Patents by Inventor Daniel Buck

Daniel Buck 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: 20250107922
    Abstract: A cryoprotectant for use with a treatment device for improved removal of heat from subcutaneous lipid-rich cells of a subject having skin is provided. The cryoprotectant is a non-freezing liquid, gel, or paste for allowing pre-cooling of the treatment device below 0° C. while preventing the formation of ice thereon. The cryoprotectant may also prevent freezing of the treatment device to the skin or ice from forming from moisture seeping out from the skin. The cryoprotectant may further be hygroscopic, thermally conductive, and biocompatible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Mitchell E. Levinson, Donald Johnson, Jessica Preciado, Edward A. Ebbers, Daniel Bucks
  • Publication number: 20250082874
    Abstract: A breath actuated metered dose inhaler may comprise a canister fire system configured to fire a medicament containing canister in response to patient inhalation. The canister fire system may comprise a pneumatic force holding unit and having a rest configuration in which a metering valve of the canister is in a refill configuration; a prepared configuration in which a canister actuation force is retained by the pneumatic force holding unit and the canister fire system is actuatable by patient inhalation induced airflow; and a fire configuration in which the metering valve is in a dose delivery position. When in the prepared configuration, the force retained by the pneumatic force holding unit may be reduced by less than about 6% over a period of 5 minutes, preferably less than about 3% over a period of 5 minutes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: Norton (Waterford) Limited
    Inventors: Declan Walsh, Paul Prendergast, Daniel Buck, Trevor Kent, Niall Thompson
  • Publication number: 20250073400
    Abstract: Disclosed is a dry powder inhaler for delivering medicament from at least one blister pack, each blister pack having a plurality of spaced-apart blister pockets containing doses of the medicament. The inhaler comprises: a housing for accommodating unused and used portions of the at least one blister pack together with a dispensing mechanism for simultaneously opening at least two blister pockets at a time; and a manifold component through which air can be drawn in use of the inhaler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Peter John CROWLEY, Jan Geert HAZENBERG, Daniel BUCK, Josh GOTTESMAN
  • Publication number: 20250009995
    Abstract: An inhaler includes a main body having a canister housing, a medicament canister retained in a central outlet port of the canister housing, and a dose counter having an actuation member for operation by movement of the medicament canister. The canister housing has an inner wall, and a first inner wall canister support formation extending inwardly from a main surface of the inner wall. The canister housing has a longitudinal axis X which passes through the center of the central outlet port. The first inner wall canister support formation, the actuation member, and the central outlet port lie in a common plane coincident with the longitudinal axis X such that the first inner wall canister support formation protects against unwanted actuation of the dose counter by reducing rocking of the medicament canister relative to the main body of the inhaler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Declan Walsh, Derek Fenlon, Simon Kaar, Jan Geert Hazenberg, Daniel Buck, Paul Clancy, Robert Charles Uschold, Jeffrey A. Karg
  • Publication number: 20250001105
    Abstract: Provided is a blister pack for a dry powder inhaler, which dry powder inhaler is configured to deliver a first powder medicament and a second powder medicament different from the first powder medicament. The first and second powder medicaments are contained within blister pockets defined in a strip. A series of blister pockets is defined in the strip, which series extends linearly along the length of the strip. The first and second powder medicaments are contained in blister pockets, e.g. respective blister pockets, of the series. Alternatively or additionally, each of the blister pockets is elongated such as to have a largest dimension parallel with the length of the strip. These measures, either individually or in combination, enable minimizing of the width of the strip in spite of the strip accommodating both the first and second powder medicaments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Peter John Crowley, Jan Geert Hazenberg, Daniel Buck, Christopher David Edlin, Hardik Kirtikumar Shah
  • Patent number: 12161797
    Abstract: Disclosed is a dry powder inhaler for delivering medicament from at least one blister pack, each blister pack having a plurality of spaced-apart blister pockets containing doses of the medicament. The inhaler comprises: a housing for accommodating unused and used portions of the at least one blister pack together with a dispensing mechanism for simultaneously opening at least two blister pockets at a time; and a manifold component through which air can be drawn in use of the inhaler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: NORTON (WATERFORD) LIMITED
    Inventors: Peter John Crowley, Jan Geert Hazenberg, Daniel Buck, Josh Gottesman
  • Publication number: 20240390609
    Abstract: The introduction of electronics into a drug delivery device may introduce certain technical challenges, such as durability, electro-mechanical integration, and drug delivery performance. The present disclosure provides solutions for inclusion of an electronics module with an inhaler. For example, heat stakes may be used to secure a printed circuit board (PCB) to an electronics module's housing. Also for example, a slider may be used to transfer vertical movement of an inhaler's yoke to an electronics module's switch. Also for example, certain seals may be used when interfacing the electronics module to other portions of the device's housing to achieve a desired performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: Norton (Waterford) Limited
    Inventors: Enrique Calderon Oliveras, Daniel Buck, Erica Jamie Kantor, Ross William Weir, James Roche, Steven David Gardner, Robert Owen Kivlin
  • Patent number: 12109357
    Abstract: Provided is a blister pack for a dry powder inhaler, which dry powder inhaler is configured to deliver a first powder medicament and a second powder medicament different from the first powder medicament. The first and second powder medicaments are contained within blister pockets defined in a strip. A series of blister pockets is defined in the strip, which series extends linearly along the length of the strip. The first and second powder medicaments are contained in blister pockets, e.g. respective blister pockets, of the series. Alternatively or additionally, each of the blister pockets is elongated such as to have a largest dimension parallel with the length of the strip. These measures, either individually or in combination, enable minimizing of the width of the strip in spite of the strip accommodating both the first and second powder medicaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: NORTON (WATERFORD) LIMITED
    Inventors: Peter John Crowley, Jan Geert Hazenberg, Daniel Buck, Christopher David Edlin, Hardik Kirtikumar Shah
  • Patent number: 12070411
    Abstract: A cryoprotectant for use with a treatment device for improved removal of heat from subcutaneous lipid-rich cells of a subject having skin is provided. The cryoprotectant is a non-freezing liquid, gel, or paste for allowing pre-cooling of the treatment device below 0° C. while preventing the formation of ice thereon. The cryoprotectant may also prevent freezing of the treatment device to the skin or ice from forming from moisture seeping out from the skin. The cryoprotectant may further be hygroscopic, thermally conductive, and biocompatible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Zeltiq Aesthetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Mitchell E. Levinson, Donald Johnson, Jessica Preciado, Edward A. Ebbers, Daniel Bucks
  • Publication number: 20240225691
    Abstract: A medical device for use with a catheter assembly including an elongated catheter coaxially disposed within a sheath is disclosed. The medical device includes a deformable tube having a proximal end, a distal end, an outer wall with an outer diameter, and an inner wall forming an axial lumen. The distal end attaches to the sheath, and the proximal end receives the catheter into the lumen. The medical device also includes a opposing paddles disposed against the outer wall, each of the opposing paddles having a generally planar lock region to be disposed against outer wall at the outer diameter, the lock surface tangential to the deformable tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Eric Daniel Buck, Jacob Clark Ruprecht
  • Publication number: 20240197393
    Abstract: A system for facilitating an ablation in a patient's heart is disclosed. The system includes a catheter and a controller. The catheter includes an electrode assembly having spaced-apart electrodes disposed on splines to generate an electric field in the heart, the splines configurable in an expanded position wherein the plurality of spaced-apart electrodes are in a selected spatial relationship, and wherein the splines are deformable relative to the expanded configuration when subjected to a force. The controller is configured to measure an electrical signal received from an electrode of the spaced-apart electrodes in response to the electric field, the electrical signal indicative of a parameter of the electric field, and the controller configured to determine a deformation of the splines relative to the expanded position based on the measured electrical signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Amanda Christine Kingston, Brendan Early Koop, Nathan Paul Hagstrom, Eric Daniel Buck, Matthew Ferrante
  • Publication number: 20240180616
    Abstract: A system for performing electroporation ablation of target tissue in a chamber of a patient's heart is disclosed. The system including a catheter including an electrode assembly having a plurality of electrodes, wherein the catheter is adapted to position the electrode assembly at a plurality of locations proximate the target tissue, a graphical display, and a controller. The controller configured to generate, on the graphical display, a graphical representation of the electrode assembly. The controller configured to generate, on the graphical display, a graphical representation of a model of electric fields generated in response to delivery of pulsed electrical signals to selected ones of the plurality of electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Kara Elizabeth Garrott, Brendan Early Koop, Eric Daniel Buck, Amanda Christine Kingston
  • Patent number: 11969544
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes an inhaler for the inhalation of powder medication. The inhaler has a body and at least one reservoir containing powder medication, the body having an air inlet and an outlet for the transmission to a patient of air entering the body through the air inlet and powder medication. The outlet has a total cross-sectional area for flow which is more than 80% of the total cross-sectional area of the air inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: NORTON (WATERFORD) LIMITED
    Inventor: Daniel Buck
  • Patent number: 11957832
    Abstract: A breath actuated metered dose inhaler may comprise a canister fire system configured to fire a medicament containing canister in response to patient inhalation. The canister fire system may comprise a pneumatic force holding unit and having a rest configuration in which a metering valve of the canister is in a refill configuration; a prepared configuration in which a canister actuation force is retained by the pneumatic force holding unit and the canister fire system is actuatable by patient inhalation induced airflow; and a fire configuration in which the metering valve is in a dose delivery position. When in the prepared configuration, the force retained by the pneumatic force holding unit may be reduced by less than about 6% over a period of 5 minutes, preferably less than about 3% over a period of 5 minutes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Norton (Waterford) Limited
    Inventors: Declan Walsh, Paul Prendergast, Daniel Buck, Trevor Kent, Niall Thompson
  • Publication number: 20240115815
    Abstract: An inhaler may include a housing that comprises a mouthpiece, a medication canister, and an airflow channel formed between an air inlet and the mouthpiece. The inhaler may also include a pressure sensor configured to measure pressure (e.g., or alternatively, an acoustic sensor to measure acoustic sound waves). The pressure sensor may be attached to the medicament canister of the inhaler. The pressure sensor may be configured to be in a first position relative to the airflow channel when the medication canister is not actuated, and in a second position relative to the airflow channel when the medication canister is in an actuated position. The inhaler may also include a processor that is configured to receive pressure measurements from the pressure sensor, and detect whether an inhalation occurs prior the medication canister being depressed to release medication based on the pressure measurements (e.g., only the pressure measurements).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Norton (Waterford) Limited
    Inventors: Daniel Buck, Enrique Calderon Oliveras, Dong Yang
  • Publication number: 20240108827
    Abstract: An inhaler housing (14) for an inhaler (10) for inhaling inhalable substances, the inhaler having: a body (14) and a dose counter (24) with a return spring (28), wherein a distinct guide surface (162) is provided for guiding the end of the return spring into a recess (152), the distinct guide surface being wider than an entrance mouth (160) of the recess, a dose counter chamber (22) being provided which is separated from a tubular interior space (182) of the inhaler by a barrier (180), the barrier including a stepped upper wall area (184) including at least three steps (186, 188, 190, 192) at different levels, the inhaler having a valve stem block (62) having an inner bore and a valve stem block having a seal (224) in the inner bore with a second diameter which is smaller than a first diameter of the inner bore, the inhaler having a canister (150) being adapted to move during operation between 1 and 4 mm, a drive being arranged to apply a firing force of between 15N and 60N of force to the canister at a posit
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Norton (Waterford) Limited
    Inventors: Daniel Buck, Paul Prendergast, Declan Walsh
  • Patent number: 11944425
    Abstract: A compliance monitoring module for an inhaler comprising: a miniature pressure sensor, a sensor port of said sensor being configured to be pneumatically coupled to a flow channel of said inhaler through which a user can inhale; a processor configured to: receive data from a sensing element of the pressure sensor; receive data from a mode sensor configured to detect when the inhaler changes from an inactive mode to an active mode; and based on said data from said pressure sensor sensing element and said data from said mode sensor, compile a compliance report; and a transmitter configured to issue said compliance report.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Norton (Waterford) Limited
    Inventors: Mark Steven Morrison, Douglas E. Weitzel, Enrique Calderon Oliveras, Daniel Buck
  • Patent number: 11896759
    Abstract: An inhaler (10) has a main body for accommodating a medicament reservoir (84), a canister fire system for moving a canister (50) to release a dose in response to air flow, a cap housing (12) for enclosing the canister fire system and canister within an interior chamber defined by the main body (14) and a cap housing, wherein a lock system (250) is provided for locking the cap housing on the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: NORTON (WATERFORD) LIMITED
    Inventors: Daniel Buck, Paul Prendergast, Declan Walsh
  • Patent number: 11865247
    Abstract: An inhaler housing (14) for an inhaler (10) for inhaling inhalable substances, the inhaler having: a body (14) and a dose counter (24) with a return spring (28), wherein a distinct guide surface (162) is provided for guiding the end of the return spring into a recess (152), the distinct guide surface being wider than an entrance mouth (160) of the recess, a dose counter chamber (22) being provided which is separated from a tubular interior space (182) of the inhaler by a barrier (180), the barrier including a stepped upper wall area (184) including at least three steps (186, 188, 190, 192) at different levels, the inhaler having a valve stem block (62) having an inner bore and a valve stem block having a seal (224) in the inner bore with a second diameter which is smaller than a first diameter of the inner bore, the inhaler having a canister (150) being adapted to move during operation between 1 and 4 mm, a drive being arranged to apply a firing force of between 15N and 60N of force to the canister at a posit
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: NORTON (WATERFORD) LIMITED
    Inventors: Daniel Buck, Paul Prendergast, Declan Walsh
  • Publication number: 20230398315
    Abstract: A dry powder inhaler for delivering medicament from at least one medicament carrier having a plurality of spaced-apart medicament doses. The inhaler includes a housing having regions for accommodating unused and used portions of the medicament carrier, a mouthpiece component extending from the housing and through which a user is able to inhale, a dispensing mechanism arranged in the housing for moving a medicament dose of the medicament carrier to the dispensing position, and a mouthpiece cover being rotatably connected to the housing for sequential movement about a rotation axis from a first position in which the mouthpiece component is completely covered to a second position in which the mouthpiece component is completely covered, and from the second position to a third position in which the mouthpiece component is completely uncovered, the second position being between the first and third positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Peter John CROWLEY, Jan Geert HAZENBERG, Daniel BUCK, Josh GOTTESMAN