Patents by Inventor Geoffrey Ritson

Geoffrey Ritson 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).

  • Patent number: 5041088
    Abstract: An automatic injector is provided having at least two chambers containing different ingredients of a medicament separated by an impermeable membrane. A lance is movable independently of a plunger to cut or pierce the membrane before a spring-loaded drive member for the plunger is released to drive a needle out of the body of the injector and discharge the medicament through the needle. A removable safety clip is provided for preventing movement of an actuating cap into an operative position for advancing the lance, and release of the drive member is preventable by a removable safety pin until the injector is to be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1991
    Assignee: Medimech International Ltd.
    Inventors: Geoffrey Ritson, John G. Wilmot
  • Patent number: D294640
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1988
    Assignee: Medimech Limited
    Inventors: John E. Wicken, Geoffrey Ritson
  • Patent number: RE35986
    Abstract: An automatic injector is provided having at least two chambers containing different ingredients of a medicament separated by .?.an impermeable membrane. A lance is movable independently of a plunger to cut or pierce the membrane before a spring-loaded drive member for the plunger is released to drive a needle out of the body of the injector and discharge the medicament through the needle. A removable safety clip is provided for preventing movement of art actuating cap into an operative position for advancing the lance, and release of the drive member is preventable by a removable safety pin until the injector is to be used..!. .Iadd.a sealing structure. One of the chambers has a needle disposed therein. The sealing structure is conditionable to permit the ingredients to mix in the injector in response to a predetermined actuating procedure before the ingredients are injected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Assignee: Meridian Medical Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Geoffrey Ritson, John G. Wilmot