Patents by Inventor David Rust Busick

David Rust Busick 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).

  • Drug containment system
    Patent number: 7025754
    Abstract: A container closure device for facilitating withdrawal of a liquid from a collapsible sealed packet is disclosed. The device includes a needle guide and a septum retainer wherein the needle guide is fixable to an outer face of the packet and the septum retainer is fixable to an inner face of the packet in alignment with the needle guide. The needle guide includes a tube for receiving a needle and insures proper alignment of the needle. The septum retainer includes a septum chamber having a septum disposed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Ventaira Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: George C. Proicou, Richard D. Peters, David Rust Busick, Theodore Robert Adams
  • Piezoelectric micropump with diaphragm and valves
    Patent number: 6827559
    Abstract: A micropump comprising a pump body including a fluid inlet channel, a fluid outlet channel and pumping reservoir, the fluid inlet channel and the fluid outlet channel communicating with the pumping reservoir, a diaphragm covering the pumping reservoir, a piezoelectric strip actuator attached to the diaphragm such that by applying a voltage to the actuator, the diaphragm can be raised or lowered relative to the pumping chamber, a valve on the inlet channel and the outlet channel, the valve opening and closing the inlet and the outlet channel in response to the raising and lowering of the diaphragm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: Ventaira Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard D. Peters, David Rust Busick, Theodore Robert Adams
  • Piezoelectric micropump with diaphragm and valves
    Publication number: 20040001767
    Abstract: A micropump comprising a pump body including a fluid inlet channel, a fluid outlet channel and pumping reservoir, the fluid inlet channel and the fluid outlet channel communicating with the pumping reservoir, a diaphragm covering the pumping reservoir, a piezoelectric strip actuator attached to the diaphragm such that by applying a voltage to the actuator, the diaphragm can be raised or lowered relative to the pumping chamber, a valve on the inlet channel and the outlet channel, the valve opening and closing the inlet and the outlet channel in response to the raising and lowering of the diaphragm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2002
    Publication date: January 1, 2004
    Inventors: Richard D. Peters, David Rust Busick, Theodore Robert Adams
  • Drug containment system
    Publication number: 20040001655
    Abstract: A container closure device for facilitating withdrawal of a liquid from a collapsible sealed packet is disclosed. The device includes a needle guide and a septum retainer wherein the needle guide is fixable to an outer face of the packet and the septum retainer is fixable to an inner face of the packet in alignment with the needle guide. The needle guide includes a tube for receiving a needle and insures proper alignment of the needle. The septum retainer includes a septum chamber having a septum disposed therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2002
    Publication date: January 1, 2004
    Inventors: George C. Proicou, Richard D. Peters, David Rust Busick, Theodore Robert Adams