Patents Represented by Attorney Wesley A. Nicholas
  • Patent number: 8298172
    Abstract: A medical device is provided comprising a transcutaneous device unit and a process unit. The transcutaneous device unit may comprise a transcutaneous device for transporting a fluid through a skin portion of a subject, and a mounting surface adapted for application to the skin of the subject. The process unit may comprise a reservoir adapted to contain a fluid drug, the reservoir comprising an outlet means allowing the transcutaneous device to be arranged in fluid communication with an interior of the reservoir, and an expelling assembly for expelling a fluid drug out of the reservoir and through the skin of the subject via the transcutaneous device. The transcutaneous device unit and the process unit further comprise coupling means allowing the reservoir unit to be secured to the transcutaneous device unit in the situation of use. By this arrangement a two-unit system is provided which can be used in a convenient and cost-effective manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Ole Christian Nielsen, Jim Radmer, Jan Harald Preuthun, Erik Winkel Ethelfeld, Simon Rorvig, Henrik Bengtsson