Patents by Inventor Anders Holte
Anders Holte 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).
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Patent number: 7164133Abstract: A system of marked medical containers comprises at least two containers having different properties in at least one respect, and at least one machine-readable marking on each of the containers, each marking being designed to allow discrimination between the difference in properties. Each marking allows discrimination between the difference by having at least one area with different absorbence or reflectance when irradiated with radiation in non-visible frequency ranges. A specific container comprises a syringe cartridge type container for use with a preparation delivery device.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2005Date of Patent: January 16, 2007Assignee: Pharmacia ABInventors: Birger Hjertman, Gunnar Pettersson, Bohdan Pavlu, Anders Holte, Per Hammargren
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Publication number: 20050151081Abstract: A system of marked medical containers comprises at least two containers having different properties in at least one respect, and at least one machine-readable marking on each of the containers, each marking being designed to allow discrimination between the difference in properties. Each marking allows discrimination between the difference by having at least one area with different absorbence or reflectance when irradiated with radiation in non-visible frequency ranges. A specific container comprises a syringe cartridge type container for use with a preparation delivery device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2005Publication date: July 14, 2005Inventors: Birger Hjertman, Gunnar Pettersson, Bohdan Pavlu, Anders Holte, Per Hammargren
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Patent number: 6858846Abstract: Provided is a method for operating a preparation delivery device wherein the device comprises a) a container for the preparation having, or being prepared for the arrangement of, an opening, b) a mechanism operable to deliver at least part of the preparation in the container through the opening, c) attachment means for connection of the container to the mechanism and d) a sensor system arranged to detect at least one predetermined property of the container or its content. The method comprises transmitting radiation towards the container position or a part thereof to allow the radiation to be affected by the container position, receiving at least a part of the affected radiation from at least an area part of the container position in a non-imaging way and comparing the characteristics of the received radiation with a predetermined characteristic representative for the predetermined property to establish whether or not the predetermined property of the container is present.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2001Date of Patent: February 22, 2005Assignee: Pharmacia ABInventors: Birger Hjertman, Gunnar Pettersson, Bohdan Pavlu, Anders Holte, Per Hammargren
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Patent number: 6664534Abstract: A tilt sensing device and method for its operation, the device being of the type comprising a) a housing, b) a radiation transmitter and a radiation receiver arranged in or at the housing to form a beam path therebetween, c) a radiation obstructing or deflecting body movable in relation to the beam path and d) a rest surface for the body defining at least two possible rest positions for the body relative the beam path between which rest positions the body can move by gravity at defined tilt angles for the device and which rest positions are selected to give a detectable output difference from the radiation receiver depending on which of the rest positions is occupied by the body. The size of the movable body, expressed as the diameter of a sphere of corresponding volume, is less than 10 mm. Operation of the device includes monitoring the output from the receiver to obtain an amplitude versus time function and processing data from the function to obtain a modified signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2002Date of Patent: December 16, 2003Assignee: Pharmacia ABInventors: Birger Hjertman, Anders Holte
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Patent number: 6547755Abstract: A delivery device including a) a housing, b) a container for a fluid arranged in the housing, the container having an opening, c) a delivery conduit connected in fluid communication with the opening, the conduit having a front end in flow respect distal from the container and a rear end in flow respect proximal to the container, the front end and the rear end defining an axis therebetween and a forward direction and a rearward direction, and d) a pump arranged to deliver fluid at least in a direction from the container through the conduit, the device comprising, a sensor able to change state in at least one respect in response to a predetermined proximity of an object to the sensor in a sensing direction, a converter, separate from or integral with the sensor, converting at least one of the sensor states into an electromagnetic signal, and a processor, receiving the electromagnetic signal and delivering a control signal to an operational component of the device.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2000Date of Patent: April 15, 2003Assignee: Pharmacia ABInventors: Barbara Lippe, Anders Holte, Hans Himbert, Birger Hjertman, Bohdan Pavlu, Magnus Westermark, Ranier Bosse, Markus Adam
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Publication number: 20020100868Abstract: A tilt sensing device and method for its operation, the device being of the type comprising a) a housing, b) a radiation transmitter and a radiation receiver arranged in or at the housing to form a beam path therebetween, c) a radiation obstructing or deflecting body movable in relation to the beam path and d) a rest surface for the body defining at least two possible rest positions for the body relative the beam path between which rest positions the body can move by gravity at defined tilt angles for the device and which rest positions are selected to give a detectable output difference from the radiation receiver depending on which of the rest positions is occupied by the body. The size of the movable body, expressed as the diameter of a sphere of corresponding volume, is less than 10 mm. Operation of the device includes monitoring the output from the receiver to obtain an amplitude versus time function and processing data from the function to obtain a modified signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2002Publication date: August 1, 2002Inventors: Birger Hjertman, Anders Holte
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Patent number: 6392223Abstract: A tilt sensing device and method for its operation, the device being of the type comprising (a) a housing, (b) a radiation transmitter and a radiation receiver arranged in or at the housing to form a beam path therebetween, (c) a radiation obstructing or deflecting body movable in relation to the beam path and (d) a rest surface for the body defining at least two possible rest positions for the body can move by gravity at defined tilt angles for the device and which rest positions are selected to give a detectable output difference from the radiation receiver depending on which of the rest positions is occupied by the body. The size of the movable body, expressed as the diameter of a sphere of corresponding volume, is less than 10 mm. Operation of the device includes monitoring the output from the receiver to obtain an amplitude versus time function and processing data from the function to obtain a modified signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 1999Date of Patent: May 21, 2002Assignee: Pharmacia ABInventors: Birger Hjertman, Anders Holte
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Publication number: 20020032429Abstract: Provided is a method for operating a preparation delivery device wherein the device comprises a) a container for the preparation having, or being prepared for the arrangement of, an opening, b) a mechanism operable to deliver at least part of the preparation in the container through the opening, c) attachment means for connection of the container to the mechanism and d) a sensor system arranged to detect at least one predetermined property of the container or its content. The method comprises transmitting radiation towards the container position or a part thereof to allow the radiation to be affected by the container position, receiving at least a part of the affected radiation from at least an area part of the container position in a non-imaging way and comparing the characteristics of the received radiation with a predetermined characteristic representative for the predetermined property to establish whether or not the predetermined property of the container is present.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2001Publication date: March 14, 2002Inventors: Birger Hjertman, Gunnar Pettersson, Bohdan Pavlu, Anders Holte, Per Hammargren
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Patent number: 6221051Abstract: A preparation delivery device comprising a) a container for the preparation having or being prepared for the arrangement of an opening, b) a mechanism operable to deliver at least part of the preparation in the container through the opening, c) attachment means for connection of the container to the mechanism and d) a sensor system arranged to detect at least one predetermined property of the container or its content. The device comprises a radiation transmitter arranged to irradiate the container position or a part thereof, a radiation receiver arranged to receive at least an area part of the radiation from the transmitter after the radiation having been affected by the container position and the receiver being designed to give an output response representative for the total radiation received from said area part.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 1997Date of Patent: April 24, 2001Assignee: Pharmacia ABInventors: Birger Hjertman, Gunnar Pettersson, Bohdan Pavlu, Anders Holte, Per Hammargren
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Patent number: 6171276Abstract: A delivery device including a) a housing, b) a container for a fluid arranged in the housing, the container having an opening, c) a delivery conduit connected in fluid communication with the opening, the conduit having a front end in flow respect distal from the container and a rear end in flow respect proximal to the container, the front end and the rear end defining an axis therebetween and a forward direction and a rearward direction, and d) a pump arranged to deliver fluid at least in a direction from the container through the conduit, the device comprising, a sensor able to change state in at least one respect in response to a predetermined proximity of an object to the sensor in a sensing direction, a converter, separate from or integral with the sensor, converting at least one of the sensor states into an electromagnetic signal, and a processor, receiving the electromagnetic signal and delivering a control signal to an operational component of the device.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 1998Date of Patent: January 9, 2001Assignee: Pharmacia & Upjohn ABInventors: Barbara Lippe, Anders Holte, Hans Himbert, Birger Hjertman, Bohdan Pavlu, Magnus Westermark, Rainer Bosse, Markus Adam