Patents by Inventor David Stuart Potter
David Stuart Potter 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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Patent number: 9072472Abstract: The invention relates to devices used in the fields of drag delivery or sampling. More particularly, it relates to a disposable assembly which is fitted to an actuator device which causes the skin piercing element to enter the skin to deliver a drug (or other substance) or take a sample. Preferably the assembly is “made safe” after actuation, such that the disposable assembly can't be reused and more preferably still the skin piercing element is safely housed in the assembly such that it does not constitute a “sharps” risk.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2006Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: GLIDE PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDInventors: Charles David Ogilvy Potter, David Stuart Potter, Graeme Paterson
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Patent number: 8574188Abstract: The invention relates to a novel drug delivery technology. More particularly the invention relates to a method of delivering at least one therapeutic compound or a formulation comprising the at least one therapeutic compound to a patient; to a throwaway or reusable device for delivering at least one therapeutic compound or a formulation comprising the at least one therapeutic compound to a patient in a manner as set out by the method; to a pioneer projectile for use in said method; to formulations for use in said method and to an injectate comprising a pioneer projectile and formulation. It also relates to a disposable component containing either a pioneer projectile or an injectate. The invention also relates to a throwaway or reusable device for delivering at least one therapeutic compound, or a formulation comprising the at least one therapeutic compound (hereafter drug) to a patient, and a method for administering a drug to a patient using said device.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2011Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Glide Pharmaceutical Technologies LimitedInventors: David Stuart Potter, Charles David Ogilvy Potter
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Publication number: 20110313348Abstract: The invention relates to a novel drug delivery technology. More particularly the invention relates to a method of delivering at least one therapeutic compound or a formulation comprising the at least one therapeutic compound to a patient; to a throwaway or reusable device for delivering at least one therapeutic compound or a formulation comprising the at least one therapeutic compound to a patient in a manner as set out by the method; to a pioneer projectile for use in said method; to formulations for use in said method and to an injectate comprising a pioneer projectile and formulation. It also relates to a disposable component containing either a pioneer projectile or an injectate. The invention also relates to a throwaway or reusable device for delivering at least one therapeutic compound, or a formulation comprising the at least one therapeutic compound (hereafter drug) to a patient, and a method for administering a drug to a patient using said device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2011Publication date: December 22, 2011Applicant: GLIDE PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED,Inventors: David Stuart POTTER, Charles David Ogilvy Potter
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Patent number: 7727223Abstract: The invention relates to a novel drug delivery technology. More particularly the invention relates to a method of delivering at least one therapeutic compound or a formulation comprising the at least one therapeutic compound to a patient: to a throwaway or reusable device for delivering at least one therapeutic compound or a formulation comprising the at least one therapeutic compound to a patient in a manner as set out by the method; to a pioneer projectile form use in said method; to formulations for use in said method and to an injectate comprising a pioneer projectile and formulation. It also relates to a disposable component containing either a pioneer projectile or an injectate.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2002Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Glide Pharmaceutical Technologies LimitedInventors: Charles David Ogilvy Potter, David Stuart Potter
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Patent number: 7615234Abstract: The invention relates to a novel drug delivery technology. More particularly the invention relates to a method of delivering at least one therapeutic compound or a formulation comprising the at least one therapeutic compound to a patient; to a throwaway or reusable device for delivering at least one therapeutic compound or a formulation comprising the at least one therapeutic compound to a patient in a manner as set out by the method; to a pioneer projectile for use in said method; to formulations for use in said method and to an injectate comprising a pioneer projectile and formulation. It also relates to a disposable component containing either a pioneer projectile or an injectate. The invention also relates to a throwaway or reusable device for delivering at least one therapeutic compound, or a formulation comprising the at least one therapeutic compound (hereafter drug) to a patient, and a method for administering a drug to a patient using said device.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2002Date of Patent: November 10, 2009Assignee: Glide Pharmaceutical Technologies LimitedInventors: David Stuart Potter, Charles David Ogilvy Potter
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Publication number: 20090030442Abstract: The invention relates to devices used in the fields of drag delivery or sampling. More particularly, it relates to a disposable assembly which is fitted to an actuator device which causes the skin piercing element to enter the skin to deliver a drug (or other substance) or take a sample. Preferably the assembly is “made safe” after actuation, such that the disposable assembly can't be reused and more preferably still the skin piercing element is safely housed in the assembly such that it does not constitute a “sharps” risk.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2006Publication date: January 29, 2009Inventors: Charles David Ogilvy Potter, David Stuart Potter, Graeme Paterson
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Patent number: 7182748Abstract: A syringe, for use in the delivery of a dose of a therapeutic agent entrained within a pressurized fluid flow, includes an upstream portion, an intermediate portion, a downstream portion, and an actuator mechanism for initiating a flow of the fluid through the syringe. The upstream portion is interfaced with a source of fluid under pressure. The intermediate portion, which is interposed between the upstream and downstream portions, includes first and second members that are coupled together to provide a closed pocket for containing the dose. One of the first and second members is moveable relative to the other within the syringe to provide an open configuration in which the pocket is opened to expose the dose for entrainment by the fluid as it flows through the intermediate portion and to and through the nozzle. Also provided is a capsule formed from the first and second members.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 1998Date of Patent: February 27, 2007Assignee: PowderJect Research LimitedInventors: Charles Potter, David Stuart Potter, Brian Bellhouse, John Christopher Greenford, Fiona Carter, Stuart Graham Weekes, Colin Sheldrake
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Publication number: 20040176700Abstract: An instrument for medical diagnosis of a body comprises measuring means (18) for measuring temperature of, or thermal radiation from, a region of the body at which the measuring means is directed and producing a measurement, and a hand-holdable housing (10). The housing contains: region indicating means, such as an LCD (14), for indicating to a user a sequence of at least three such regions at which the instrument is to be directed and such measurements are to be made; storing means (32) for storing the measurements so made (or data derived therefrom); processing means (26) for processing the stored measurements (or derived data) to ascertain correlation between the measurements; and result indicating means, such as the same, or a further, LCD, for indicating a result of the correlation to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2003Publication date: September 9, 2004Inventor: David Stuart Potter
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Publication number: 20030054044Abstract: The invention relates to a novel drug delivery technology. More particularly the invention relates to a method of delivering at least one therapeutic compound or a formulation comprising the at least one therapeutic compound to a patient; to a throwaway or reusable device for delivering at least one therapeutic compound or a formulation comprising the at least one therapeutic compound to a patient in a manner as set out by the method; to a pioneer projectile for use in said method; to formulations for use in said method and to an injectate comprising a pioneer projectile and formulation. It also relates to a disposable component containing either a pioneer projectile or an injectate. The invention also relates to a throwaway or reusable device for delivering at least one therapeutic compound, or a formulation comprising the at least one therapeutic compound (hereafter drug) to a patient, and a method for administering a drug to a patient using said device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2002Publication date: March 20, 2003Inventors: David Stuart Potter, Charles David Ogilvy Potter
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Patent number: 6475181Abstract: A needleless drug particle delivery device, of the kind in which firing of the drug particles is caused by a sudden gas flow, characterised in that the device comprises a container (14) of compressed gas and a mechanism for releasing the gas from the container to create the gas flow, the mechanism comprising a rupture (20) element for breaching the container and a manually manipulable actuator (27) for moving the element and the container relatively to one another to provide an initial breach whereby gas is released to act on a piston portion (21) to provide a servo action which causes the rupture element and container to move further suddenly relatively to one another to complete the breaching of the container and establish a maximum gas flow from the container.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2000Date of Patent: November 5, 2002Assignee: PowderJect Research LimitedInventors: Charles David Potter, David Stuart Potter
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Patent number: 5766207Abstract: A driver for at least one pneumatically-actuated ventricular assist device (VAD), includes a portable housing which encloses a single pump for performing blood-filling and blood-emptying operations of the VAD, a switching valve for alternately communicating the inlet and outlet of the pump with the VAD, a vacuum relief device for subjecting the VAD to negative pressure when performing blood-filling, a battery, and a controller for controlling operation of the driver. The use of a single pump enables the driver to be fully portable. A novel blood pumping system and a method of using the same are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 1996Date of Patent: June 16, 1998Assignee: Thoratec Laboratories CorporationInventors: David Stuart Potter, Dereck Ronald Wheeldon, Terrence Michael McCarthy, Charles David Ogilvy Potter