Patents by Inventor Andreas Gorshoefer

Andreas Gorshoefer 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: 11642476
    Abstract: A nebulizer for a fluid, includes a container containing the fluid; a housing part which can be detached from the nebulizer for replacing the container; an inner part; a retaining element connected with and not detachable from the inner part, where the housing part is releasable fixed to the inner part by the retaining element; a delivery mechanism for dispensing the fluid; a manually depressible actuator member, which is a separate part from the retaining element and acts on the retaining element, and wherein the actuator member is depressed to elastically deform or flex the retaining element to allow detachment of the housing part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Besseler, Frank Herrmann, Holger Holakovsky, Herbert Argauer, Josef Gatz, Andreas Gorshoefer
  • Publication number: 20210093807
    Abstract: A nebulizer for a fluid, includes a container containing the fluid; a housing part which can be detached from the nebulizer for replacing the container; an inner part; a retaining element connected with and not detachable from the inner part, where the housing part is releasable fixed to the inner part by the retaining element; a delivery mechanism for dispensing the fluid; a manually depressible actuator member, which is a separate part from the retaining element and acts on the retaining element, and wherein the actuator member is depressed to elastically deform or flex the retaining element to allow detachment of the housing part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Besseler, Frank Herrmann, Holger Holakovsky, Herbert Argauer, Josef Gatz, Andreas Gorshoefer
  • Patent number: 10894134
    Abstract: A nebulizer is proposed which comprises a blocking device for blocking opening of the nebulizer in a tensioned state. The nebulizer comprises preferably an indicator device for indicating a tensioned state of the nebulizer. The nebulizer comprises further a depressible actuator member at a housing part which is detachable from the nebulizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Besseler, Frank Herrmann, Holger Holakovsky, Herbert Argauer, Josef Gatz, Andreas Gorshoefer
  • Patent number: 10220163
    Abstract: A nebulizer and a housing part removably connected thereto, each having one or more coding elements. At least one of the coding elements is configured to be mounted in different defined positions on the nebulizer or the housing part and is removably connected thereto so that in each position a different coding is obtained in which the one or more coding elements match one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Besseler, Holger Holakovsky, Andreas Gorshoefer, Josef Gatz, Herbert Argauer
  • Publication number: 20180221603
    Abstract: A nebulizer is proposed which comprises a blocking device for blocking opening of the nebulizer in a tensioned state. The nebulizer comprises preferably an indicator device for indicating a tensioned state of the nebulizer. The nebulizer comprises further a depressable actuator member at a housing part which is detachable from the nebulizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Besseler, Frank Herrmann, Holger Holakovsky, Herbert Argauer, Josef Gatz, Andreas Gorshoefer
  • Patent number: 10004857
    Abstract: A nebulizer is proposed which comprises a blocking device for blocking opening of the nebulizer in a tensioned state. The nebulizer comprises preferably an indicator device for indicating a tensioned state of the nebulizer. The nebulizer comprises further a depressible actuator member at a housing part which is detachable from the nebulizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Besseler, Frank Herrmann, Holger Holakovsky, Herbert Argauer, Josef Gatz, Andreas Gorshoefer
  • Patent number: 9895093
    Abstract: A lancet magazine for use in a lancing aid is described comprising a plurality of lancets each having a lancet body at the proximal end of the lancet and a lancet tip at the distal end of the lancet, where the proximal end of the lancet points in the direction of the proximal end of the housing of the lancet magazine and the distal end of the lancet is aligned in the direction of the distal end of the housing and the lancets in the unused state are completely surrounded by the housing. Furthermore, an extension unit is movably connected to the housing in such a manner that the housing can be extended by movement of the extension unit in the direction of the distal end of the housing such that the lancet is prevented from emerging from the lancet magazine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Roche Diabetes Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Forster, Susanne Gentsch, Andreas Gorshoefer, Michael Keil, Thomas Weiss, Robert Wessel
  • Patent number: 9744313
    Abstract: A nebulizer and a housing part comprising a blocking device as well as use of a blocking device are proposed. The blocking device blocks a rotatable element of a counter device in a defined rotational position until the nebulizer is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Besseler, Frank Herrmann, Holger Holakovsky, Herbert Argauer, Josef Gatz, Andreas Gorshoefer
  • Patent number: 9545487
    Abstract: Disclosed is a nebulizer having attached housing, which is attached in a way that permits removal, which housing holds containers of liquid medication for dispensing via nebulization, which nebulizer is constructed to allow containers holding the medication to be used and held within the housing provided that such containers match or conform to the certain mechanical requirements of the nebulizer and housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Besseler, Holger Holakovsky, Herbert Argauer, Josef Gatz, Andreas Gorshoefer
  • Publication number: 20150150496
    Abstract: A lancet magazine for use in a lancing aid is described comprising a plurality of lancets each having a lancet body at the proximal end of the lancet and a lancet tip at the distal end of the lancet, where the proximal end of the lancet points in the direction of the proximal end of the housing of the lancet magazine and the distal end of the lancet is aligned in the direction of the distal end of the housing and the lancets in the unused state are completely surrounded by the housing. Furthermore, an extension unit is movably connected to the housing in such a manner that the housing can be extended by movement of the extension unit in the direction of the distal end of the housing such that the lancet is prevented from emerging from the lancet magazine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Richard Forster, Susanne Gentsch, Andreas Gorshoefer, Michael Keil, Thomas Weiss, Robert Wessel
  • Publication number: 20150122247
    Abstract: A nebuliser and a housing part removably connected thereto, each having a coding, are proposed. To increase the flexibility in the coding while using carry-over parts at least one of the coding means can be mounted in different defined positions on the nebuliser or the housing part removably connected thereto so that in each position a different coding is obtained in which the coding means match one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Besseler, Holger Holakovsky, Andreas Gorshoefer, Josef Gatz, Herbert Argauer
  • Patent number: 8845669
    Abstract: A lancet magazine for use in a lancing aid is described comprising a plurality of lancets each having a lancet body at the proximal end of the lancet and a lancet tip at the distal end of the lancet, where the proximal end of the lancet points in the direction of the proximal end of the housing of the lancet magazine and the distal end of the lancet is aligned in the direction of the distal end of the housing and the lancets in the unused state are completely surrounded by the housing. Furthermore, an extension unit is movably connected to the housing in such a manner that the housing can be extended by movement of the extension unit in the direction of the distal end of the housing such that the lancet is prevented from emerging from the lancet magazine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Forster, Susanne Gentsch, Andreas Gorshoefer, Michael Keil, Thomas Weiss, Robert Wessel
  • Publication number: 20120035639
    Abstract: A lancet magazine for use in a lancing aid is described comprising a plurality of lancets each having a lancet body at the proximal end of the lancet and a lancet tip at the distal end of the lancet, where the proximal end of the lancet points in the direction of the proximal end of the housing of the lancet magazine and the distal end of the lancet is aligned in the direction of the distal end of the housing and the lancets in the unused state are completely surrounded by the housing. Furthermore, an extension unit is movably connected to the housing in such a manner that the housing can be extended by movement of the extension unit in the direction of the distal end of the housing such that the lancet is prevented from emerging from the lancet magazine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Inventors: Richard Forster, Susanne Gentsch, Andreas Gorshoefer, Michael Keil, Thomas Weiss