Patents by Inventor Anne Boker

Anne Boker 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).

  • Method and arrangement for acoustically testing the mechanical integrity of a cartridge
    Patent number: 10564129
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of testing the mechanical integrity of a cartridge (10) containing a medicament and being arranged inside a drug delivery device (20). The invention also relates to a testing arrangement and to a respective drug delivery device, wherein the method comprises the steps of: acoustically stimulating the cartridge (10), measuring of the cartridge's (10) acoustic response (60) to the acoustic stimulation (32), comparing the acoustic response (60) with a standard response (62) of an intact cartridge (10), and determining the mechanical integrity of the cartridge (10) on the basis of the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: Hanno Juhnke, Jan-Peter Spengler, Jasmin Groeschke, Anne Boker, Michael Fischer, Matthias Scharf, Michael Schrack, Olaf Zeckai, Jurgen Hemberger
  • METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR ACOUSTICALLY TESTING THE MECHANICAL INTEGRITY OF A CARTRIDGE
    Publication number: 20180017531
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of testing the mechanical integrity of a cartridge (10) containing a medicament and being arranged inside a drug delivery device (20). The invention also relates to a testing arrangement and to a respective drug delivery device, wherein the method comprises the steps of: acoustically stimulating the cartridge (10), measuring of the cartridge's (10) acoustic response (60) to the acoustic stimulation (32), comparing the acoustic response (60) with a standard response (62) of an intact cartridge (10), and determining the mechanical integrity of the cartridge (10) on the basis of the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Hanno Juhnke, Jan-Peter Spengler, Jasmin Groeschke, Anne Boker, Michael Fischer, Matthias Scharf, Michael Schrack, Olaf Zeckai, Jurgen Hemberger