Patents by Inventor Brian Costello

Brian Costello 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).

  • Publication number: 20260065698
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method performed by one or more computers for tracking a biological material of a subject during an in-vitro fertilization process. The method includes receiving, from a camera, an image of a dish having a visual characteristic and a drop disposed on the dish, the dish holding the biological material at a drop location. The method then includes processing the image of the dish, using a drop identification model, to identify the drop according to the visual characteristic. Further, the method includes assigning an identifier to the drop associated with the drop location, and recording the identifier of the drop associated with the drop location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2025
    Publication date: March 5, 2026
    Inventors: Charles Paradise, Michael Gerbush, Milan Ivosevic, Brian Costello, Paul DiCesare, Danial Ferreira, Ronald Green
  • Patent number: 12530910
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method performed by one or more computers for tracking a biological material of a subject during an in-vitro fertilization process. The method includes receiving, from a camera, an image of a dish having a visual characteristic and a drop disposed on the dish, the dish holding the biological material at a drop location. The method then includes processing the image of the dish, using a drop identification model, to identify the drop according to the visual characteristic. Further, the method includes assigning an identifier to the drop associated with the drop location, and recording the identifier of the drop associated with the drop location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2026
    Assignee: CooperSurgical, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Paradise, Michael Gerbush, Milan Ivosevic, Brian Costello, Paul DiCesare, Danial Ferreira, Ronald Green
  • Patent number: 12186525
    Abstract: A syringe nest is provided that includes a planar base and a plurality of nesting units extending from and interconnected by the base. Each nesting unit includes a hollow hexagonal body having a first open end and an opposing second open end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Evans, Brian Costello, Raymond Protasiewicz, Christopher Gieda, Jorge Santos
  • Publication number: 20240331414
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method performed by one or more computers for tracking a biological material of a subject during an in-vitro fertilization process. The method includes receiving, from a camera, an image of a dish having a visual characteristic and a drop disposed on the dish, the dish holding the biological material at a drop location. The method then includes processing the image of the dish, using a drop identification model, to identify the drop according to the visual characteristic. Further, the method includes assigning an identifier to the drop associated with the drop location, and recording the identifier of the drop associated with the drop location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Charles Paradise, Michael Gerbush, Milan Ivosevic, Brian Costello, Paul DiCesare, Danial Ferreira, Ronald Green
  • Publication number: 20230136890
    Abstract: Systems and methods for drug delivery are disclosed in which an injection device comprises a parenteral interface, comprising a support and a needle assembly, suspended within a cavity in a housing of the device such that the parenteral interface is movably mounted with respect to the housing when the needle assembly is in the injection position. The parenteral interface can be configured to allow movement of the housing of the device with respect to the skin without displacing the needle assembly. The devices can be configured to passively or actively compensate for movement of the housing relative to the injection site to ensure correct delivery depth is maintained during time device is worn. For example, by mounting the support of the parenteral interface on a deformable mount or an articulated or rotatable component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Alex LYNESS, Geoffrey ROUIN, Brian COSTELLO
  • Publication number: 20230085128
    Abstract: A parenteral injection device comprises a housing defining an internal cavity and an output, a first reservoir disposed within the internal cavity, where the first reservoir defines a first chamber that is configured to store a drug and is in fluid communication with the output, a first drive mechanism to selectively force the drug from the first chamber, and a second reservoir disposed within the internal cavity, wherein the second reservoir defines a second chamber that is configured to store a gas and is in fluid communication with the output. The injection device further comprises a second drive mechanism to selectively force the gas from the second chamber, and a controller in signal communication with the first and second drive mechanisms, such that the controller is configured to selectively direct the first and second drive mechanisms to force the drug and gas from the first and second chambers, respectively, to the output in a predetermined sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Brian COSTELLO, Alex LYNESS, Raymond PROTASIEWICZ, Geoffrey T. ROUIN
  • Patent number: 11517661
    Abstract: A syringe nest assembly includes a base having a first surface and an opposing second surface and a first plate movably coupled to the base. The base includes a plurality of nesting units extending upwardly away from the first surface of the base. Each nesting unit includes a hollow body having a first open end distal from the first surface of the base and an opposing second open end. The first plate has a first surface and an opposing second surface. The first plate includes a plurality of apertures extending from the first surface to the second surface of the first plate. Each aperture of the first plate is generally aligned with a respective nesting unit of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Evans, Brian Costello, Raymond Protasiewicz, Christopher Gieda
  • Publication number: 20210316063
    Abstract: A syringe nest assembly includes a base having a first surface and an opposing second surface and a first plate movably coupled to the base. The base includes a plurality of nesting units extending upwardly away from the first surface of the base. Each nesting unit includes a hollow body having a first open end distal from the first surface of the base and an opposing second open end. The first plate has a first surface and an opposing second surface. The first plate includes a plurality of apertures extending from the first surface to the second surface of the first plate. Each aperture of the first plate is generally aligned with a respective nesting unit of the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher EVANS, Brian COSTELLO, Raymond PROTASIEWICZ, Christopher GIEDA
  • Patent number: 11077259
    Abstract: A needle safety device has an outer tube within which a syringe barrel from which a cannula extends is slideably receivable. A collar in the outer tube is moveable relative thereto and rotatably attachable to the distal end of the barrel. A force member biases the outer tube in a distal direction. A cannula shield able to receive the cannula therein is in the outer tube. The cannula shield is fixedly attached to a cap removably attached to the outer tube. A track is formed in the inner surface of the outer tube. A pin extending radially outwardly from the collar slidingly engages the track. In a pre-injection position, the cannula is entirely within the outer tube. In a full-insertion position, the cannula extends beyond the outer tube. In a locked position, the cannula is irreversibly retained entirely within the outer tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Evans, Brian Costello, Christopher Gieda, Raymond Protasiewicz, Kristofer Meehan
  • Patent number: 11071817
    Abstract: A syringe nest assembly includes a base having a first surface and an opposing second surface and a first plate movably coupled to the base. The base includes a plurality of nesting units extending upwardly away from the first surface of the base. Each nesting unit includes a hollow body having a first open end distal from the first surface of the base and an opposing second open end. The first plate has a first surface and an opposing second surface. The first plate includes a plurality of apertures extending from the first surface to the second surface of the first plate. Each aperture of the first plate is generally aligned with a respective nesting unit of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Evans, Brian Costello, Raymond Protasiewicz, Christopher Gieda
  • Publication number: 20210113762
    Abstract: A syringe nest is provided that includes a planar base and a plurality of nesting units extending from and interconnected by the base. Each nesting unit includes a hollow hexagonal body having a first open end and an opposing second open end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher Evans, Brian Costello, Raymond Protasiewicz, Christopher Gieda, Jorge Santos
  • Patent number: 10980948
    Abstract: An apparatus for presenting an application status of a medical device that has a unused state and a used state. The apparatus includes a label having an electrochromic element. The label is at least partially disposed on an exterior surface of the medical device and is configured to display a predetermined feature in response to an electric current. A power source is disposed in or on the medical device for providing the electric current. A switch is configured to selectively connect or disconnect the label and the power source to one another for controlling the application of the electric current to the electrochromic element in response to actuation of the medical device from the unused state to the used state. The label may be scanned by a scan device that may connect to a medical organization for communicating information between the scan device and the medical organization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Evans, Brian Costello, Stacy Faught
  • Patent number: 10643744
    Abstract: A method of detecting and/or tracking use of a drug delivery device is disclosed. The drug delivery device includes a machine readable code and a visual indicator, and has pre-use and used states, such that use of the drug delivery device triggers a transition from the pre-use to the used state. The visual indicator has a first state when the drug delivery device is in the pre-use state and a different second state when the drug delivery device is in the used state. The method includes enabling a user device having an image sensor to capture an image of the drug delivery device, determining, by the user device processor from the captured image, whether the visual indicator of the drug delivery device is in the second state, and obtaining, by the processor, information from the machine readable code when the visual indicator is determined to be in the second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Hopper, Stacy Faught, Christopher Evans, Brian Costello, Raymond Protasiewicz
  • Patent number: 10478568
    Abstract: A needle safety device has an outer tube within which a syringe barrel is slideably receivable. A collar in the outer tube is moveable relative thereto and rotatably attachable to the distal end of the barrel. A force member biases the outer tube in a distal direction. A track is formed in the inner surface of the outer tube. A pin extending radially outwardly from the collar slidingly engages the track. In a staging position, the barrel is inspectable. In a pre-injection position, the cannula extends a first length beyond the outer tube. In a full-insertion position, the cannula extends a second length greater than the first length beyond the outer tube. In a locked position, the cannula is entirely within the outer tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Evans, Brian Costello, Christopher Gieda
  • Patent number: D882765
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Williams Farris, Samuel Dauphinais, Brian Costello, Raymond Protasiewicz
  • Patent number: D886296
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Evans, Brian Costello, Christopher Gieda
  • Patent number: D878555
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Williams Farris, Samuel Dauphinais, Brian Costello, Raymond Protasiewicz
  • Patent number: D878556
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Williams Farris, Samuel Dauphinais, Brian Costello, Raymond Protasiewicz
  • Patent number: D878557
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Williams Farris, Samuel Dauphinais, Brian Costello, Raymond Protasiewicz
  • Patent number: D903864
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: WEST PHARMA. SERVICES IL, LTD.
    Inventors: Elisheva Fabrikant, Raymond Protasiewicz, Brian Costello