Patents by Inventor Bernard L. Ballou

Bernard L. Ballou 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: 11839487
    Abstract: The present invention includes and provides a method of delivering a medicament to an eye of a subject in need thereof a solution, the method comprising: (a) providing droplets containing the medicament with a specified average size and average initial ejecting velocity; and (b) delivering the medicament to the eye, where the droplets deliver a percentage of the ejected mass of the droplets to the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: EYENOVIA, INC.
    Inventors: Bernard L. Ballou, Jr., Mark Packer, Russell John Mumper, Tsontcho Ianchulev
  • Publication number: 20220395221
    Abstract: The present invention includes and provides a method of delivering a medicament to an eye of a subject in need thereof a solution, the method comprising: (a) providing droplets containing the medicament with a specified average size and average initial ejecting velocity; and (b) delivering the medicament to the eye, where the droplets deliver a percentage of the ejected mass of the droplets to the eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Bernard L. Ballou, Jr, Mark Packer, Russell John Mumper, Tsontcho Ianchulev
  • Patent number: 11398306
    Abstract: The present invention includes and provides a method of delivering a medicament to an eye of a subject in need thereof a solution, the method comprising: (a) providing droplets containing the medicament with a specified average size and average initial ejecting velocity; and (b) delivering the medicament to the eye, where the droplets deliver a percentage of the ejected mass of the droplets to the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Eyenovia, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernard L. Ballou, Jr., Mark Packer, Russell John Mumper, Tsontcho Ianchulev
  • Publication number: 20220062035
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to ejector mechanisms and devices for generating a directed stream of droplets, as well as improved methods for delivering an ejected stream of droplets to a target. The device and methods may be useful for the delivery of fluid for ophthalmic, topical, oral, nasal, or pulmonary use, more particularly, for use in the delivery of ophthalmic fluid to the eye. Certain aspects of the disclosure relate to devices and methods for the delivery of a therapeutically effective low dosage volume medicament composition to a target, e.g., by controlling charge, droplet size and/or droplet deposit parameters of the medicament composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Jonathan Ryan WILKERSON, Iyam LYNCH, Charles Eric HUNTER, Joshua Richard BROWN, Lucien S. WILKINS, Peter LAM, Hamilton COLEMAN, J. Sid CLEMENTS, Bernard L. BALLOU
  • Publication number: 20210407663
    Abstract: A method of delivering safe, suitable, and repeatable dosages to a subject for topical, oral, nasal, or pulmonary use and a device for droplet ejection includes a fluid delivery system capable of delivering a defined volume of the fluid in the form of droplets having properties that afford adequate and repeatable high percentage deposition upon application. The method and device include a housing, a reservoir disposed within the housing for receiving a volume of fluid, an ejector mechanism configured to eject a stream of droplets having an average ejected droplet diameter greater than 15 microns, the stream of droplets having low entrained airflow such that the stream of droplets deposit on the eye of the subject during use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Charles Eric Hunter, Bernard L. Ballou, JR., Jurgen Klaus Vollrath, Arthur H. Tew, Joshua Richard Brown, James Thornhill Leath, Nathan R. Faulks, Bradley G. Johnson, J. Sid Clements, Phillip E. Russell, John H. Hebrank, Tsontcho Ianchulev, Mark Packer, Troy Elliott, Walter M. Fierson, Thomas J. Lindner
  • Publication number: 20210398651
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to medical databases, remote monitoring, diagnosis and treatment systems and methods. In one particular embodiment, a system for remote monitoring, diagnosis, or treatment of eye conditions, disorders and diseases is provided. This method generally includes administering a stream of droplets to the eye of a subject from an ejector device, and storing data related to the administration in a memory of the ejector device. The data may then be monitored and analyzed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Bernard L. Ballou, JR., Jurgen Klaus Vollrath, Kelly C. Sparks, Joshua Richard Brown, Mark Packer, Charles Eric Hunter, Troy Elliott, John H. Hebrank
  • Publication number: 20210295989
    Abstract: The present invention includes and provides a method of delivering a medicament to an eye of a subject in need thereof a solution, the method comprising: (a) providing droplets containing the medicament with a specified average size and average initial ejecting velocity; and (b) delivering the medicament to the eye, where the droplets deliver a percentage of the ejected mass of the droplets to the eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Bernard L. Ballou, JR., Mark Packer, Russell John Mumper, Tsontcho Ianchulev
  • Patent number: 11110000
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to ejector mechanisms and devices for generating a directed stream of droplets, as well as improved methods for delivering an ejected stream of droplets to a target. The device and methods may be useful for the delivery of fluid for ophthalmic, topical, oral, nasal, or pulmonary use, more particularly, for use in the delivery of ophthalmic fluid to the eye. Certain aspects of the disclosure relate to devices and methods for the delivery of a therapeutically effective low dosage volume medicament composition to a target, e.g., by controlling charge, droplet size and/or droplet deposit parameters of the medicament composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: EYENOVIA, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan Ryan Wilkerson, Iyam Lynch, Charles Eric Hunter, Joshua Richard Brown, Lucien S. Wilkins, Peter Lam, Hamilton Coleman, J. Sid Clements, Bernard L. Ballou, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11011270
    Abstract: A method of delivering safe, suitable, and repeatable dosages to a subject for topical, oral, nasal, or pulmonary use and a device for droplet ejection includes a fluid delivery system capable of delivering a defined volume of the fluid in the form of droplets having properties that afford adequate and repeatable high percentage deposition upon application. The method and device include a housing, a reservoir disposed within the housing for receiving a volume of fluid, an ejector mechanism configured to eject a stream of droplets having an average ejected droplet diameter greater than 15 microns, the stream of droplets having low entrained airflow such that the stream of droplets deposit on the eye of the subject during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Eyenovia, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Eric Hunter, Bernard L. Ballou, Jr., Jurgen Klaus Vollrath, Arthur H. Tew, Joshua Richard Brown, James Thornhill Leath, Nathan R. Faulks, Bradley G. Johnson, J. Sid Clements, Phillip E. Russell, John H. Hebrank, Tsontcho Ianchulev, Mark Packer, Troy Elliott, Walter M. Fierson, Thomas J. Lindner
  • Patent number: 10839960
    Abstract: The present invention includes and provides a method of delivering a medicament to an eye of a subject in need thereof a solution, the method comprising: (a) providing droplets containing the medicament with a specified average size and average initial ejecting velocity; and (b) delivering the medicament to the eye, where the droplets deliver a percentage of the ejected mass of the droplets to the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Eyenovia, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernard L. Ballou, Jr., Mark Packer, Russell John Mumper, Tsontcho Ianchulev
  • Patent number: 10540878
    Abstract: A method for disseminating emergency notification content from an emergency originating source. The method comprising: delivering the emergency notification content from the emergency originating source to at least one transmitting party; selecting a subset of users from among a set of users for dissemination of the emergency notification content based on the subject matter of the emergency notification content; and delivering the emergency notification content from the at least one transmitting party to a device corresponding to each user from the selected subset of users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Charles Eric Hunter, Bernard L. Ballou, John Hebrank, James Fallon, Robert Summer
  • Publication number: 20190074086
    Abstract: The present invention includes and provides a method of delivering a medicament to an eye of a subject in need thereof a solution, the method comprising: (a) providing droplets containing the medicament with a specified average size and average initial ejecting velocity; and (b) delivering the medicament to the eye, where the droplets deliver a percentage of the ejected mass of the droplets to the eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Bernard L. Ballou, JR., Mark Packer, Russell John Mumper, Tsontcho Ianchulev
  • Publication number: 20190053945
    Abstract: A method of delivering safe, suitable, and repeatable dosages to a subject for topical, oral, nasal, or pulmonary use and a device for droplet ejection includes a fluid delivery system capable of delivering a defined volume of the fluid in the form of droplets having properties that afford adequate and repeatable high percentage deposition upon application. The method and device include a housing, a reservoir disposed within the housing for receiving a volume of fluid, an ejector mechanism configured to eject a stream of droplets having an average ejected droplet diameter greater than 15 microns, the stream of droplets having low entrained airflow such that the stream of droplets deposit on the eye of the subject during use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Charles Eric Hunter, Bernard L. Ballou, JR., Jurgen Klaus Vollrath, Arthur H. Tew, Joshua Richard Brown, James Thornhill Leath, Nathan R. Faulks, Bradley G. Johnson, J. Sid Clements, Philip E. Russell, John H. Hebrank, Tsontcho Ianchulev, Mark Packer, Troy Elliott, Walter M. Fierson, Thomas J. Lindner
  • Publication number: 20190035250
    Abstract: A method for disseminating emergency notification content from an emergency originating source. The method comprising: delivering the emergency notification content from the emergency originating source to at least one transmitting party; selecting a subset of users from among a set of users for dissemination of the emergency notification content based on the subject matter of the emergency notification content; and delivering the emergency notification content from the at least one transmitting party to a device corresponding to each user from the selected subset of users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Charles Eric Hunter, Bernard L. Ballou, John Hebrank, James Fallon, Robert Summer
  • Patent number: 10154923
    Abstract: A method of delivering safe, suitable, and repeatable dosages to a subject for topical, oral, nasal, or pulmonary use and a device for droplet ejection includes a fluid delivery system capable of delivering a defined volume of the fluid in the form of droplets having properties that afford adequate and repeatable high percentage deposition upon application. The method and device include a housing, a reservoir disposed within the housing for receiving a volume of fluid, an ejector mechanism configured to eject a stream of droplets having an average ejected droplet diameter greater than 15 microns, the stream of droplets having low entrained airflow such that the stream of droplets deposit on the eye of the subject during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Eyenovia, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Eric Hunter, Bernard L. Ballou, Jr., Jurgen Klaus Vollrath, Arthur H. Tew, Joshua Richard Brown, James Thornhill Leath, Nathan R. Faulks, Bradley G. Johnson, J. Sid Clements, Phillip E. Russell, John H. Hebrank, Tsontcho Inachulev, Mark Packer, Troy Elliott, Walter M. Fierson, Thomas J. Lindner
  • Patent number: 10073949
    Abstract: The present invention includes and provides a method of delivering a medicament to an eye of a subject in need thereof a solution, the method comprising: (a) providing droplets containing the medicament with a specified average size and average initial ejecting velocity; and (b) delivering the medicament to the eye, where the droplets deliver a percentage of the ejected mass of the droplets to the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Eyenovia, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernard L. Ballou, Jr., Mark Packer, Russell John Mumper, Tsontcho Ianchulev
  • Patent number: 10062260
    Abstract: A method for disseminating emergency notification content from an emergency originating source. The method comprising: delivering the emergency notification content from the emergency originating source to at least one transmitting party; selecting a subset of users from among a set of users for dissemination of the emergency notification content based on the subject matter of the emergency notification content; and delivering the emergency notification content from the at least one transmitting party to a device corresponding to each user from the selected subset of users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Charles Eric Hunter, Bernard L. Ballou, John Hebrank, James Fallon, Robert Summer
  • Publication number: 20180068547
    Abstract: A method for disseminating emergency notification content from an emergency originating source. The method comprising: delivering the emergency notification content from the emergency originating source to at least one transmitting party; selecting a subset of users from among a set of users for dissemination of the emergency notification content based on the subject matter of the emergency notification content; and delivering the emergency notification content from the at least one transmitting party to a device corresponding to each user from the selected subset of users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Charles Eric Hunter, Bernard L. Ballou, John Hebrank, James Fallon, Robert Summer
  • Patent number: 9847008
    Abstract: A method for disseminating emergency notification content from an emergency originating source. The method comprising: delivering the emergency notification content from the emergency originating source to at least one transmitting party; selecting a subset of users from among a set of users for dissemination of the emergency notification content based on the subject matter of the emergency notification content; and delivering the emergency notification content from the at least one transmitting party to a device corresponding to each user from the selected subset of users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Eric Hunter, Bernard L. Ballou, John Hebrank, James Fallon, Robert Summer
  • Publication number: 20170344714
    Abstract: The present invention includes and provides a method of delivering a medicament to an eye of a subject in need thereof a solution, the method comprising: (a) providing droplets containing the medicament with a specified average size and average initial ejecting velocity; and (b) delivering the medicament to the eye, where the droplets deliver a percentage of the ejected mass of the droplets to the eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Bernard L. Ballou, JR., Mark Packer, Russell John Mumper, Tsontcho Ianchulev