Patents by Inventor Jürg Hirschel

Jürg Hirschel 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: 20160121052
    Abstract: A dosing device for an injection device, the dosing device including an actuating element for adjusting and/or dispensing a dose from the injection device, a thrust element for generating a forward movement for discharging a dose and a coupling to which the actuating element and the thrust element are coupled such that a rotational movement of the actuating element is transmitted directly to the thrust element and an axial movement of the actuating element is different than an axial movement of the thrust element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Stefan Burren, Jürg Hirschel, Samuel Martinoia, Ulrich Moser, Markus Tschirren
  • Patent number: 9320853
    Abstract: An administering device for administering an active substance from a multi-chamber container comprising a first chamber holding a solid active substance and a second chamber holding a dissolving liquid for the active substance, wherein the administering device comprises a mixing device for mixing the active substance with the dissolving liquid and a housing accommodating the mixing device, the container being moveable relative to the housing, and the administering device further comprising a first indicator for indicating a position of the container relative to the housing upon completion of a mixing step, and a second indicator for indicating a position of the container relative to the housing upon completion of a venting step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: TecPharma Licensing AG
    Inventors: Sofia Galbraith, Ulrich Moser, Juerg Hirschel, Ian Thompson
  • Patent number: 9289561
    Abstract: A dosing mechanism for use with an injection device to adjust a dose to be discharged from the injection device, the dosing mechanism including an adjusting element which can be moved relative to the dosing mechanism and including a coupling element for being releaseably coupled to a threaded bar associated with the injection device such that the adjusting element can be moved relative to the bar in one direction while a relative movement in the opposite direction is prevented, the dosing mechanism further including a retaining element with an engaging element for preventing the bar from being rotated in at least one direction, and a releasing element for uncoupling the adjusting element and bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: TecPharma Licensing AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Moser, Christian Schrul, Juerg Hirschel, Markus Tschirren
  • Patent number: 9278178
    Abstract: A dosing device for an injection device, including a dosing element moveable or rotatable in a first direction to select a dose and a guiding element for guiding a component of the injection device, the dosing element being moved or rotated relative to the guiding element to select the dose, wherein the guiding element is rotated or moved along with the dosing element when the dosing element is moved or rotated against the first direction to adjust the selected dose. A method of adjusting a dose selected by a dosing device is encompassed, the method including selecting the dose by moving or rotating a dosing element relative to a guiding element which is moved or rotated along with the dosing element during the selecting and adjusting the selected dose by moving or rotating the dosing element in an opposite direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: TecPharma Licensing AG
    Inventors: Juerg Hirschel, Ulrich Moser, Christian Schrul, Markus Tschirren
  • Publication number: 20160030667
    Abstract: An insertion device for an infusion set includes an advancement unit or a sliding element for moving the infusion set along a central axis from a proximal position into a distal position, a retaining element for retaining the infusion set that includes a guide element, a base part for accommodating the retaining element that includes a mating guide element and a contact surface for placing the insertion device on an application point of a patient's body, and a head part arranged rotatably about a central axis in relation to the base part. Upon relative rotation between the head part and the base part in one direction, the guide element of the retaining element can be guided with the mating guide element provided on the base part such that the retaining element is movable along the central axis relative to the base part from the distal position into the proximal position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Jürg Hirschel, Mario Bernhard
  • Publication number: 20160008541
    Abstract: Device for dispensing a substance having: a dispensing element through which the substance can be dispensed, a displaceable protective element for the dispensing element, a drive element that is coupled with the protective element and a feedback element which can generate a signal when or after a predefined quantity or the entire quantity of the substance to be dispensed has been dispensed characterized in that the feedback device is coupled with the drive element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Jürg Hirschel, Markus Tschirren
  • Publication number: 20160008542
    Abstract: An autoinjector for dispensing a liquid product includes a housing; a product container arranged in the housing, particularly, a syringe comprising a displaceable piston; a drive member; a first spring which acts on the drive member and the piston to dispense the product from the container; signal element releasably axially coupled with the drive member so that the signal element is transported in the dispensing direction as said drive member is displaced; and a second spring, which exerts a spring force on the signal element against the dispensing direction and is tensioned as the signal element is transported in the dispensing direction. When the signal element is released or detached from the axial coupling, the second spring causes the signal element to accelerate opposite the dispensing direction and strike against a signal stop and generate an acoustic and/or tactile signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Jürg Hirschel, Markus Tschirren, Ulrich Moser, Ursina Streit
  • Patent number: 9205195
    Abstract: A dosing device for an injection device, the dosing device including an actuating element for adjusting and/or dispensing a dose from the injection device, a thrust element for generating a forward movement for discharging a dose and a coupling to which the actuating element and the thrust element are coupled such that a rotational movement of the actuating element is transmitted directly to the thrust element and an axial movement of the actuating element is different than an axial movement of the thrust element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: TecPharma Licensing AG
    Inventors: Stefan Burren, Jürg Hirschel, Samuel Martinoia, Ulrich Moser, Markus Tschirren
  • Patent number: 9199039
    Abstract: An injection device including a pusher, a dosing element and a coupling element, the pusher being displaceable in an injection direction and having at least one holding or detent area, e.g. a toothed area, for detachably holding the pusher relative to the injection device, wherein the coupling element positions the pusher relative to the dosing element for fixing the axial position of the pusher relative to the dosing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: TecPharma Licensing AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Moser, Christian Schrul, Jürg Hirschel
  • Publication number: 20150283326
    Abstract: The invention describes a locking arrangement which is advantageously used in an injection device for administering a medicinal drug, such as insulin for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Jürg Hirschel, Ursina Streit
  • Publication number: 20150250950
    Abstract: An injection device provides a casing which accommodates or forms a reservoir for a liquid drug; a plunger rod which can move relative to the casing in an axially forward direction to deliver the drug; a dosing means which can move in the forward direction relative to the casing to prime the reservoir and which can rotate relative to the casing for selecting a dose to be injected, wherein rotation of the dosing means relative to the casing is prevented until a priming operation for priming the reservoir is completed; d) wherein the dosing means comprises a dosing control means which is configured to enable rotation of the dosing means at the end of the priming stroke for selecting the dose and to prevent a rotation of the dosing means back into the position which the dosing means had at the end of the priming stroke relative to the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Ulrich Moser, Jürg Hirschel, Markus Tschirren, Philipp Wälchli, Peter Stettler, Patrick Sackermann, Christian Schrul, Martin Berger, Nicolas Binggeli
  • Publication number: 20150196716
    Abstract: Driving and dispensing devices for an injection device are used for administering a liquid product and adjusting a product dose and include a dosage display element with a helical dosage scale; an indication device for indicating a dosage value from the dosage scale; and a dosage element, which can be held by a user and screwed relative to the indication device around a rotational axis (L) and relative to the dispensing member along the rotational axis (L) in order to adjust the dosage to be administered. A bearing element having a thread is in a threaded engagement with a thread of the dosage indication element, and the thread pitch of the thread of the dosage indication element is not the same as the pitch (P1) of the helical scale, and may be greater or smaller than the pitch (P1) of the helical scale.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: Ursina Streit, Jürg Hirschel, Adrian Eich
  • Patent number: 9022994
    Abstract: An injection device for injecting a substance from an ampoule inserted in the device, the device including one or more of the following components: an internal thread for engaging a threaded rod, the internal thread including several contact faces enabling the use of a different threaded rods, a real-time display for displaying a quantity of a substance, e.g., the quantity to be injected or dispensed, the quantity available for dispensing or the quantity dispensed, a mechanical lock for locking the device prior to inserting the ampoule, and a claw lock for preventing use of the injection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: TeePharma Licensing AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Moser, Christian Schrul, Markus Tschirren, Juerg Hirschel
  • Patent number: 8998876
    Abstract: An ampoule holder for receiving an ampoule that has a closure element with a radial projection, the ampoule holder including an ampoule seat and a securing member operably coupled to the ampoule seat, wherein the radial projection of the closure element can be arranged between the ampoule seat and securing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: TecPharma Licensing AG
    Inventors: Annette Drunk, Marius Büttler, Frank Schiffmann, Sara Tretola, Kurt Weber, Ulrich Moser, Jürg Hirschel
  • Publication number: 20150073355
    Abstract: Dosing device for an administration device with a limiting mechanism, comprising a first limiting means (50) with a first stop means (52), a second limiting means (30) with a second stop means (32), wherein the second limiting means follows movements of the first limiting means during dosing movements with a defined transmission ratio, and wherein the first and the second stop means each describe a path curve by their movements in such a manner that the two path curves intersect in at least one point or come so close together that the stop means contact one another in a stop position, whereby a blocking of the movement of the limiting means relative to each other during dosing movements can be effected in that the respective path curves described by the first and second stop means are closed and can be run through preferably multiple times by the first stop means, by the second stop means or by both stop means until the stop means contact one another at the stop position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Jürg Hirschel, Ulrich Moser
  • Publication number: 20150051551
    Abstract: The invention relates to an injection unit, preferably a pen-shaped injection unit, for administering or delivering a fluid product. The injection unit comprises a housing, an axially movable piston rod mounted in the housing in a non-rotatable manner, a delivery apparatus having a threaded nut that is able to move the piston rod in order to deliver product, a dosing device having a dosing sleeve, a rotary knob, a discharge button arranged coaxially on the dosing sleeve, and a receptacle for the product. The dosing device is connected to the delivery apparatus via a coupling mechanism, wherein the coupling mechanism includes of at least two coupling surfaces that each carry a toothing comprising teeth, wherein the coupling surfaces are used to generate an acoustic and/or tactile signal corresponding to the set or corrected dose of the product to be administered during the dosing operation or during correction of the dose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Juerg Hirschel, Ulrich Moser, Stafan Burren
  • Patent number: 8827963
    Abstract: An apparatus for administering a substance, e.g. a medicinal, pharmaceutical, or cosmetic substance, includes a driving member movably mounted within the apparatus to administer the substance, and the driving member includes a holding feature or components of a holding feature which holds or retains at least one additional element of the apparatus in a position relative to the apparatus. In some embodiments, the additional element is a carpule or ampoule containing the substance, and the holding feature retains the carpule or ampoule in a position within a carpule or ampoule holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: TecPharma Licensing AG
    Inventors: Juerg Hirschel, Celine Kaenel-Jost, Ulrich Moser, Markus Tschirren
  • Publication number: 20140243741
    Abstract: An administration device comprises a container and a mixing device for mixing an active substance (in a first chamber) with a dilution liquid (in a second chamber). The container has a membrane seal at one end and is combined with a mixing device for mixing the active substance. The administration device has an injection needle unit with a distal needle portion facing away from the container for piercing the skin, and disposed opposite thereto is a proximal needle portion facing the membrane when the administration device is in the initial position, which is thrust through the membrane into the container in a mixing position. The administration device includes a protective sleeve arranged coaxially about the injection needle, movable from the initial position only in the proximal direction relative to the container. The protective sleeve can be non-rotatably connected to the container in the mixing position and rotated relative to the mixing device to perform mixing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: TecPharma Licensing AG
    Inventors: Nadine Kaufmann, Jürg Hirschel, Markus Tschirren
  • Patent number: 8758292
    Abstract: An apparatus for administering a fluid product, including a housing, a product member for accomodating the fluid product and/or a reservoir for the fluid product, which product member can be moved relative to the housing from a start position to an inserted position along a longitudinal axis of the housing, a drive member in the housing and movable relative to the product member for emptying the fluid product from the product member and/or the reservoir, wherein the drive member has at least one holding element which holds the drive member in the start position of the product member and wherein, by the movement of the product member, the holding element is moved from the holding position to a released position in which the drive member is movable relative to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: TecPharma Licensing AG
    Inventors: Markus Tschirren, Ulrich Moser, Juerg Hirschel, Jan Baumert, Eric Hattler
  • Patent number: 8734403
    Abstract: A lock for a dosing mechanism of an injection device, the lock including at least one holding element that interacts with the dosing mechanism, or with a dosing element of the dosing mechanism, whereby an adjustment movement of the dosing mechanism or the dosing element is prevented in a starting position of the lock and is possible only after a movement or displacement of the lock or the holding element. An injection device used in conjunction with a two-chamber ampoule is encompassed, as is a method for preparing the injection device for dispensing a substance wherein the ampoule is introduced into the injection device and a lock is released when the ampoule has been introduced far enough to appropriately mix the substances in the two chambers, whereupon the mixed substances can be dispensed from the ampoule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: TecPharma Licensing AG
    Inventors: Juerg Hirschel, Ulrich Moser, Christian Schrul, Markus Tschirren