Patents by Inventor Douglas Ivan Jennings

Douglas Ivan Jennings 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).

  • Publication number: 20250040923
    Abstract: A robotic system has a flexible portion adapted for insertion into the gastrointestinal tract and includes a suturing system with a needle holder. An actuator is coupled to the needle holder and is adapted to act on the needle holder arm and needle such that the needle can be repeatedly moved through a path. The actuator is driven by a drive mechanism from the robotic system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: John Mims, Luis Amador, JR., Jason N. Mehta, Thomas Neudeck, Michael Fries, Vladimir Mitelberg, Andrew MacLeod, Douglas Ivan Jennings
  • Publication number: 20250001083
    Abstract: Described is a syringe carrier comprising a body adapted to receive a barrel of a syringe. The body includes two sections having distal ends with shoulder sections. The shoulder sections are adapted to engage a circumferential gap between the barrel of the syringe and a needle shield covering a needle of the syringe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Yannick Hourmand, Douglas Ivan Jennings, Matthew Ekman
  • Patent number: 12102803
    Abstract: Described is a syringe carrier comprising a body adapted to receive a barrel of a syringe. The body includes two sections having distal ends with shoulder sections. The shoulder sections are adapted to engage a circumferential gap between the barrel of the syringe and a needle shield covering a needle of the syringe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: Yannick Hourmand, Douglas Ivan Jennings, Matthew Ekman
  • Patent number: 12102802
    Abstract: Described is a syringe carrier comprising a body adapted to receive a barrel of a syringe. The body includes two sections having distal ends with shoulder sections. The shoulder sections are adapted to engage a circumferential gap between the barrel of the syringe and a needle shield covering a needle of the syringe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: Yannick Hourmand, Douglas Ivan Jennings, Matthew Ekman
  • Patent number: 12102801
    Abstract: Described is a syringe carrier comprising a body adapted to receive a barrel of a syringe. The body includes two sections having distal ends with shoulder sections. The shoulder sections are adapted to engage a circumferential gap between the barrel of the syringe and a needle shield covering a needle of the syringe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: Yannick Hourmand, Douglas Ivan Jennings, Matthew Ekman
  • Patent number: 12102800
    Abstract: Described is a syringe carrier comprising a body adapted to receive a barrel of a syringe. The body includes two sections having distal ends with shoulder sections. The shoulder sections are adapted to engage a circumferential gap between the barrel of the syringe and a needle shield covering a needle of the syringe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: Yannick Hourmand, Douglas Ivan Jennings, Matthew Ekman
  • Patent number: 12102799
    Abstract: Described is a syringe carrier comprising a body adapted to receive a barrel of a syringe. The body includes two sections having distal ends with shoulder sections. The shoulder sections are adapted to engage a circumferential gap between the barrel of the syringe and a needle shield covering a needle of the syringe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: Yannick Hourmand, Douglas Ivan Jennings, Matthew Ekman
  • Publication number: 20240293621
    Abstract: An autoinjector includes a case, a door hingedly coupled to the case and having an open position and a closed position, a plunger slidably disposed in the case, and at least one drive spring applying a biasing force on the plunger relative to the case, wherein the door is operably coupled to the plunger, and wherein rotation of the door from the closed position to the open position moves the plunger from a distal position in the case to a proximal position in the case and compresses the at least one drive spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: Charley Henderson, David Cross, Douglas Ivan Jennings, Ryan Anthony McGinley
  • Patent number: 12076535
    Abstract: Described is an autoinjector comprising a case, a door hingedly coupled to the case and having an open position and a closed position, a plunger slidably disposed in the case, and at least one drive spring applying a biasing force on the plunger relative to the case, wherein the door is operably coupled to the plunger, and wherein rotation of the door from the closed position to the open position moves the plunger from a distal position in the case to a proximal position in the case and compresses the at least one drive spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: Charley Henderson, David Cross, Douglas Ivan Jennings, Ryan Anthony McGinley
  • Publication number: 20240277426
    Abstract: Mounting systems configured to operably couple a tool module with respect to a component of a medical instrument. In some aspects, the component to which the tool module is operably coupled is an elongate member that is suitable for passage through a natural orifice of the patient. The tool module may include a replaceable end cap having a needle holder adapted to pass a needle through tissue, and an actuator adapted to control movement of the needle holder arm. A suture needle with suture may be removably coupled to the needle holder. The instrument may be operably associated with a robotic system for robotic control of the component of the instrument with which the tool module is operably coupled, and/or the tool module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
    Inventors: John Mims, Luis Amador, JR., Jason N. Mehta, Thomas Neudeck, Michael Fries, Vladimir Mitelberg, Andrew MacLeod, Douglas Ivan Jennings
  • Publication number: 20240238528
    Abstract: Described is a syringe carrier comprising a body adapted to receive a barrel of a syringe. The body includes two sections having distal ends with shoulder sections. The shoulder sections are adapted to engage a circumferential gap between the barrel of the syringe and a needle shield covering a needle of the syringe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Yannick Hourmand, Douglas Ivan Jennings, Matthew Ekman
  • Publication number: 20240238527
    Abstract: Described is a syringe carrier comprising a body adapted to receive a barrel of a syringe. The body includes two sections having distal ends with shoulder sections. The shoulder sections are adapted to engage a circumferential gap between the barrel of the syringe and a needle shield covering a needle of the syringe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Yannick Hourmand, Douglas Ivan Jennings, Matthew Ekman
  • Publication number: 20240238525
    Abstract: Described is a syringe carrier comprising a body adapted to receive a barrel of a syringe. The body includes two sections having distal ends with shoulder sections. The shoulder sections are adapted to engage a circumferential gap between the barrel of the syringe and a needle shield covering a needle of the syringe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Yannick Hourmand, Douglas Ivan Jennings, Matthew Ekman
  • Publication number: 20240238526
    Abstract: Described is a syringe carrier comprising a body adapted to receive a barrel of a syringe. The body includes two sections having distal ends with shoulder sections. The shoulder sections are adapted to engage a circumferential gap between the barrel of the syringe and a needle shield covering a needle of the syringe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Yannick Hourmand, Douglas Ivan Jennings, Matthew Ekman
  • Publication number: 20240226437
    Abstract: Described is an autoinjector comprising of a case, a motor adapted to rotate a drive gear, and a curvi-linear plunger adapted to mate with the drive gear. The plunger includes a distal end with a resilient flange, which in a non-deflected state, abuts a proximal collar of a syringe, and, in a deflected state, advances through the proximal collar and engages a stopper in the syringe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Charley Henderson, David Cross, Douglas Ivan Jennings, Ryan Anthony McGinley
  • Publication number: 20240226441
    Abstract: Described is a syringe carrier comprising a body adapted to receive a barrel of a syringe. The body includes two sections having distal ends with shoulder sections. The shoulder sections are adapted to engage a circumferential gap between the barrel of the syringe and a needle shield covering a needle of the syringe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Yannick Hourmand, Douglas Ivan Jennings, Matthew Ekman
  • Patent number: 11980744
    Abstract: Described is a syringe carrier comprising a body adapted to receive a barrel of a syringe. The body includes two sections having distal ends with shoulder sections. The shoulder sections are adapted to engage a circumferential gap between the barrel of the syringe and a needle shield covering a needle of the syringe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: Yannick Hourmand, Douglas Ivan Jennings, Matthew Ekman
  • Publication number: 20240131264
    Abstract: Described is an autoinjector comprising of a case, a motor adapted to rotate a drive gear, and a curvi-linear plunger adapted to mate with the drive gear. The plunger includes a distal end with a resilient flange, which in a non-deflected state, abuts a proximal collar of a syringe, and, in a deflected state, advances through the proximal collar and engages a stopper in the syringe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2024
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Charley Henderson, David Cross, Douglas Ivan Jennings, Ryan Anthony McGinley
  • Patent number: 11957879
    Abstract: An autoinjector includes a case configured to receive a syringe, a slidable member that is movable axially within the case to cause at least a portion of the syringe to move axially when the syringe is disposed within the case for dispensing a medicament through a needle of the syringe, a locking member configured to prevent actuation of the slidable member when the autoinjector is in a pre-dispense configuration, a sleeve coupled to a distal end of the case and surrounding at least a portion of a needle of the syringe when the syringe is disposed within the case, an elongate member extending proximally from the sleeve and configured to deflect the locking member to allow actuation of the plunger, and two drive springs coupled to the slidable member and configured to apply a biasing force that acts on the slidable member to move the slidable member distally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: Charley Henderson, David Cross, Douglas Ivan Jennings, Ryan Anthony McGinley
  • Publication number: 20230347054
    Abstract: An autoinjector includes a case configured to receive a syringe, a slidable member that is movable axially within the case to cause at least a portion of the syringe to move axially when the syringe is disposed within the case for dispensing a medicament through a needle of the syringe, a locking member configured to prevent actuation of the slidable member when the autoinjector is in a pre-dispense configuration, a sleeve coupled to a distal end of the case and surrounding at least a portion of a needle of the syringe when the syringe is disposed within the case, an elongate member extending proximally from the sleeve and configured to deflect the locking member to allow actuation of the plunger, and two drive springs coupled to the slidable member and configured to apply a biasing force that acts on the slidable member to move the slidable member distally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Charley Henderson, David Cross, Douglas Ivan Jennings, Ryan Anthony McGinley