Patents by Inventor Alex M. Hytha

Alex M. Hytha 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: 10695497
    Abstract: A manual subcutaneous jet injector includes an injector body having an injection portion provided with an injection system including an injection fluid volume fluidically connected to a subcutaneous injector outlet, and a pumping portion. The pumping portion includes an interior chamber having a pumping portion and a pressure chamber portion fluidically connected to the injection fluid volume. A manually operated injector pump is arranged in the pumping portion. At least one one-way valve is arranged between the pumping portion and the pressure chamber portion, the one-way valve including an inlet end and an outlet end. A piston is arranged in the pumping portion at the inlet end of the one-way valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Andrew C. Hicks, Alex M. Hytha
  • Patent number: 10695498
    Abstract: A method of manually charging a subcutaneous jet injector includes shifting a piston arranged within a pressure chamber portion of the subcutaneous jet injector, forcing a fluid through a one-way valve with the piston into a chamber of the subcutaneous jet injector, pressurizing the fluid in the chamber creating a pressurized fluid, forcing the pressurized fluid in the chamber into another chamber including a bolus dose of injectable fluid, and directing the bolus dose of injectable fluid from the subcutaneous jet injector with the pressurized fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Andrew C. Hicks, Alex M. Hytha
  • Publication number: 20190038839
    Abstract: A method of manually charging a subcutaneous jet injector includes shifting a piston arranged within a pressure chamber portion of the subcutaneous jet injector, forcing a fluid through a one-way valve with the piston into a chamber of the subcutaneous jet injector, pressurizing the fluid in the chamber creating a pressurized fluid, forcing the pressurized fluid in the chamber into another chamber including a bolus dose of injectable fluid, and directing the bolus dose of injectable fluid from the subcutaneous jet injector with the pressurized fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Andrew C. Hicks, Alex M. Hytha
  • Publication number: 20190038838
    Abstract: A manual subcutaneous jet injector includes an injector body having an injection portion provided with an injection system including an injection fluid volume fluidically connected to a subcutaneous injector outlet, and a pumping portion. The pumping portion includes an interior chamber having a pumping portion and a pressure chamber portion fluidically connected to the injection fluid volume. A manually operated injector pump is arranged in the pumping portion. At least one one-way valve is arranged between the pumping portion and the pressure chamber portion, the one-way valve including an inlet end and an outlet end. A piston is arranged in the pumping portion at the inlet end of the one-way valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Andrew C. Hicks, Alex M. Hytha