Patents by Inventor Florin Kopp

Florin Kopp 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: 20240139407
    Abstract: A tube connector for an infusion tube is connectable to an infusion container. The tube connector has a first fluid opening that is connectable to the infusion tube or to a drip chamber connected to the infusion tube to provide a first fluid connection between the infusion container and the infusion tube. The tube connector has a second fluid opening connectable to the infusion tube to provide a second fluid connection between the infusion container and the infusion tube. The tube connector has a blocking device configured to block a fluid connection between the infusion tube connected to the second fluid opening and the infusion container connected to the tube connector to prevent a release of fluid from the infusion container into the infusion tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Karl Martin Berg, Florin Kopp
  • Patent number: 11951273
    Abstract: A coupling system for a closed fluid transfer system includes a coupling member that features a coupling member housing. The coupling member housing includes a housing portion that at least partially surrounds a sealing member receptacle in an axial direction with respect to the longitudinal axis and which includes a coupling member housing threaded portion on the inner surface facing the sealing member. The coupling system also includes a mating coupling member for coupling with the coupling member. The mating coupling member includes a mating coupling member housing that has a mating coupling member guiding structure. The coupling member housing threaded portion of the coupling member is configured such that the mating coupling member guiding structure and the sealing member receptacle structure are jointly and movably guided, in particular in a predetermined positional relation to each other, by the coupling member housing threaded portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: B. Braun Melsungen AG
    Inventors: Florin Kopp, Karl Martin Berg, Konstantin Krug-Sauer, Johannes Bolz
  • Publication number: 20240099938
    Abstract: An adapter for coupling with medical vials has a housing with a center longitudinal axis. The adapter includes first latching portions on an inner circumference for latching to a first closing cover of a first vial, and second latching portions on the inner circumference for latching to a second closing cover of a second vial. The second closing cover has a larger diameter than the first closing cover. The housing has web portions and spring arm portions extending between the web portions and on which the first latching portions are arranged. The housing is elastically deformable from a first state, in which the spring arm portions latch with the first latching cover, into a second state, in which the spring arm portions allow a latching connection between the second latching portions and the second closing cover. The adapter device can be used in infusion therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Karl Martin Berg, Johannes Bolz, Florin Kopp, Christian Walter
  • Publication number: 20240033182
    Abstract: A coupling device for an adapter for a vial for a medical liquid. The coupling device is configured to connect the adapter to the vial. The coupling device has an elastic structure for adjusting the adapter to accommodate different sizes of the vial.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Karl Martin Berg, Florin Kopp, Varaprasad Sikhile, Christian Walter, Johannes Bolz, Konstantin Krug-Sauer
  • Publication number: 20230310275
    Abstract: A filter system for a closed fluid transfer system with pressure equalization. The filter system includes a filter having a main flow direction for a fluid passing through the filter extending from a fluid inlet surface to a fluid outlet surface, and a filter housing. The filter has a greater or at least equal extension in the main flow direction compared to at least one direction transverse to the main flow direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Karl Martin Berg, Varaprasad Sikhile, Florin Kopp
  • Publication number: 20230097647
    Abstract: A pair of coupling members for a joint closed fluid transfer system. Each coupling member of the pair of coupling members includes a coupling housing having a longitudinal axis, a fluid connection, and a coupling side. A sealing member receptacle, which is arranged in the coupling housing, includes at least one fluid-tight chamber formed by at least one sealing member arranged in the sealing member receptacle. A spike in the coupling housing in a spike receptacle, in particular a spike arranged eccentrically in the coupling housing, fluidly communicates with the fluid connection. In a first embodiment, the coupling members are each complementary to one another, in particular identical in construction, and are connectable without an adapter by a relative angular offset about their longitudinal axis, preferably by a relative angular offset of 90°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Karl Martin Berg, Nathanael Fischer, Gerrit Seidel, Florin Kopp
  • Publication number: 20230092208
    Abstract: A coupling member for a closed fluid transfer system includes a housing having a fluid connection and a coupling side. The housing includes a longitudinal axis extending from the fluid connection toward the coupling side and a spike having a fluid opening. The fluid opening is arranged in an end portion of the spike facing the coupling side. A sealing member receptacle is arranged in the housing on the coupling side, and a sealing member is arranged in the sealing member receptacle. The housing includes a housing portion that at least partially surrounds the sealing member receptacle and a threaded portion. The coupling housing with the sealing member is guided by a guiding structure and movable in the direction of the longitudinal axis via the threaded portion between a position with maximum distance to the fluid connection and a position with minimum distance to the fluid connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Florin Kopp, Karl Martin Berg, Konstantin Krug-Sauer, Johannes Bolz
  • Publication number: 20230090634
    Abstract: A coupling system for a closed fluid transfer system includes a coupling member that features a coupling member housing. The coupling member housing includes a housing portion that at least partially surrounds a sealing member receptacle in an axial direction with respect to the longitudinal axis and which includes a coupling member housing threaded portion on the inner surface facing the sealing member. The coupling system also includes a mating coupling member for coupling with the coupling member. The mating coupling member includes a mating coupling member housing that has a mating coupling member guiding structure. The coupling member housing threaded portion of the coupling member is configured such that the mating coupling member guiding structure and the sealing member receptacle structure are jointly and movably guided, in particular in a predetermined positional relation to each other, by the coupling member housing threaded portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Florin Kopp, Karl Martin Berg, Konstantin Krug-Sauer, Johannes Bolz
  • Publication number: 20230086505
    Abstract: A coupling member for a closed fluid transfer system includes a housing having a fluid connection and a coupling side. A first channel extends from the fluid connection toward the coupling side for fluidly connecting the fluid connection and the coupling side. An elastomer member surrounds an opening of the first channel, or forms a second channel adjoining the first channel. An elastomer member opening of the second channel is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the housing. The sealing surface is formed between a first position, in which the sealing surface seals the opening or the elastomer member opening of the second channel, and a second position, in which the sealing surface exposes the opening of the first channel or the elastomer member opening of the second channel for fluid communication with the coupling side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Nathanael Fischer, Florin Kopp, Karl Martin Berg
  • Publication number: 20220387775
    Abstract: A coupling system for a closed fluid transfer system includes at least one coupling member and at least one counter coupling member. The coupling member includes a coupling member sealing member that has at least one reversibly openable and closable coupling member sealing member opening in the region of the covering of the fluid conduit opening facing the coupling side At least one activation member engages the coupling member sealing member. The counter coupling member includes a counter coupling member sealing member. The counter coupling member sealing member includes a reversibly openable and closable counter coupling member sealing member opening in the region of the counter coupling side end face, and is configured to move the activation member to a position with minimum distance to the fluid connection upon coupling. The counter coupling member sealing member opening is opened in a connected state by the coupling member sealing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Karl Martin Berg, Nathanael Fischer, Florin Kopp, Gerrit Seidel
  • Publication number: 20220211578
    Abstract: A medical fluid transfer apparatus for transferring hazardous liquid medication in a fluid-tight manner. The apparatus includes a first connector portion having a first passage for fluid-tight connection to a medical syringe; a second connector portion having a second passage for fluid-tight connection to a medical liquid reservoir; a fluid channel extending between the first passage and the second passage, which permits a fluid-conducting transfer of the medication liquid between the syringe and the liquid reservoir; and an equalization container having an equalization volume, which is connected to the liquid reservoir in a fluid-conducting manner, and which is designed to receive a gas volume displaced during transfer of the medication liquid out of the liquid reservoir. The first passage and the second passage are connected to each other in a fluid-conducting manner via the equalization volume, which forms a fluid channel portion of the fluid channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Karl Martin Berg, Nathanael Fischer, Florin Kopp, Konstantin Krug-Sauer