Patents by Inventor Alexander S. Cairns

Alexander S. Cairns 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).

  • Drug delivery device
    Patent number: 9061097
    Abstract: A drug delivery device includes a housing having an interior space, a needle having retracted and deployed states, an injector to move the needle between retracted and deployed states, and a reservoir disposed within the interior space, the reservoir configured to receive a volume of a drug and to be in fluid communication with the needle. The drug delivery device also includes a controller coupled to the injector and the reservoir, and configured to actuate the injector to move the needle from the retracted state to the deployed state only once, and to actuate the reservoir to deliver the volume of the drug to the patient as a single bolus after a preselected time period has elapsed, the controller disposed within the interior space and configured prior to being disposed within the interior space. The delivery device is wearable, disposable, and single-use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Mark D. Holt, Alexander S. Cairns, Mathias Romacker
  • Drug Delivery Device
    Publication number: 20120010594
    Abstract: A drug delivery device includes a housing having an interior space, a needle having retracted and deployed states, an injector to move the needle between retracted and deployed states, and a reservoir disposed within the interior space, the reservoir configured to receive a volume of a drug and to be in fluid communication with the needle. The drug delivery device also includes a controller coupled to the injector and the reservoir, and configured to actuate the injector to move the needle from the retracted state to the deployed state only once, and to actuate the reservoir to deliver the volume of the drug to the patient as a single bolus after a preselected time period has elapsed, the controller disposed within the interior space and configured prior to being disposed within the interior space. The delivery device is wearable, disposable, and single-use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Mark D. Holt, Alexander S. Cairns, Mathias Romacker