Patents by Inventor Dominik Scherrer

Dominik Scherrer 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).

  • Delivery device for use with a therapeutic drug
    Patent number: 8303535
    Abstract: A compact and one time use, self-administration device (10) for administering medication is disclosed. The device includes a housing (12) having a start button (26), a status indicator (28), a window (30), and a surface removably attachable to a user. The device (10) has a cartridge holder (34) providing in an aseptic environment a cartridge (32) containing the medication. The cartridge (32) is viewable through the cartridge holder (34) and the window (30). An included drive unit (42) provides a movable plunger (126) that breaks through a sterile barrier (130) of the cartridge holder (34) to dispense the medication from the cartridge (32) to an hollow needle (38) for administering the medication into the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Marcel Both, Kurt Friedli, Heiner Kaufmann, Juerg Liniger, Fabio Oester, Allen Pearson, Daniel Peter, Dominik Scherrer, Simon Scheurer, Oliver Shergold, Roger Siegenthaler, Sofia Galbraith
  • DELIVERY DEVICE FOR USE WITH A THERAPEUTIC DRUG
    Publication number: 20110166512
    Abstract: A compact and one time use, self-administration device (10) for administering medication is disclosed. The device includes a housing (12) having a start button (26), a status indicator (28), a window (30), and a surface removably attachable to a user. The device (10) has a cartridge holder (34) providing in an aseptic environment a cartridge (32) containing the medication. The cartridge (32) is viewable through the cartridge holder (34) and the window (30). An included drive unit (42) provides a movable plunger (126) that breaks through a sterile barrier (130) of the cartridge holder (34) to dispense the medication from the cartridge (32) to an hollow needle (38) for administering the medication into the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS INTERNATIONAL AG
    Inventors: Marcel Both, Kurt Friedli, Heiner Kaufmann, Juerg Liniger, Fabio Oester, Allen Pearson, Daniel Peter, Dominik Scherrer, Simon Scheurer, Oliver Shergold, Roger Siegenthaler, Sandra Galbraith