Patents by Inventor Cédric Rivier

Cédric Rivier 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: 20240091444
    Abstract: A plastic flange for a medical container, the plastic flange defining an opening, the opening being surrounded by a peripheral collar, the collar providing a support to a user's fingers, wherein the flange comprises connecting means for connecting the flange to an external surface of a tubular barrel of the medical container, and wherein the flange further comprises a remotely readable electronic component for remote identification of the medical container, the remotely readable electronic component being embedded into the plastic flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventor: Cédric Rivier
  • Publication number: 20240058521
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a medical container including a first RFID tag on and/or within the medical container. The first RFID tag being operable in a first frequency band and being configured for storing a unique identifier of the medical container; and at least one of (i) a second RFID tag on and/or within the medical container, the second RFID tag being operable in a second frequency band lower than the first frequency band and being configured for storing the unique identifier of the medical container; and (ii) an optical mark on and/or within the medical container, the optical mark encoding the unique identifier of the medical container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Cédric Rivier, Nicolas Euvrard, Alfred Leibbrand
  • Patent number: 11865303
    Abstract: A plastic flange for a medical container, the plastic flange defining an opening, the opening being surrounded by a peripheral collar, the collar providing a support to a user's fingers, wherein the flange comprises connecting means for connecting the flange to an external surface of a tubular barrel of the medical container, and wherein the flange further comprises a remotely readable electronic component for remote identification of the medical container, the remotely readable electronic component being embedded into the plastic flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson France
    Inventor: Cédric Rivier
  • Publication number: 20230406595
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a header bag for packaging at least one medical device, including at least one sheet configured to be sealed to form an enclosure for the at least one medical device, the at least one sheet including at least an inner layer and an outer layer, the inner and outer layers being impervious to gas so that a vacuum can be created in a volume extending between the inner and outer layers, wherein the header bag further includes a pressure sensor arranged between the inner and outer layers and an RFID tag configured to communicate with the pressure sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Clémentine Le Loc'h, Cédric Rivier, Guillaume Lehee, Jean-Marc Chabanon
  • Publication number: 20230367987
    Abstract: A medical container including a tubular barrel defining a reservoir for a medical product. The barrel is provided with a scale having graduations indicative of an injected volume or a remaining volume of said medical product. The barrel further includes a RFID tag including an antenna that forms, follows or overlays with at least a portion of the scale.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Cédric Rivier, Nicolas Euvrard
  • Publication number: 20230256172
    Abstract: This medical container includes a barrel defining a reservoir for containing a medical product, and a needle extending in a barrel channel provided at a distal end of the barrel so as to establish a fluid communication between the reservoir and the needle. The medical container further includes a RFID on-metal (ROM) tag, said RFID on-metal tag being located at least partly inside the barrel channel and having an antenna extending along the needle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Cédric Rivier, Nicolas Euvrard
  • Publication number: 20230241325
    Abstract: This medical container forms a reservoir for containing a medical product and has a longitudinal distal tip extending along a longitudinal axis. The distal tip defines a passageway in fluid communication with said reservoir. The distal tip includes a fitting portion configured to fit with a connector, and a mounting portion proximally located relative to said fitting portion and configured to slidably connect an adaptor to said distal tip. The mounting portion is configured to allow a free longitudinal movement of the adaptor relative to the distal tip when the adaptor is connected to the distal tip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventor: Cédric Rivier
  • Publication number: 20230181840
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cover for a medical injection device, said medical injection device having a hub portion defined at its distal end. The said cover includes an outer casing formed of a first material, said outer casing having a distal end and a proximal end,—an inner casing formed of a second material different from the said first material and defining a cavity capable of receiving in a sealing way, at least part of the hub portion, said inner casing having a distal end and a proximal end, and being at least partly inserted within the outer casing and at least partially in contact with the outer casing and—at least one substantially ring-shaped Radio Frequency Identification RFID tag embedded within the cover, said ring-shaped RFID tag including a RFID chip connected to at least one ring-shaped RFID antenna. The present invention also relates to a medical injection device and a method for manufacturing a cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Cédric Rivier, Nicolas Euvrard, Alfred Leibbrand, Daniel Marty, Thomas Fassler
  • Publication number: 20230181841
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cover for medical injection device, said medical injection device having a hub portion defined at its distal end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Cédric Rivier, Nicolas Euvrard, Sébastien Jouffray, Alfred Leibbrand
  • Publication number: 20230169295
    Abstract: A tip cap assembly for coupling with a syringe body includes a luer lock adaptor, a rigid cap coupled to the luer lock adaptor; a rigid tip cap having distal end and proximal ends, the rigid tip cap being disposed at least partially within the rigid cap, a RFID tag positioned over the distal end of the tip cap, and an adhesive layer formed over the RFID tag. Also provided is RFID inlay for use with medical devices including a meshed substrate, and a RFID antenna and integrated circuit assembly adhered to the meshed substrate. A syringe and label assembly is disclosed, including a body having distal and proximal ends, a tip cap assembly having distal end and proximal ends, and a label at least partially surrounding the distal end of the syringe body and the proximal end of the tip cap, the label comprises an integrated RFID tag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Alfred Leibbrand, Nicolas Euvrard, Cédric Rivier, Gwenn Le Dimet, Damien Maréchal, Thierry Vasquez
  • Publication number: 20230075695
    Abstract: An adaptor for mounting onto a medical container, the adaptor including a distal part configured to receive a connector, and a proximal part configured to be mounted onto the distal tip of the medical container. The proximal part includes an inner ring protruding from a lateral tubular wall of the adaptor, said inner ring having an inner edge that delimits an opening configured to receive the distal tip. The proximal part further includes a gripping member made of an elastomer material, said gripping member being connected to the inner edge of the inner ring in order to be in contact with an outer surface of the distal tip when the adaptor is mounted onto the medical container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Pooja Bhuvanesh Kulkarni, Nicolas Euvrard, Cédric Rivier, Rajesh Poola, Julien Gagliano, Frédéric Michel
  • Publication number: 20230073350
    Abstract: The adaptor includes a tubular wall having a proximal part configured to be secured onto a distal tip of a medical container and a distal part configured to receive said connector. The adaptor further includes an opening extending through said tubular wall, and an inner thread configured to cooperate with a connection element of the connector in order to secure the connector to the adaptor. The inner thread is configured to guide the connection element into said opening. The opening is positioned relative to the inner thread so as to make the connection element be visible to an end user when the connection between the adaptor and the connector is completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventor: Cédric Rivier
  • Publication number: 20230062851
    Abstract: An adaptor for connecting a medical container to a connector, the adaptor including longitudinal projections including a distal portion configured to exert a progressively increasing radial pressure on connecting means of the connector when said connector is moved axially proximally within the adaptor and a proximal portion configured to authorize the partial release of said pressure as the connector is moved further proximally, said proximal portion being further configured to be contacted by said connecting means upon said partial release of said pressure and to emit a sound when contacted by said connecting means, thereby providing an end user with a tactile and audible indication that the connection between the connector and the adaptor is secured. The disclosure also relates to a medical container having such an adaptor mounted onto its distal tip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Nicolas Euvrard, Cédric Rivier
  • Publication number: 20230063816
    Abstract: The adaptor including a proximal part configured to be secured onto a distal tip of a medical container, a distal part configured to receive said connector in order to establish a fluid communication between the distal tip of the medical container and the connector, said distal part including a window extending through a lateral wall of the adpator. The adaptor further includes an indicator that is movable between a first position and a second position wherein the indicator outwardly extends relative to the first position. This indicator includes blocking means configured to block a movement of the indicator 8 from said first position to the second position, and a cam portion configured to be pushed outwardly by the connector when the connector reaches a predetermined position in the adaptor, thereby unblocking and pushing the indicator to the second position in order to provide an end user with a visual and tactile indication that the connection between the connector and the adaptor is terminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Pooja Bhuvanesh Kulkarni, Cédric Rivier, Nicolas Euvrard, Rajesh Poola, Julien Gagliano, Frédéric Michel
  • Publication number: 20220355037
    Abstract: A tip cap for a medical injection device, including: a tip connector configured to engage a tip of the medical injection device; a closure cap configured to sealingly close a distal opening of the tip, the closure cap being releasably connected to the tip connector; an RFID tag including a chip and an antenna, where the chip is overmolded in one of the tip connector and the closure cap and the antenna is overmolded in the other one of the tip connector and the closure cap, the chip and the antenna being electrically connected by a bridge configured to break under a relative movement applied to the closure cap and the tip connector in order to release the closure cap from the tip connector, and the antenna is located at an interface between the tip connector and the closure cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventor: Cédric Rivier
  • Publication number: 20220354609
    Abstract: A system for tracking data relating to the processing of a plurality of medical containers adapted to be received in a first layer of a packaging, the system including: at least one mark being implemented on and/or within the material of each medical container and representing a corresponding unique device identifier (UDI) for each respective medical container, a remotely readable and writable electronic component (21) which is on and/or within the first layer of packaging, the remotely readable and writable electronic component being configured for storing the UDI of each medical container received in the first layer of packaging and for writing and/or reading data relating to the processing of the medical containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Cédric Rivier, Nicolas Euvrard
  • Publication number: 20220241151
    Abstract: The adaptor includes a proximal part configured to be secured onto the distal tip of the medical container, a distal part configured to receive a connector, and a remotely readable electronic component configured to allow remote identification of the medical container when the adaptor is secured to the medical container, the remotely readable electronic component being at least partially embedded into the adaptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Cédric Rivier, Nicolas Deleuil, Sébastien Jouffray
  • Publication number: 20220226572
    Abstract: A plastic flange for a medical container, the plastic flange defining an opening, the opening being surrounded by a peripheral collar, the collar providing a support to a user's fingers, wherein the flange comprises connecting means for connecting the flange to an external surface of a tubular barrel of the medical container, and wherein the flange further comprises a remotely readable electronic component for remote identification of the medical container, the remotely readable electronic component being embedded into the plastic flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventor: Cédric Rivier
  • Publication number: 20220134003
    Abstract: The invention relates to a valve stopper configured to be positioned inside a barrel of an injection device for injecting a composition through a distal, including: a membrane having a proximal and distal face, the membrane being configured to separate a, distal chamber of the barrel from a proximal chamber; a lateral wall extending from the membrane to define a distal cavity, the lateral wall having a circumferential sealing surface configured to sealingly engage the inner surface of the barrel; where the proximal face presents a concave shape and the membrane includes a notch extending through the membrane between the proximal and distal face, being configured to selectively create a fluid path through the membrane from the proximal face to the distal face depending on the pressure exerted by a composition onto the proximal face of the membrane for transferring fluid only from the second chamber to the first.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Cédric Rivier, Guillaume Lehee, Nastasja Grillet, Ferdinand Lavigne, Jérémie Vaxelaire
  • Publication number: 20210252225
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass luer tip with marking means for completing a leak-free luer slip connection with a female fitting. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing such a marked glass luer tip. The method further relates to the use of such a marked glass luer tip for completing a leak-free luer slip connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventor: Cédric Rivier