Patents by Inventor Heinz Oster

Heinz Oster 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: 5695063
    Abstract: Blister pack for pharmaceuticals containing a base with a plurality of recesses which are surrounded by a shoulder. A lid foil is attached to the shoulders. Removable contents such as a tablet, capsules or ampoules reside in each of the recesses and may be removed therefrom by pressing the recess in question and penetrating the lid foil or by removing the lid foil over the recess. The blister pack features a movable lid or a clamping element which covers at least one recess, and the clamping element is arranged in such a manner that it can be slid over the lid foil, and the clamping element closes off again at least one recess where the lid foil has been penetrated or peeled back, or closed again at least one recess which on filling was left untitled and without lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1997
    Assignee: Alusuisse Technology & Management Ltd.
    Inventors: Monique Roulin, Manfred Gerber, Heinz Oster
  • Patent number: 5664454
    Abstract: Device for manufacturing cold-formed shaped forms of packaging out of a metal-plastic laminate where the said device contains a die with at least one die opening, in the die opening a stamp which may be driven by the die, and a retaining tool as a clamping facility that holds the laminate securely between the die and the clamping facility. The die and the retaining tool feature a facing edge region and the die, within the edge region, a shoulder region that surrounds the die opening, and the surface of the shoulder region lies 0.01 to 10 mm lower than the surface of the edge region of the die. Parts or in particular the whole of the shoulder region may be covered with a surface layer of low friction characteristics. The metal-plastic laminate is held clamped between the edge of the die and the edge of the retaining tool, and the stamp draws and stretches the part of the laminate in the region of the shoulder over the shoulder into the die opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1997
    Assignee: Alusuisse Technology & Management Ltd.
    Inventors: Patrik Zeiter, Heinz Oster, Monique Roulin
  • Patent number: 5624036
    Abstract: Blister pack without additional outer packaging for pharmaceuticals, having a base with a plurality of recesses that are surrounded by a shoulder and a lid foil attached to the shoulder, where removable contents are accommodated in the recesses and can be removed therefrom by pressing in the recess in question and penetrating the lid foil or by removing the lid foil over the recess, and having an accompanying leaflet. The accompanying leaflet represents part of the blister pack and is situated within the confines of the blister pack, for example in a compartmemt in the base or in a gripping facility on one side of the blister pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1997
    Assignee: Alusuisse Technology & Management Ltd.
    Inventors: Monique Roulin, Manfred Gerber, Heinz Oster
  • Patent number: 5353985
    Abstract: Round or oval package, containing a bottom portion with one or more compartments and a peel-off lid mounted on the edges of the compartment or compartments, wherein the lid is divided into lid segments, wherein each lid segment covers a compartment and each lid segment is sealed onto the bottom portion along the circumference of the compartment and each lid segment contains an initial tearing aid and each lid segment can be partially or completely peeled or pulled off by the seal seam along the circumference of the compartment. The package is sterilizable and the sides of the bottom portion and of the lid facing towards the inside of the container comprise a polyolefin or polyester layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1994
    Assignee: Alusuisse-Lonza Services Ltd.
    Inventors: Hans-Rudolf Nageli, Hans Schindler, Heinz Oster
  • Patent number: 4896772
    Abstract: With a sterilizable composite container as preserving receptacle for food and other filled container products, which . . .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1990
    Assignee: Swiss Aluminium, Ltd.
    Inventors: Juris Walter, Heinz Oster, Harald Severus