Patents by Inventor Erin E. Pararas

Erin E. Pararas 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).

  • Drug delivery apparatus
    Patent number: 9764121
    Abstract: An implantable drug delivery apparatus for delivering a drug into a bodily fluid in a bodily cavity of a patient over a period of time includes a drug supply reservoir to supply drug into a delivery channel and an actuator for delivering the drug to a predetermined location in the bodily cavity of the patient, such as, for example, a cochlea of a human ear. The drug is loaded into the delivery channel while producing substantially negligible flow at an outlet of the delivery channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignees: THE CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, INC., MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY
    Inventors: Jason O. Fiering, Mark J. Mescher, Erin E. Pararas, Jeffrey T. Borenstein, William F. Sewell, Sharon G. Kujawa, Michael J. McKenna, Ernest S. Kim
  • DRUG DELIVERY APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20150157837
    Abstract: An implantable drug delivery apparatus for delivering a drug into a bodily fluid in a bodily cavity of a patient over a period of time includes a drug supply reservoir to supply drug into a delivery channel and an actuator for delivering the drug to a predetermined location in the bodily cavity of the patient, such as, for example, a cochlea of a human ear. The drug is loaded into the delivery channel while producing substantially negligible flow at an outlet of the delivery channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Jason O. Fiering, Mark J. Mescher, Erin E. Pararas, Jeffrey T. Borenstein, William F. Sewell, Sharon G. Kujawa, Michael J. McKenna, Ernest S. Kim
  • Drug delivery apparatus
    Patent number: 8876795
    Abstract: An implantable drug delivery apparatus for delivering a drug into a bodily fluid in a bodily cavity of a patient over a period of time includes a drug supply reservoir to supply drug into a delivery channel and an actuator for delivering the drug to a predetermined location in the bodily cavity of the patient, such as, for example, a cochlea of a human ear. The drug is loaded into the delivery channel while producing substantially negligible flow at an outlet of the delivery channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignees: The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
    Inventors: Jason O. Fiering, Mark J. Mescher, Erin E. Pararas, Jeffrey T. Borenstein, William F. Sewell, Sharon G. Kujawa, Michael J. McKenna, Ernest S. Kim
  • Drug Delivery Apparatus
    Publication number: 20130053823
    Abstract: An implantable drug delivery apparatus for delivering a drug into a bodily fluid in a bodily cavity of a patient over a period of time includes a drug supply reservoir to supply drug into a delivery channel and an actuator for delivering the drug to a predetermined location in the bodily cavity of the patient, such as, for example, a cochlea of a human ear. The drug is loaded into the delivery channel while producing substantially negligible flow at an outlet of the delivery channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventors: Jason O. Fiering, Mark J. Mescher, Erin E. Pararas, Jeffrey T. Borenstein, William F. Sewell, Sharon G. Kujawa, Michael J. McKenna, Ernest S. Kim