Patents by Inventor Christian Riva
Christian Riva 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).
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Publication number: 20240123142Abstract: A device for subcutaneous delivery of a medicament includes a delivery module to house a cartridge containing a medicament to be delivered to a patient via a needle and a control module coupled to the delivery module to house a control unit and a battery to power the control unit. The delivery module includes an application surface that contacts the patient's body and two opposite first gripping perimeter surfaces extending along a first direction parallel to the application surface and along a second direction perpendicular to the application surface and having substantially equal dimensions in the second direction. The control module includes two opposite second gripping perimeter surfaces extending along the first direction and along the second direction and having substantially equal dimensions in the second direction. The two first gripping perimeter surfaces and the two second gripping perimeter surfaces have substantially equal dimensions in the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Mattia Cattaneo, Pasquale Cirulli, Paolo Degan, Andrea Giacomozzi, Paolo Golfetto, Tommaso Borghi, Gustavo de Souza Messias, Marco Pirinoli, Christian Riva, Nicola Bonserio, Ilaria Nicoli
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Publication number: 20230355861Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling a pump system for use in negative pressure wound therapy are described herein. In some embodiments, a method for controlling a pump system includes causing provision of negative pressure, via a flow path, to a wound dressing configured to be positioned over a wound, the flow path configured to fluidically connect the pump system to the wound dressing, measuring a first pressure value in the flow path at a first time, measuring a second pressure value in the flow path at a second time, calculating a first rate of pressure change using the first and second pressure values, and in response to determining that the calculated first rate of pressure change satisfies a threshold rate of change, providing an indication that the wound dressing is full, wherein the method is performed under control of a controller of the pump system.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2023Publication date: November 9, 2023Inventors: Ben Alan Askem, Iacopo Claudio Ferrari, Matteo Foini, Paolo Forzani, Christopher John Fryer, Allan Kenneth Frazer Grugeon Hunt, Christian Riva
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Patent number: 11654228Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling a pump system for use in negative pressure wound therapy are described herein. In some embodiments, a method for controlling a pump system includes causing provision of negative pressure, via a flow path, to a wound dressing configured to be positioned over a wound, the flow path configured to fluidically connect the pump system to the wound dressing, measuring a first pressure value in the flow path at a first time, measuring a second pressure value in the flow path at a second time, calculating a first rate of pressure change using the first and second pressure values, and in response to determining that the calculated first rate of pressure change satisfies a threshold rate of change, providing an indication that the wound dressing is full, wherein the method is performed under control of a controller of the pump system.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Smith & Nephew PLCInventors: Ben Alan Askem, Iacopo Claudio Ferrari, Matteo Foini, Paolo Forzani, Christopher John Fryer, Allan Kenneth Frazer Grugeon Hunt, Christian Riva
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Patent number: 11204599Abstract: A lumber culling system may include a carriage with a distal wall and a proximal wall spaced apart from one another to form an interior of the carriage. An aperture may extend through the distal wall and the proximal wall. The aperture is sized and shaped to allow a board of wood to pass through the distal wall and the proximal wall. Further, the interior of the carriage is visible within the aperture. Imaging equipment may be disposed within the interior of the carriage and arranged to scan a portion of each side of the board of wood that is positioned within the aperture. The carriage may be moved along a length of the board of wood while the board of wood is at rest on static datum supports.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2020Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: House of Design LLCInventors: Peter Okko Ashworth, Shane Christopher Dittrich, Kristopher Ryan Okelberry, Christian Rivas, Oscar Williamson
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Publication number: 20210330552Abstract: A device and method is disclosed for assembling a container holder in a clean environment, aseptically adding a solution to a primary container, inserting the primary container into the container holder, applying a first barrier to the container holder, sterilizing the container holder comprising the primary container and the applied first barrier to provide a sterilized container holder, assembling a fluid path module in a clean environment, the assembling comprising applying a second barrier to a first end of the sterilized fluid path module, sterilizing the fluid path module to provide a sterilized fluid path module and assembling a delivery device comprising the sterilized container holder and the sterilized fluid path module.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2021Publication date: October 28, 2021Applicant: FLEX LTD.Inventors: Eyal BARMAIMON, Lior SHTRAM, Shai FINKMAN, Christian RIVA, Tommaso BORGHI, David WARD
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Patent number: 11058605Abstract: A device and method is disclosed for assembling a container holder in a clean environment, aseptically adding a solution to a primary container, inserting the primary container into the container holder, applying a first barrier to the container holder, sterilizing the container holder comprising the primary container and the applied first barrier to provide a sterilized container holder, assembling a fluid path module in a clean environment, the assembling comprising applying a second barrier to a first end of the sterilized fluid path module, sterilizing the fluid path module to provide a sterilized fluid path module and assembling a delivery device comprising the sterilized container holder and the sterilized fluid path module.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2019Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: FLEX LTD.Inventors: Eyal Barmaimon, Lior Shtram, Shai Finkman, Christian Riva, Tommaso Borghi, David Ward
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Patent number: 10973965Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling and/or calibrating a pump system for use in negative pressure wound therapy are described herein. In some embodiments, a method for controlling a pump system includes calculating an amplitude and an offset for a drive signal based at least in part on previously calculated parameters and a negative pressure setting, generating the drive signal, and applying the drive signal to a pump system. The pump system can be fludicially connected to a wound dressing positioned over a wound.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2015Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Smith & Nephew PLCInventors: Ben Alan Askem, Iacopo Claudio Ferrari, Matteo Foini, Paolo Forzani, Christopher John Fryer, Allan Kenneth Frazer Grugeon Hunt, Christian Riva
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Publication number: 20200379448Abstract: A lumber culling system may include a carriage with a distal wall and a proximal wall spaced apart from one another to form an interior of the carriage. An aperture may extend through the distal wall and the proximal wall. The aperture is sized and shaped to allow a board of wood to pass through the distal wall and the proximal wall. Further, the interior of the carriage is visible within the aperture. Imaging equipment may be disposed within the interior of the carriage and arranged to scan a portion of each side of the board of wood that is positioned within the aperture. The carriage may be moved along a length of the board of wood while the board of wood is at rest on static datum supports.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2020Publication date: December 3, 2020Inventors: Peter Okko Ashworth, Shane Christopher Dittrich, Kristopher Ryan Okelberry, Christian Rivas, Oscar Williamson
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Publication number: 20200368407Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling a pump system for use in negative pressure wound therapy are described herein. In some embodiments, a method for controlling a pump system includes causing provision of negative pressure, via a flow path, to a wound dressing configured to be positioned over a wound, the flow path configured to fluidically connect the pump system to the wound dressing, measuring a first pressure value in the flow path at a first time, measuring a second pressure value in the flow path at a second time, calculating a first rate of pressure change using the first and second pressure values, and in response to determining that the calculated first rate of pressure change satisfies a threshold rate of change, providing an indication that the wound dressing is full, wherein the method is performed under control of a controller of the pump system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Inventors: Ben Alan Askem, Iacopo Claudio Ferrari, Matteo Foini, Paolo Forzani, Christopher John Fryer, Allan Kenneth Frazer Grugeon Hunt, Christian Riva
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Patent number: 10780202Abstract: Apparatuses for use in negative pressure wound therapy are described herein. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes a pump assembly having a pump housing, a magnet, an electrically conductive coil, and a diaphragm, wherein the electrically conductive coil is configured to move a portion of the diaphragm to pump a fluid through the pump apparatus, and a dampener positioned within the pump assembly configured to reduce sound generated by the pump assembly during operation of the pump assembly. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes a housing having a first section and a second section, and an illumination source disposed within the housing adjacent the first section, wherein the illumination source is configured to illuminate the first section, wherein the first section is one of transparent and translucent, and wherein the first section is thinner than the second section as measured perpendicularly from inside to outside the housing.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2015Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: Smith & Nephew PLCInventors: Ben Alan Askem, Iacopo Claudio Ferrari, Matteo Foini, Paolo Forzani, Christopher John Fryer, Allan Kenneth Frazer Grugeon Hunt, Christian Riva
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Patent number: 10737002Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling a pump system for use in negative pressure wound therapy are described herein. In some embodiments, a method for controlling a pump system includes applying a drive signal to a pump assembly of the pump system, the drive signal alternating between a positive amplitude and a negative amplitude and the drive signal having an offset, and sampling a pressure within a fluid flow path configured to connect the pump system to a wound dressing configured to be placed over a wound during one or more time intervals. Each of the one or more time intervals can occur when the drive signal is approximately at an amplitude equal to one or more sampling amplitudes.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2015Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Smith & Nephew PLCInventors: Ben Alan Askem, Iacopo Claudio Ferrari, Matteo Foini, Paolo Forzani, Christopher John Fryer, Allan Kenneth Frazer Grugeon Hunt, Christian Riva
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Patent number: 10702418Abstract: Some embodiments disclosed herein are directed to a pump assembly comprising a voice coil, a magnet and a diaphragm, wherein the voice coil is configured to move the diaphragm to pump a fluid through the pump assembly in response to a drive signal applied to the voice coil. Some embodiments disclosed herein are directed to an apparatus for applying negative pressure to a wound comprising a source of negative pressure configured to be coupled to a dressing, the source of negative comprising a voice coil actuator and a diaphragm, and a controller configured to produce a drive signal for the voice coil actuator.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2017Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: Smith & Nephew PLCInventors: Trevor John Beckett, Iacopo Claudio Ferrari, Christopher John Fryer, Alexander David Norman, Christian Riva, Gary Stacey
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Patent number: 10682446Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling a pump system for use in negative pressure wound therapy are described herein. In some embodiments, a method for controlling a pump system includes causing provision of negative pressure, via a flow path, to a wound dressing configured to be positioned over a wound, the flow path configured to fluidically connect the pump system to the wound dressing, measuring a first pressure value in the flow path at a first time, measuring a second pressure value in the flow path at a second time, calculating a first rate of pressure change using the first and second pressure values, and in response to determining that the calculated first rate of pressure change satisfies a threshold rate of change, providing an indication that the wound dressing is full, wherein the method is performed under control of a controller of the pump system.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2015Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: Smith & Nephew PLCInventors: Ben Alan Askem, Iacopo Claudio Ferrari, Matteo Foini, Paolo Forzani, Christopher John Fryer, Allan Kenneth Frazer Grugeon Hunt, Christian Riva
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Publication number: 20200121833Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling and/or calibrating a pump system for use in negative pressure wound therapy are described herein. In some embodiments, a method for controlling a pump system includes calculating an amplitude and an offset for a drive signal based at least in part on previously calculated parameters and a negative pressure setting, generating the drive signal, and applying the drive signal to a pump system. The pump system can be fludicially connected to a wound dressing positioned over a wound.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2015Publication date: April 23, 2020Inventors: Ben Alan Askem, Iacopo Claudio Ferrari, Matteo Foini, Paolo Forzani, Christopher John Fryer, Allan Kenneth Frazer Grugeon Hunt, Christian Riva
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Publication number: 20190307611Abstract: Some embodiments disclosed herein are directed to a pump assembly comprising a voice coil, a magnet and a diaphragm, wherein the voice coil is configured to move the diaphragm to pump a fluid through the pump assembly in response to a drive signal applied to the voice coil. Some embodiments disclosed herein are directed to an apparatus for applying negative pressure to a wound comprising a source of negative pressure configured to be coupled to a dressing, the source of negative comprising a voice coil actuator and a diaphragm, and a controller configured to produce a drive signal for the voice coil actuator.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2019Publication date: October 10, 2019Inventors: Ben Alan Askem, Trevor John Beckett, Iacopo Claudio Ferrari, Matthew James Herd, Keith Marshall, Tom Moy, Alexander David Norman, Christian Riva, Gary Stacey, Philip Walsh
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Publication number: 20190274924Abstract: A device and method is disclosed for assembling a container holder in a clean environment, aseptically adding a solution to a primary container, inserting the primary container into the container holder, applying a first barrier to the container holder, sterilizing the container holder comprising the primary container and the applied first barrier to provide a sterilized container holder, assembling a fluid path module in a clean environment, the assembling comprising applying a second barrier to a first end of the sterilized fluid path module, sterilizing the fluid path module to provide a sterilized fluid path module and assembling a delivery device comprising the sterilized container holder and the sterilized fluid path module.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2019Publication date: September 12, 2019Inventors: Eyal BARMAIMON, Lior SHTRAM, Shai FINKMAN, Christian RIVA, Tommaso BORGHI, David WARD
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Patent number: 10299964Abstract: Some embodiments disclosed herein are directed to a pump assembly comprising a voice coil, a magnet and a diaphragm, wherein the voice coil is configured to move the diaphragm to pump a fluid through the pump assembly in response to a drive signal applied to the voice coil. Some embodiments disclosed herein are directed to an apparatus for applying negative pressure to a wound comprising a source of negative pressure configured to be coupled to a dressing, the source of negative comprising a voice coil actuator and a diaphragm, and a controller configured to produce a drive signal for the voice coil actuator.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2016Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: Smith & Nephew PLCInventors: Ben Alan Askem, Trevor John Beckett, Iacopo Claudio Ferrari, Matthew James Herd, Keith Marshall, Tom Moy, Alexander David Norman, Christian Riva, Gary Stacey, Philip Walsh
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Publication number: 20180326129Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling and/or calibrating a pump system for use in negative pressure wound therapy are described herein. In some embodiments, a method for controlling a pump system includes calculating an amplitude and an offset for a drive signal based at least in part on previously calculated parameters and a negative pressure setting, generating the drive signal, and applying the drive signal to a pump system. The pump system can be fludicially connected to a wound dressing positioned over a wound.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2015Publication date: November 15, 2018Inventors: Ben Alan Askem, Iacopo Claudio Ferrari, Matteo Foini, Paolo Forzani, Christopher John Fryer, Allan Kenneth Frazer Grugeon Hunt, Christian Riva
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Patent number: D977624Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2019Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Smith & Nephew PLCInventors: Ben Alan Askem, Sarah Jenny Collinson, Philip Walsh, Tom Moy, Fabio Foleghi, Christian Riva
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Patent number: D985755Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2019Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Smith & Nephew PLCInventors: Ben Alan Askem, Sarah Jenny Collinson, Philip Walsh, Tom Moy, Fabio Foleghi, Christian Riva