Patents by Inventor Joachim Carl Herbert EICHER

Joachim Carl Herbert EICHER 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: 20240108821
    Abstract: A cartridge for a nebulizer having a connection element, includes: a container containing a fluid to be nebulized; a closure having a connection port for fluidically and/or sealingly connecting the container to at least one of the nebulizer and a delivery mechanism thereof; and a sealing element disposed between the closure and the container for forming a sealing, where the sealing element is adapted to sealingly receive the connecting element of the nebulizer after passing through the connection port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Boehringer lngelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Stephen Terence DUNNE, Joachim Carl Herbert EICHER, Herbert GRAESSL, Andree JUNG, Gilbert WUTTKE
  • Patent number: 11883580
    Abstract: A nebulizer for nebulizing a fluid from a cartridge and a cartridge for such a nebulizer is proposed. The cartridge comprises a container containing the fluid to be nebulized and is fluidically connected to the nebulizer by inserting a connecting element of the nebulizer for conveying the fluid out of the container. The cartridge is preferably adapted to sealingly receive the connecting element and can optionally comprise a membrane or sealing wall which seals the cartridge initially and is piercable or breakable by the connecting element upon insertion. The cartridge can further comprise an at least partially flexible and/or bendable tube for conveying the fluid out of the container. The tube is preferably wettable with the fluid and/or comprises an at least partially hydrophilic and/or polar surface. Further, the tube can at least partially be shaped as a helix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Stephen Terence Dunne, Joachim Carl Herbert Eicher, Herbert Graessl, Andree Jung, Gilbert Wuttke
  • Patent number: 11771848
    Abstract: A reservoir for a nebulizer includes: a tank or bag containing multiple doses of a fluid to be nebulized, and an indicator device for counting or indicating a number of uses performed or still possible with the reservoir, where at least one of: the reservoir includes a connector for fluidically connecting the tank or bag with the nebulizer, the indicator device is actuated by moving the connector relative to the tank or bag, and the reservoir includes or forms an eccentrical linear guidance for a driving part for driving the indicator device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Joachim Carl Herbert Eicher, Alfred Von Schuckmann
  • Publication number: 20220096759
    Abstract: A reservoir for a nebulizer includes: a tank or bag containing multiple doses of a fluid to be nebulized, and an indicator device for counting or indicating a number of uses performed or still possible with the reservoir, where at least one of: the reservoir includes a connector for fluidically connecting the tank or bag with the nebulizer, the indicator device is actuated by moving the connector relative to the tank or bag, and the reservoir includes or forms an eccentrical linear guidance for a driving part for driving the indicator device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: Boehringer lngelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Carl Herbert EICHER, Alfred VON SCHUCKMANN
  • Patent number: 11229754
    Abstract: A nebulizer for nebulizing a fluid and a reservoir with a fluid are proposed. The reservoir includes a collapsible bag with the fluid, where the bag extends in a circumferential direction within the housing part and wherein the reservoir is manually rotated for tensioning the nebulizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Joachim Carl Herbert Eicher, Alfred Von Schuckmann
  • Publication number: 20210268213
    Abstract: A cartridge for a dispensing device, such as a nebulizer, for dispensing a medicament composed of or produced from a plurality of components and a system including a dispensing device, such as a nebulizer, and such a cartridge. The cartridge includes at least two fluidically separated chambers which each contain at least one component of the medicament, an actuating mechanism for fluidically connecting the chambers and mixing the components for the dispensing of the medicament A method for preparing a medicament composed of a plurality of components in a cartridge for the dispensing of said medicament by way of a dispensing device, such as a nebulizer, where a plurality of fluidically separated chambers of the cartridge are fluidically connected, and a component of the medicament is at least partially transferred from one of the chambers to another of the chambers with another component of the medicament in order to mix the components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Andree JUNG, Stephen Terence DUNNE, Joachim Carl Herbert EICHER
  • Publication number: 20200384216
    Abstract: A device is designed to put the inhaler into a triggering-ready state by adding energy to a stored energy source of the inhaler. The inhaler can be inserted into the device and/or mechanically coupled to the device in order to put the inhaler into the triggering-ready state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: Boehringer lngelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Carl Herbert Eicher, Andree Jung
  • Publication number: 20200261666
    Abstract: A nebulizer for nebulizing a fluid and a reservoir with a fluid are proposed. The reservoir includes a collapsible bag with the fluid, where the bag extends in a circumferential direction within the housing part and wherein the reservoir is manually rotated for tensioning the nebulizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: Boehringer lngelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Carl Herbert EICHER, Alfred VON SCHUCKMANN
  • Publication number: 20200009333
    Abstract: A nebulizer for nebulizing a fluid from a cartridge and a cartridge for such a nebulizer is proposed. The cartridge comprises a container containing the fluid to be nebulized and is fluidically connected to the nebulizer by inserting a connecting element of the nebulizer for conveying the fluid out of the container. The cartridge is preferably adapted to sealingly receive the connecting element and can optionally comprise a membrane or sealing wall which seals the cartridge initially and is piercable or breakable by the connecting element upon insertion. The cartridge can further comprise an at least partially flexible and/or bendable tube for conveying the fluid out of the container. The tube is preferably wettable with the fluid and/or comprises an at least partially hydrophilic and/or polar surface. Further, the tube can at least partially be shaped as a helix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: Boehringer lngelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Stephen Terence DUNNE, Joachim Carl Herbert EICHER, Herbert GRAESSL, Andree JUNG, Gilbert WUTTKE