Patents by Inventor Dennis Raymond Bijlsma

Dennis Raymond Bijlsma 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: 11883366
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a disc for use in a delivery device for medication units, such as a pills or tablets or portions thereof, comprising a substantially disc-shaped body, comprising means to be engaged for rotation of the disc at least one opening, spaced from the centre of the disc and preferably near the edge of the disc, for holding at least part of the medication unit wherein the at least one opening for holding at least a part of the medication unit is located at a distance from the contour of the disc-shaped body and is thus enclosed by the substantially disc-shaped body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: DD INNOVATIONS B.V.
    Inventor: Dennis Raymond Bijlsma
  • Publication number: 20230017677
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for packaging of medicine-units, comprising a controllable conveyor for conveying a packaging film extending in a longitudinal direction along a path through the device in a direction of conveyance, a first controllable medicine-unit dispensing device positioned at a first location along the path, at least one second controllable medicine-unit dispensing device, positioned at a second location along the path downstream in the conveying direction relative to the first controllable medicine-unit delivery device, a controller, arranged for controlling the conveyor for moving stepwise in the direction of conveyance and simultaneously controlling the first and at least second dispensing device for dispensing a medicine-unit between displacement steps of the conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventor: Dennis Raymond Bijlsma
  • Publication number: 20230018753
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a medicine unit container for use in a medicine unit delivery device comprising a container body, divided into a number of storeys by means of separating planes; wherein each storey is provided with a rotatable compartment housing, the compartments of which each cover at least a position equidistant in radial direction from a centre of the compartment housing and wherein all compartment housings are rotatable about a central axis extending through their centres and each of the separating planes comprises at least one passage between adjacent storeys, which passage covers the same radial position as the compartments so that there is a rotation angle of a compartment housing in which a compartment is aligned with the passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventor: Dennis Raymond Bijlsma
  • Publication number: 20220401304
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a disc for use in a delivery device for medication units, such as a pills or tablets or portions thereof, comprising a substantially disc-shaped body, comprising means to be engaged for rotation of the disc at least one opening, spaced from the centre of the disc and preferably near the edge of the disc, for holding at least part of the medication unit wherein the at least one opening for holding at least a part of the medication unit is located at a distance from the contour of the disc-shaped body and is thus enclosed by the substantially disc-shaped body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventor: Dennis Raymond Bijlsma
  • Publication number: 20220401307
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for filling a medicine-unit container for use in a medicine unit dispensing device, comprising a support for the container, adapted to fix the position of the container relative to the device and limit a movement of the container relative to the device and at least one movable push element, such as a rod or pin, operable relative to the support, for pushing an unlocking element of a container supported by the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventor: Dennis Raymond Bijlsma