Patents Examined by Hong-Van N Trinh
  • Patent number: 10864328
    Abstract: A drive mechanism (4) for a drug delivery device comprising—a piston rod (14), —a trigger member (9) coupled with the piston rod (14) in such a manner that rotational movement between the piston rod (14) and the trigger member (9) is constrained in a first state, the trigger member (9) being elastically deformable in such a manner that the piston rod (14) is rotationally moveable with respect to the trigger member (9) in a second state, —a trigger button (10) being suitable for activating the deformation of the trigger member (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventor: William Marsh
  • Patent number: 10850137
    Abstract: A method of reshaping a body part including the step of injecting a quantity of filler material into a subperiosteal plane of a facial region thereby depositing a body of filler between the periosteum and bone of the facial region. The method includes the step of piercing a periosteum of the facial region with a syringe. The method includes the step of drawing backwards a plunger of the syringe to ascertain whether a tip of a needle of the syringe is within a blood vessel. The filler may include a hyaluronic acid gel. The method of reshaping a body part includes the step of applying pressure to the body of filler to adjust a shape of the body of filler. The step of injecting is repeated in the following order of priority: first the temporal line of fusion, second the zygoma, third the malar, and fourth the jaw line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Inventor: Meghan K. McGovern
  • Patent number: 10850039
    Abstract: A drive assembly for a drug delivery device includes a spring member, a piston rod and a piston rod nut being engaged with the piston rod. The piston rod nut is configured to rotate and axially move during dose setting. The spring member is compressed when the piston rod nut is moved during the dose setting. The piston rod nut is rotationally fixed during dose dispensing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventor: Simon Lewis Bilton
  • Patent number: 10850024
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide systems, devices, and methods for delivering substances such as fluids, solutions, medications, and drugs to patients using infusion devices having a set of advanced features. These advanced features include aspects related to the programming of infusion devices, the configuration of infusion sequences performed by the infusion devices, and the interconnection of multiple infusion devices for interoperation during an infusion having a sequence of infusion steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: ICU Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: William Kenneth Day, Justin Joseph Schmidt, Steve Joseph Lindo, Paul John Foryt
  • Patent number: 10835690
    Abstract: Disclosed is a puncture depth controlling and needle hiding device and a usage method thereof. The puncture depth controlling and needle hiding device comprises a housing and an inner sleeve. The inner sleeve is positioned in the housing and is rotatable. Correspondingly matched limiting structures are provided on an inner wall of the housing and an outer wall of the inner sleeve. A spring is provided between the housing and the inner sleeve to push the proximal ends of the housing and the inner sleeve to be separated and keep the inner sleeve at an initial axial position with respect to the housing. By means of the invention, the medicinal liquid injection operation is simplified, and the need insertion depth is accurate. A needle hiding structure reduces the risk of accidental stab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Inventor: Wen Xiang
  • Patent number: 10828416
    Abstract: A device for an injection needle that enables reuse of a single-use injection needle for multiple injection uses for a same user is described. The device has a needle cover with a disinfecting agent, a sanitizing agent and a lubricating agent that are positioned inside the needle cover. The needle cover sanitizes, disinfects and lubricates a single-use injection needle for reuse when the needle is moved inside the needle cover and positioned therein for temporary storage. The agents are held in a medium that enable the agents to be positioned inside the needle cover. The agents in the medium are stacked on top of each other in heights for different needle lengths. The first stack is a wick medium that absorbs excess fluid droplets from a needle head, the second stack is a medium that disinfects the needle, and the third stack is a medium that lubricates the needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Inventor: Tara Chand Singhal
  • Patent number: 10806630
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a pad assembly, an injector assembly, an injector driver, and a fluid source. The pad assembly is sized and configured to be placed on a forehead of a patient. The injector assembly includes a body, a flexible cannula, and a needle. The body is configured to be removably secured to the pad assembly. The cannula is sized to be inserted through an incision in an eye of a patient. The needle is slidably disposed in the cannula. The injector driver is operable to drive the needle longitudinally relative to the flexible cannula. The fluid source assembly is in fluid communication with the needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: GYROSCOPE THERAPEUTICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Daniel W. Price, Brendan J. Oberkircher, James G. Lee, Clinton Denlinger, Daniel J. Prenger, Geoffrey King, Scott Uhland, Mark C. Tsai, Michael F. Keane, Isaac J. Khan, Benjamin L. Ko, Thomas E. Meyer, Denis P. Turner
  • Patent number: 10806629
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a pad assembly, an injector assembly, an injector driver, and a fluid source. The pad assembly is sized and configured to be placed on a forehead of a patient. The injector assembly includes a body, a flexible cannula, and a needle. The body is configured to be removably secured to the pad assembly. The cannula is sized to be inserted through an incision in an eye of a patient. The needle is slidably disposed in the cannula. The injector driver is operable to drive the needle longitudinally relative to the flexible cannula. The fluid source assembly is in fluid communication with the needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: GYROSCOPE THERAPEUTICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Daniel W. Price, Brendan J. Oberkircher, James G. Lee, Clinton Denlinger, Daniel J. Prenger, Geoffrey King, Scott Uhland, Mark C. Tsai, Michael F. Keane, Isaac J. Khan, Benjamin L. Ko, Thomas E. Meyer, Denis P. Turner
  • Patent number: 10737016
    Abstract: Ambulatory infusion pumps, medicament reservoirs, and plungers, including both dynamic and static seals, plus related components, as well as component combinations and related methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Roger E. Smith, Mogens Bach Rasmussen
  • Patent number: 10737035
    Abstract: A piston rod for a drug delivery device includes a first thread with a first inner diameter and a second thread with a second inner diameter. The first inner diameter of the first thread is smaller than the second inner diameter of the second thread. The first thread includes a first pitch and the second thread includes a second pitch. The first and the second pitch have the same magnitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventor: Simon Lewis Bilton
  • Patent number: 10722620
    Abstract: A surgical irrigation and suction control apparatus connecting to an irrigation device and a suction device includes a flexible cannula, a grip, a first tube, a second tube, an irrigation control unit and a suction control unit. The grip is connected to the flexible cannula. The irrigation control unit includes an irrigation switch and an irrigation tube. The irrigation tube is flexible and is connected between the second tube and the irrigation device. The irrigation switch is disposed on the grip and is actuated to change a diameter of the irrigation tube. The suction control unit includes a suction switch and a suction tube. The suction tube is flexible and is connected between the second tube and the suction device. The suction switch is disposed on the grip and is actuated to change a diameter of the suction tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: INTAI TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventors: Shih-Chang Chuang, Dian-Ying Lin
  • Patent number: 10695500
    Abstract: A mechanism for a drug delivery device includes a body, a dial that is moved with respect to the body for setting a dose, and an indicator member coupled with the dial. A movement of the dial generates a helical movement of the indicator member, and a movable window is coupled to the indicator member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventor: Simon Lewis Bilton
  • Patent number: 10668223
    Abstract: A dose indicating mechanism for a drug delivery device for displaying of a dose of a medicament to be dispensed by the drug delivery device includes an elongated housing extending in an axial direction and having at least a first window and a second window that are spaced apart from each other in axial direction. The dose indicating mechanism further includes a dose indicating sleeve movably disposed in the housing and having at least one dose indication coinciding with the first window to display the size of a dose actually set, and an indicator operably engaged with the dose indicating sleeve and axially displaceable relative to the housing to coincide with the second window for indicating an operational status of the dose indicating mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Stefan Bayer, Wolfgang Pelzer, Michael Pfoser, Björn Wilden, Philipp Zeitz
  • Patent number: 10646374
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an injector, a first fluid conduit, a second fluid line, and a control module. The injector includes a body, a flexible cannula, a flexible needle, and a sensor. The needle is configured to translate relative to the cannula. The sensor is operable to detect a position of the needle relative to the cannula. The first and second fluid lines are coupled with the needle. The control module is in communication with the sensor, with the first fluid conduit, and with the second fluid conduit. The control module is configured to provide delivery of a first fluid through the first conduit to the needle based on a signal from the sensor. The control module is further configured to provide delivery of a second fluid through the second conduit to the needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: ORBIT BIOMEDICAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Daniel W. Price, Brendan J. Oberkircher, Daniel J. Prenger, Geoffrey King, Thomas E. Meyer, Benjamin L. Ko
  • Patent number: 10625057
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cannula, having an elongated tube, open on both ends, for receiving an elongated element and a movable safety clip enclosing the tube which encloses the tube end when advancing along the tube beyond one of the two ends. The safety clip and the elongated element are designed to attract or repel each other by magnetic force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: B. Braun Melsungen AG
    Inventor: André Weiss
  • Patent number: 10617826
    Abstract: An assembly for a drug delivery device is provided comprising a housing, and a lead screw having a longitudinal axis, a distal end and a proximal end, the lead screw being rotatably fixed during dose setting and dose delivery and axially movable in a distal direction relative to the housing, the lead screw further including a thread. The assembly further comprises a drive nut threadedly engaged with and screwable along the lead screw thread and a dial link connected with the drive nut and axially movable and rotatably fixed relative to the drive nut, where the dial link comprises a first portion of a feedback ratchet. The assembly is configured such that, during dose delivery, the assembly generates a feedback signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Blancke, Axel Teucher, Michael Jugl, Christiane Schneider
  • Patent number: 10583243
    Abstract: An intravenous line organizing system to be attached to patients to organize one or several IV lines, preventing entanglement and contamination by dragging on the floor, while allowing patient mobility. The hypoallergenic device can be strapped with a band around a patient's limb or torso, or adhered to the skin anywhere on the body. Each clip element allows one IV line to float freely through it. Each clip element rotates 360° and can move horizontally within a channel in the system, or it can be pushed into a locked position, preventing rotation and horizontal movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Inventor: Derryl Burke
  • Patent number: 10583244
    Abstract: Embodiments of the current disclosure are directed toward systems, devices and methods for diabetes management. In particular, the present disclosure relates to devices and methods for dispensing insulin to a patient. A portable fluid infusion device, comprising a disposable part (DP) and a reusable part (RP) is disclosed. The DP comprises a first reservoir and a second reservoir, the second reservoir less than or equal to the first reservoir in length, while the RP comprises a first compartment configured to receive the first reservoir, a second compartment configured to receive the second reservoir and a gasket for sealing a junction between the second reservoir and the second compartment upon connection of the RP and the DP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: TRIPLE JUMP ISRAEL LTD.
    Inventors: Ofer Yodfat, Guy Shinar, Yishai Ben-David
  • Patent number: 10576249
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a medical device comprising a restraining assembly configured to assist in restraining a catheter shaft in a deflected configuration. The resistance assembly may include an inner restraining assembly and an outer restraining assembly configured to engage one another and create normal and frictional resistances therebetween sufficient to prevent unintentional and/or undesired proximal, retracting movement of an actuator, and thus, to prevent changes in a desired deflected configuration of the catheter shaft. In one embodiment, the restraining assembly is configured to allow for temporary, i.e., reversible, restraining of the catheter shaft in the deflected configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventor: Xiaoping Guo
  • Patent number: 10576202
    Abstract: An infusion apparatus includes a housing and a chamber configured to be connected to the housing. The apparatus further includes a weight sensor coupled to a load connector connected to the housing and an optical sensor disposed in the housing. The weight sensor is configured to generate a first signal based on a measured weight of the fluid container attached to the housing in a weight-bearing configuration. The optical sensor is configured to generate a second signal based on detecting drops of the fluid traversing the chamber. The apparatus also includes a flow control mechanism to control a flow rate of the fluid into an outlet channel. The apparatus includes one or more processing devices configured to perform operations including transmitting a control signal to the flow control mechanism to adjust the flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Nathaniel M. Sims, Eric John Flachbart, Duane Edward Allen, Benjamin James Chomyn, Paul C. Henninge, Joseph Matthew Pasquence, Andrew W. Asack, Michael H. Wollowitz, Rolf E. Zuk