated by rotating an externally accessible driver portion to prime the apparatus for use, which priming can be performed whether or not the apparatus is in a cocked state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: Mark James Fisher, Traci Jo Barron, Scott Alan Massing, Iain Roberts