Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Handel

Wolfgang Handel 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).

  • Puncture aid with protection against reuse
    Patent number: 8361099
    Abstract: The present invention provides a puncture aid comprising a housing in which a lancet holder with a lancet is displaceably mounted, the lancet holder being connected to a spring element. The lancet holder has at least one bearing element and the housing has a support surface arranged such that the bearing element rests on the support surface in a first position of the lancet holder. A trigger unit is provided, actuation of which transfer the lancet holder to a second position by means of a relative rotational movement of the bearing element and the support surface, so that the bearing element falls from the support surface in the second position of the lancet holder, and the tensioned spring element at least partially relaxes and moves the lancet holder such that the tip of the lancet emerges from the opening of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Stefan Schosnig, Wolfgang Handel, Wolfgang Jost, Lydia Kolonko, Hans List, Jack Griffis, Brian Leutz, Jeff Stout, Gwenn Kennedy, Bradley Koeppel, Jeff Noble
  • PUNCTURE AID WITH PROTECTION AGAINST REUSE
    Publication number: 20070185516
    Abstract: The present invention provides a puncture aid comprising a housing in which a lancet holder with a lancet is displaceably mounted, the lancet holder being connected to a spring element. The lancet holder has at least one bearing element and the housing has a support surface arranged such that the bearing element rests on the support surface in a first position of the lancet holder. A trigger unit is provided, actuation of which transfer the lancet holder to a second position by means of a relative rotational movement of the bearing element and the support surface, so that the bearing element falls from the support surface in the second position of the lancet holder, and the tensioned spring element at least partially relaxes and moves the lancet holder such that the tip of the lancet emerges from the opening of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Inventors: Stefan Schosnig, Wolfgang Handel, Wolfgang Jost, Lydia Kolonko, Hans List, Jack Griffis, Brian Leutz, Jeff Stout, Gwenn Kennedy, Bradley Koeppel, Jeff Noble