Patents by Inventor Daniel Kuenzli

Daniel Kuenzli 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: 11931558
    Abstract: A device for administering a fluid product includes a first housing part with a receiver for the product, a second housing part detachably connectable to the first housing part, a piston rod held such that it can be displaced for the exertion of an emptying movement, an actuatable or releasable drive element for the piston rod, a coupling element including a coupling input element that couples the drive element to the piston rod in a coupling engagement, transmits a driving force of the drive element to the piston rod, and triggers the emptying movement, and a decoupling element displaceably connected to the second housing part and coupled to the first housing part such that it is displaced, by a movement of the housing parts in relation to each other when the housing parts are separated into a decoupling position wherein the piston rod is decoupled from the coupling input element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Ypsomed AG
    Inventors: Philippe Kohlbrenner, Daniel Kuenzli, Christoph Meier, Peter Stettler, Juergen Wittmann, Martin Wittwer
  • Publication number: 20220016357
    Abstract: A device for administering a fluid product includes a first housing part with a receiver for the product, a second housing part detachably connectable to the first housing part, a piston rod held such that it can be displaced for the exertion of an emptying movement, an actuatable or releasable drive element for the piston rod, a coupling element including a coupling input element that couples the drive element to the piston rod in a coupling engagement, transmits a driving force of the drive element to the piston rod, and triggers the emptying movement, and a decoupling element displaceably connected to the second housing part and coupled to the first housing part such that it is displaced, by a movement of the housing parts in relation to each other when the housing parts are separated into a decoupling position wherein the piston rod is decoupled from the coupling input element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Philippe Kohlbrenner, Daniel Kuenzli, Christoph Meier, Peter Stettler, Juergen Wittmann, Martin Wittwer
  • Patent number: 11065393
    Abstract: A device for administering a fluid product, the device including a first housing part provided with a receiver for the product, a second housing part detachably connectable to the first housing part, a piston rod held such that it can be displaced for the exertion of an emptying movement, an actuatable or releasable drive element for the piston rod, a coupling element including a coupling input element that couples the drive element to the piston rod in a coupling engagement, transmits a driving force of the drive element to the piston rod, and triggers the emptying movement, and a decoupling element displaceably connected to the second housing part and coupled to the first housing part such that it is displaced, by a movement of the housing parts in relation to each other when the housing parts are separated into a decoupling position wherein the piston rod is decoupled from the coupling input element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Ypsomed AG
    Inventors: Philippe Kohlbrenner, Daniel Kuenzli, Christoph Meier, Peter Stettler, Juergen Wittmann, Martin Wittwer
  • Publication number: 20190001071
    Abstract: A device for administering a fluid product, the device including a first housing part provided with a receiver for the product, a second housing part detachably connectable to the first housing part, a piston rod held such that it can be displaced for the exertion of an emptying movement, an actuatable or releasable drive element for the piston rod, a coupling element including a coupling input element that couples the drive element to the piston rod in a coupling engagement, transmits a driving force of the drive element to the piston rod, and triggers the emptying movement, and a decoupling element displaceably connected to the second housing part and coupled to the first housing part such that it is displaced, by a movement of the housing parts in relation to each other when the housing parts are separated into a decoupling position wherein the piston rod is decoupled from the coupling input element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Philippe Kohlbrenner, Daniel Kuenzli, Christoph Meier, Peter Stettler, Juergen Wittmann, Martin Wittwer
  • Patent number: 10099017
    Abstract: A device for administering a fluid product, the device including a first housing part provided with a receiver for the product, a second housing part detachably connectable to the first housing part, a piston rod held such that it can be displaced for the exertion of an emptying movement, an actuatable or releasable drive element for the piston rod, a coupling element including a coupling input element that couples the drive element to the piston rod in a coupling engagement, transmits a driving force of the drive element to the piston rod, and triggers the emptying movement, and a decoupling element displaceably connected to the second housing part and coupled to the first housing part such that it is displaced, by a movement of the housing parts in relation to each other when the housing parts are separated into a decoupling position wherein the piston rod is decoupled from the coupling input element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: TecPharma Licensing AG
    Inventors: Philippe Kohlbrenner, Daniel Kuenzli, Christoph Meier, Peter Stettler, Juergen Wittmann, Martin Wittwer
  • Publication number: 20150273157
    Abstract: A device for administering a fluid product, the device including a first housing part provided with a receiver for the product, a second housing part detachably connectable to the first housing part, a piston rod held such that it can be displaced for the exertion of an emptying movement, an actuatable or releasable drive element for the piston rod, a coupling element including a coupling input element that couples the drive element to the piston rod in a coupling engagement, transmits a driving force of the drive element to the piston rod, and triggers the emptying movement, and a decoupling element displaceably connected to the second housing part and coupled to the first housing part such that it is displaced, by a movement of the housing parts in relation to each other when the housing parts are separated into a decoupling position wherein the piston rod is decoupled from the coupling input element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Philippe Kohlbrenner, Daniel Kuenzli, Christoph Meier, Peter Stettler, Juergen Wittmann, Martin Wittwer
  • Patent number: 9057369
    Abstract: A device for administering a fluid product, the device including a first housing part provided with a receiver for the product, a second housing part detachably connectable to the first housing part, a piston rod held such that it can be displaced for the exertion of an emptying movement, an actuatable or releasable drive element for the piston rod, a coupling element including a coupling input element that couples the drive element to the piston rod in a coupling engagement, transmits a driving force of the drive element to the piston rod, and triggers the emptying movement, and a decoupling element displaceably connected to the second housing part and coupled to the first housing part such that it is displaced, by a movement of the housing parts in relation to each other when the housing parts are separated into a decoupling position wherein the piston rod is decoupled from the coupling input element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: TecPharma Licensing AG
    Inventors: Philippe Kohlbrenner, Daniel Kuenzli, Christoph Meier, Peter Stettler, Juergen Wittmann, Martin Wittwer
  • Patent number: 8672901
    Abstract: A product container holder for accommodating a product container, wherein the product container holder can be separately handled and can be inserted into an injection device, and includes an engaging member that can be moved transversely to the longitudinal axis of the product container holder and which can block a movement of the product container relative to the product container holder in the distal direction, and a securing structure which can be moved relative to the engaging member from an initial position to a securing position in which it restricts the mobility of the engaging member. In some embodiments, a method of making and a method of using the product container holder is encompassed, as is a container and an injection device with which the holder can be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: TecPharma Licensing AG
    Inventors: Markus Bollenbach, Ursina Streit, Daniel Kuenzli, Nadine Kaufmann, Ulrich Moser
  • Patent number: 8556847
    Abstract: An injection device including at least one sensor for detecting an operating process of the injection device, an electronic circuit connected to the sensor for establishing the beginning and elapsed time of a service life, based on one or more sensor signals, and an output device connected to the circuit for providing a signal indicating the end of the service life. The invention encompasses a method for determining a service life of an injection device, wherein the beginning of the service life is established by one or more sensors for detecting an operating process of the device, a signal is generated which signals the end of the service life, and at least one of an optical, acoustic or tactile output device is associated with the injection device for providing a signal which indicates the end of the service life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: TecPharma Licensing AG
    Inventors: Philippe Kohlbrenner, Daniel Kuenzli, Juergen Wittmann, Christoph Meier, Peter Stettler, Martin Wittwer
  • Patent number: 8409148
    Abstract: A device for the dosed administration of a fluid product including a housing, a conveying device for the product, a drive element influenced by the selection of a product dose, a coupling input member coupled to the drive element, a coupling output member coupled to the conveying device, a retaining device which maintains the coupling elements in a maintaining position uncoupled from each other, wherein at least one of the coupling elements is displaceable by a coupling movement from the maintaining position into a coupling state, and wherein a driving force of the drive element causes a delivery movement of the conveying device via the coupling elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: TecPharma Licensing AG
    Inventors: Patrick Fiechter, Philippe Kohlbrenner, Daniel Kuenzli, Christof Meier, Peter Stettler, Juergen Wittmann, Urs Widmer
  • Patent number: 8398594
    Abstract: An injection device, in some embodiments an autoinjector, which includes a thrust spring that advances an injection needle from an initial position to an insertion position from the distal end of the injection device and that causes a product to be emptied from the product reservoir by an emptying movement, and a return spring that retracts the injection needle from the insertion position into the distal end of the injection device counter to the force of the thrust spring, wherein the return spring is decoupled from the thrust spring during the emptying movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: TecPharma Licensing AG
    Inventors: Ursina Streit, Markus Bollenbach, Patrick Hostettler, Daniel Kuenzli
  • Publication number: 20120111186
    Abstract: A device for administering a fluid product, the device including a first housing part provided with a receiver for the product, a second housing part detachably connectable to the first housing part, a piston rod held such that it can be displaced for the exertion of an emptying movement, an actuatable or releasable drive element for the piston rod, a coupling element including a coupling input element that couples the drive element to the piston rod in a coupling engagement, transmits a driving force of the drive element to the piston rod, and triggers the emptying movement, and a decoupling element displaceably connected to the second housing part and coupled to the first housing part such that it is displaced, by a movement of the housing parts in relation to each other when the housing parts are separated into a decoupling position wherein the piston rod is decoupled from the coupling input element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: PHILIPPE KOHLBRENNER, DANIEL KUENZLI, CHRISTOPH MEIER, PETER STETTLER, JUERGEN WITTMANN, MARTIN WITTWER
  • Publication number: 20120053528
    Abstract: A product container holder for accommodating a product container, wherein the product container holder can be separately handled and can be inserted into an injection device, and includes an engaging member that can be moved transversely to the longitudinal axis of the product container holder and which can block a movement of the product container relative to the product container holder in the distal direction, and a securing structure which can be moved relative to the engaging member from an initial position to a securing position in which it restricts the mobility of the engaging member. In some embodiments, a method of making and a method of using the product container holder is encompassed, as is a container and an injection device with which the holder can be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventors: Markus Bollenbach, Ursina Streit, Daniel Kuenzli, Nadine Kaufmann, Ulrich Moser
  • Patent number: 8043262
    Abstract: An injection device, in some embodiments an autoinjector, which includes a housing, an actuating sleeve carried by the device to be movable relative to the housing and which can be placed at a point of injection in a position of insertion, an injection needle extendable from the end of the injection device when the injection device is in the position of insertion and moveable into the interior of the injection device, and an actuating cam arranged in an axially fixed manner relative to the injection needle and engageable in a locking recess when the injection device is in the position of insertion to prevent the injection needle from being moved into the interior of the injection device, said actuation cam being releasable from engagement with the locking recess by the actuating sleeve, thereby releasing the injection needle for movement into the injection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: TecPharma Licensing AG
    Inventors: Ursina Streit, Markus Bollenbach, Patrick Hostettler, Daniel Kuenzli
  • Patent number: 8042759
    Abstract: A winding machine for electrical coils to be wound into layers has a device which supplies a material to the coil to be wound in order to separate adjacent layers of the coil from one another. The device has a device for producing a predetermined breaking point in the material, and a measuring unit. The measuring unit determines when the device for producing a predetermined breaking point is to be activated in order to produce a predetermined breaking point in the material. The device also has a guide device which fixes the material on the coil to be wound in the vicinity of the predetermined breaking point at a predetermined time, in order to sever the material at the predetermined breaking point. The winding machine therefore anticipates when a layer change is required, in order to then produce a predetermined breaking point in the material at a distance from the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Tuboly-Astronic AG
    Inventors: Reinhold Bauer, Roland Fischer, Daniel Künzli, Christoph Müller
  • Patent number: 7976494
    Abstract: A device for administering a fluid product, the device including a first housing part provided with a receiver for the product, a second housing part detachably connectable to the first housing part, a piston rod held such that it can be displaced for the exertion of an emptying movement, an actuatable or releasable drive element for the piston rod, a coupling element including a coupling input element that couples the drive element to the piston rod in a coupling engagement, transmits a driving force of the drive element to the piston rod, and triggers the emptying movement, and a decoupling element displaceably connected to the second housing part and coupled to the first housing part such that it is displaced, by a movement of the housing parts in relation to each other when the housing parts are separated into a decoupling position wherein the piston rod is decoupled from the coupling input element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: TecPharma Licensing AG
    Inventors: Philippe Kohlbrenner, Daniel Kuenzli, Christoph Meier, Peter Stettler, Juergen Wittmann, Martin Wittwer
  • Patent number: 7951113
    Abstract: A device for administering a fluid product including a housing, a conveying device for the product, a coupling element provided for the drive of the conveying device and which can be rotated about a rotational axis, a first blocking element connected in a rotationally secure manner to the coupling element, a second blocking element detachably engageable with the first blocking element thereby preventing a rotational movement thereof in the drive direction and enabling said rotational movement to take place in the counter dosing direction, a torsion spring connected to the coupling element such that it is stressed by the rotational movement when the blocking elements are engaged in a blocked position and drives the coupling element in a rotary manner after the blocking position is released, and a release element coupled to at least one of the blocking elements such that a release movement of the release element displaces at least one of the blocking elements from the blocked position, the release element also
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: TecPharma Licensing AG
    Inventors: Philippe Kohlbrenner, Daniel Kuenzli, Christoph Meier, Peter Stettler, Juergen Wittmann, Martin Wittwer, Edgar Hommann
  • Publication number: 20100238038
    Abstract: An injection device including at least one sensor for detecting an operating process of the injection device, an electronic circuit connected to the sensor for establishing the beginning and elapsed time of a service life, based on one or more sensor signals, and an output device connected to the circuit for providing a signal indicating the end of the service life. The invention encompasses a method for determining a service life of an injection device, wherein the beginning of the service life is established by one or more sensors for detecting an operating process of the device, a signal is generated which signals the end of the service life, and at least one of an optical, acoustic or tactile output device is associated with the injection device for providing a signal which indicates the end of the service life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventors: Philippe Kohlbrenner, Daniel Kuenzli, Juergen Wittmann, Christof Meier, Peter Stettler, Martin Wittwer
  • Patent number: 7758550
    Abstract: An injection device for administering a liquid product, the device including a drive mechanism, an engaging member and a catch including a number of latching elements, wherein at least one of the engaging member and the number of latching elements is relatively moveable to the other to generate a haptic and/or acoustic signal comprising a number of discrete signals during a relative movement, wherein one of the catch and the engaging member is coupled to the drive mechanism and the drive mechanism generates a variable drive speed during the relative movement, and wherein the latching elements are a distance (x0; x0-?x) from each other such that a time interval between each of the number of discrete signals is constant. A method for generating a haptic and/or acoustic signal in use of an injection device is encompassed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: TecPharma Licensing AG
    Inventors: Markus Bollenbach, Patrick Hostettler, Daniel Kuenzli, Ralph Mosimann, Ursina Streit
  • Patent number: 7749186
    Abstract: An injection device including at least one sensor for detecting an operating process of the injection device, an electronic circuit connected to the sensor for establishing the beginning and elapsed time of a service life, based on one or more sensor signals, and an output device connected to the circuit for providing a signal indicating the end of the service life. The invention encompasses a method for determining a service life of an injection device, wherein the beginning of the service life is established by one or more sensors for detecting an operating process of the device, a signal is generated which signals the end of the service life, and at least one of an optical, acoustic or tactile output device is associated with the injection device for providing a signal which indicates the end of the service life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: TecPharma Licensing AG
    Inventors: Philippe Kohlbrenner, Daniel Kuenzli, Juergen Wittmann, Christof Meier, Peter Stettler, Martin Wittwer