Patents by Inventor Dirk Böcker
Dirk Böcker 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: 8574895Abstract: A device is provided for use with a tissue penetrating system and/or a metering device for measuring analyte levels. The device comprises a cartridge and a plurality of analyte detecting members mounted on the cartridge. The cartridge may have a radial disc shape. The cartridge may also be sized to fit within the metering device. The analyte detecting members may be optical system using fluorescence lifetime to determine analyte levels. In one embodiment, the device may also include a fluid spreader positioned over at least a portion of the analyte detecting member to urge fluid toward one of the detecting members. A plurality of analyte detecting members may be used. Each analyte detecting member may be a low volume device.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2003Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbHInventors: Dominique M. Freeman, Dirk Boecker, Robert Jones, David Cullen, Malcolm MacLeod, William Carlsen, Michael J. Owen, Christopher Dryer
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Patent number: 8496601Abstract: A lancet driver is provided wherein the driver exerts a driving force on a lancet during a lancing cycle and is used on a tissue site. The driver comprises of a drive force generator for advancing the lancet and a processor coupled to the drive force generator capable of changing the direction and magnitude of force exerted on the lancet during the lancing cycle. The driver further includes a human interface on the housing providing at least one output for communicating with the patient.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2007Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbHInventors: Barry Briggs, Dominique Freeman, Don Alden, Dirk Boecker
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Patent number: 8491500Abstract: A lancet driver is provided wherein the driver exerts a driving force on a lancet during a lancing cycle and is used on a tissue site. The driver comprises of a drive force generator for advancing the lancet and a processor coupled to the drive force generator capable of changing the direction and magnitude of force exerted on the lancet during the lancing cycle. The driver further includes a human interface on the housing providing at least one output for communicating with the patient.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2007Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbHInventors: Barry Briggs, Dominique Freeman, Don Alden, Dirk Boecker
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Patent number: 8435190Abstract: A tissue penetrating system includes a plurality of cartridges each with a distal port and a proximal port. A plurality of penetrating members are provided, each coupled to a cartridge and having a sharpened distal tip and a shaft portion slidably disposed within the cartridge. A seal is formed by a fracturable material between the penetrating member and the cartridge. The seal is positioned at one or both of a distal port or a proximal port of the cartridge.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2007Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbHInventors: Dominique M. Freeman, Dirk Boecker, Don Alden
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Patent number: 8430828Abstract: A device for use with a gripper is provided. A cartridge is provided that defines a plurality of cavities. A plurality of penetrating members are at least partially contained in the cavities of the cartridge. The penetrating members are slidably movable to extend outward from the cartridge to penetrate tissue. Each cavity has a longitudinal opening that provides access to an elongate portion of the penetrating member. A sterility barrier is coupled to the cartridge. The sterility barrier covers a plurality of the longitudinal openings. The sterility barrier is configured to be moved so that the elongate portion is accessed by the gripper without touching the barrier.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2007Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbHInventors: Dominique Freeman, Don Alden, Dirk Boecker, Mike Cane, Matt Schumann, Mike Beadmann
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Patent number: 8414503Abstract: A lancet driver is provided wherein the driver exerts a driving force on a lancet during a lancing cycle and is used on a tissue site. The driver comprises of a drive force generator for advancing the lancet and a processor coupled to the drive force generator capable of changing the direction and magnitude of force exerted on the lancet during the lancing cycle. The driver further includes a human interface on the housing providing at least one output for communicating with the patient.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2007Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbHInventors: Barry Briggs, Dominique Freeman, Dirk Boecker, Don Alden
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Patent number: 8403864Abstract: A tissue penetrating system has a housing member. A plurality of penetrating members are positioned in the housing member. A tissue stabilizing member is coupled to the housing. A penetrating member sensor is coupled to the plurality of penetrating members. The penetrating member sensor is configured to provide information relative to a depth of penetration of a penetrating member through a skin surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2006Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbHInventors: Dirk Boecker, Don Alden, Dominique M. Freeman
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Patent number: 8388551Abstract: A device for use with a gripper is provided. A cartridge is provided that defines a plurality of cavities. A plurality of penetrating members are at least partially contained in the cavities of the cartridge. The penetrating members are slidably movable to extend outward from the cartridge to penetrate tissue. Each cavity has a longitudinal opening that provides access to an elongate portion of the penetrating member. A sterility barrier is coupled to the cartridge. The sterility barrier covers a plurality of the longitudinal openings. The sterility barrier is configured to be moved so that the elongate portion is accessed by the gripper without touching the barrier.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2008Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbHInventors: Dominique Freeman, Don Alden, Dirk Boecker, Mike Cane, Matt Schumann, Mike Beadman
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Patent number: 8382683Abstract: A moving coil tissue penetration device includes a magnetic source that produces a magnetic field in a magnetically active region. A cylindrical coil is secured to a translation substrate and disposed at least partially within the magnetically active region. A sharpened member is configured to penetrate tissue and mechanically coupled to the translation substrate.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2012Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbHInventors: Dominique Freeman, Dirk Boecker, Don Alden, Barry Dean Briggs, Jon Hewitt Leonard, Ray Freeman, George Gogue
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Patent number: 8382682Abstract: A tissue penetration device includes a penetrating member driver, a cartridge, and a plurality of penetrating members integrated with the cartridge. Each of a penetrating member is coupled to the penetrating member driver when advanced along a path into a tissue target. A user interface is configured to relay at least one of, skin penetrating performance or a skin penetrating setting.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2007Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbHInventors: Dominique Freeman, Dirk Boecker, Don Alden
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Patent number: 8360991Abstract: A method of lancing the tissue of a patient provides a tissue penetration element with a tip configured to penetrate tissue and a shaft portion. The tissue penetration element is disposed in proximity to the tissue of the patient. The tissue penetration element is driven distally towards the tissue of the patient. Contact is made between the tip and the tissue of the patient. The tip is advanced into the tissue during a penetration stroke to a position of maximum inward displacement. The tissue penetration element is allowed to settle upon reaching the point of maximum inward penetration for at least about 1 millisecond with no driving force imposed on the tissue penetration element. The tissue penetration element is displaced proximally over a withdrawal stroke and the tip is removed from the tissue.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2005Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbHInventors: Dominique Freeman, Dirk Boecker, Don Alden, Barry Dean Briggs, Jon Hewitt Leonard, Ray Freeman, George Gogue
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Patent number: 8343075Abstract: A method of lancing the tissue of a patient provides a tissue penetration element with a tip configured to penetrate tissue and a shaft portion. The tissue penetration element is disposed in proximity to the tissue of the patient. The tissue penetration element is driven distally towards the tissue of the patient. Contact is made between the tip and the tissue of the patient. The tip is advanced into the tissue during a penetration stroke to a position of maximum inward displacement. The tissue penetration element is displaced proximally over a withdrawal stroke at an average velocity that is substantially lower than an average velocity of the tissue penetration element during the penetration stroke. The tip is removed from the tissue.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2005Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbHInventors: Dominique Freeman, Dirk Boecker, Don Alden, Barry Dean Briggs, Jon Hewitt Leonard, Ray Freeman, George Gogue
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Patent number: 8337419Abstract: A tissue penetration device and method of using same. The tissue penetration device may optionally include sampling and analyzing functions, which may be integrated. An embodiment provides control of a lancet used for sampling blood. Electric field coils or solenoids may drive the lancet using electromagnetic force. Advancement and retraction of a lancet may be controlled by a feedback loop monitoring the position and velocity of the lancet embodiments of the lancet driver can be configured to follow a predetermined tissue lancing profile. Embodiments of the invention include a lancet and method for using a lancet to maintain the patency of the wound tract once the lancet has cut into the skin.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2005Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbHInventors: Dominique M. Freeman, Dirk Boecker, Don Alden, Barry Dean Briggs, Jon Hewitt Leonard, Ray Freeman, George Gogue
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Patent number: 8333710Abstract: A tissue penetration device and method of using same. The tissue penetration device may optionally include sampling and analyzing functions, which may be integrated. An embodiment provides control of a lancet used for sampling blood. Electric field coils or solenoids may drive the lancet using electromagnetic force. Advancement and retraction of a lancet may be controlled by a feedback loop monitoring the position and velocity of the lancet embodiments of the lancet driver can be configured to follow a predetermined tissue lancing profile. Embodiments of the invention include a lancet and method for using a lancet to maintain the patency of the wound tract once the lancet has cut into the skin.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2005Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbHInventors: Dominique M. Freeman, Dirk Boecker, Don Alden, Barry Dean Briggs, Jon Hewitt Leonard, Ray Freeman, George Gogue
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Publication number: 20120238907Abstract: In one aspect, a body fluid sampling device is provided using a penetrating member to extract fluid from an anatomical feature. The device comprises a penetrating member actuator for moving the penetrating member inbound towards the anatomical feature and a non-spring based, penetrating member retractor for moving the penetrating member outbound away from the anatomical feature. The penetrating member actuator may be adapted to move the penetrating member at a velocity greater than a velocity achieved by the penetrating member retractor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2012Publication date: September 20, 2012Inventors: Dirk Boecker, Dominique M. Freeman, Don Alden, Matt Schumann, Mike Beadman
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Patent number: 8267870Abstract: In one aspect, a body fluid sampling device is provided using a penetrating member to extract fluid from an anatomical feature. The device comprises a penetrating member actuator for moving the penetrating member inbound towards the anatomical feature and a non-spring based, penetrating member retractor for moving the penetrating member outbound away from the anatomical feature. The penetrating member actuator may be adapted to move the penetrating member at a velocity greater than a velocity achieved by the penetrating member retractor.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2003Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbHInventors: Dominique M. Freeman, Dirk Boecker, Don Alden, Matt Schumann, Mike Beadman
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Patent number: 8262614Abstract: A device is provided for fluid delivery. The device comprises a cartridge having a plurality of cavities and a plurality of penetrating members. The plurality of penetrating members are each at least partially contained in cavities of the cartridge wherein the penetrating members are slidably movable to extend outward from openings on said cartridge to penetrate tissue. Each of the penetrating members comprises a needle with a lumen coupled to a canister containing a material to be injected.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2004Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: Pelikan Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Dominique Freeman, Dirk Boecker, Don Alden
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Patent number: 8251921Abstract: A method of controlling a penetrating member is provided. The method comprises providing a lancing device comprising a penetrating member driver having a position sensor and a processor that can determine the relative position and velocity of the penetrating member based on measuring relative position of the penetrating member with respect to time; providing a predetermined velocity control trajectory based on a model of the driver and a model of tissue to be contacted. In some embodiments, a feedforward control to maintain penetrating member velocity along said trajectory.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2010Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbHInventors: Barry Dean Briggs, Travis Marsot, Jason Hegener, Dominique M. Freeman, Dirk Boecker, Don Alden, Matt Schumann, Mike Beadman
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Publication number: 20120184876Abstract: A body fluid sampling system for use on a tissue site includes a single drive force generator. A plurality of penetrating members are operatively coupled to the force generator. The force generator moves each of the members along a path out of a housing with a penetrating member exit, into the tissue site, stops in the tissue site, and withdraws out of the tissue site. A flexible support member couples the penetrating members to define a linear array. The support member is movable and configured to move each of the penetrating members to a launch position associated with the force generator.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2012Publication date: July 19, 2012Inventors: Dominique M. FREEMAN, Dirk BOECKER, Don ALDEN
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Patent number: 8221334Abstract: These and other objects of the present invention are achieved in a body fluid sampling system for use on a tissue site that includes a single drive force generator. A plurality of penetrating members are operatively coupled to the force generator. The force generator moves each of the members along a path out of a housing with a penetrating member exit, into the tissue site, stops in the tissue site, and withdraws out of the tissue site. A flexible support member couples the penetrating members to define a linear array. The support member is movable and configured to move each of the penetrating members to a launch position associated with the force generator. A user interface is configured to relay at least one of, penetrating member performance or a penetrating member setting.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2010Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbHInventors: Dominique Freeman, Dirk Boecker, Don Alden