Patents by Inventor Jon Block
Jon Block 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).
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Publication number: 20250041529Abstract: A syringe exostructure includes a main body which removably receives a syringe having a syringe barrel and a syringe plunger. A drive plunger is reciprocatably mounted on the main body, and a plunger bar is slidably received in an axial channel on the drive plunger. The plunger bar is configured to removably couple to the syringe plunger when the syringe is introduced into the main body. A drive pawl assembly is fixed to an upper surface of the drive plunger and transfers motion of the drive plunger to the plunger bar as the drive plunger is advanced. The locking pawl engages the plunger bar and allows the plunger bar to be advanced by the drive plunger but prevents the plunger bar from being retracted as the drive plunger is retracted.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2024Publication date: February 6, 2025Applicant: KB Medical LLCInventors: Marilyn KWOLEK, Jon Block
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Patent number: 12156995Abstract: A syringe exostructure includes a main body which removably receives a syringe having a syringe barrel and a syringe plunger. A drive plunger is reciprocatably mounted on the main body, and a plunger bar is slidably received in an axial channel on the drive plunger. The plunger bar is configured to removably couple to the syringe plunger when the syringe is introduced into the main body. A drive pawl assembly is fixed to an upper surface of the drive plunger and transfers motion of the drive plunger to the plunger bar as the drive plunger is advanced. The locking pawl engages the plunger bar and allows the plunger bar to be advanced by the drive plunger but prevents the plunger bar from being retracted as the drive plunger is retracted.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2021Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: KB Medical LLCInventors: Marilyn Kwolek, Jon Block
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Publication number: 20240325656Abstract: Devices for delivery of individual units of a medicament and methods for their use are provided. Such a delivery device comprises an exostructure permanently attached to a syringe comprising a barrel and a plunger with one or more ratchet surfaces, a cam mechanism to advance the plunger a plurality of set distances in a first direction to deliver a single individual unit of the medicament per each set distance, and a locking pawl to prevent the plunger from being retracted in a second direction opposite the first by interfacing with the ratchet surfaces. The locking pawl also produces tactile feedback, audible feedback, or both when the plunger is depressed to advance the plunger the set distance. Each of the individual units comprise a measured volume of the medicament, and the plunger can repeatedly be depressed and repeatedly engage with the locking pawl to deliver repeated measured volumes of the medicament.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Applicant: KB Medical, LLCInventors: Marilyn Kwolek, Jon Block
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Publication number: 20210379288Abstract: A syringe exostructure includes a main body which removably receives a syringe having a syringe barrel and a syringe plunger. A drive plunger is reciprocatably mounted on the main body, and a plunger bar is slidably received in an axial channel on the drive plunger. The plunger bar is configured to removably couple to the syringe plunger when the syringe is introduced into the main body. A drive pawl assembly is fixed to an upper surface of the drive plunger and transfers forward motion of the drive plunger to the plunger bar as the drive plunger is advanced and disengages from the plunger bar when the drive plunger is retracted. A locking pawl assembly is fixed to the main body and extends through a slot formed in the bottom of the axial channel in the drive plunger. The locking pawl engages the plunger bar and allows the plunger bar to be advanced by the drive plunger as the drive plunger is advanced but prevents the plunger bar from being retracted by the drive plunger as the drive plunger is retracted.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2021Publication date: December 9, 2021Applicant: KB Medical, LLCInventors: Marilyn Kwolek, Jon Block
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Patent number: 11123494Abstract: A syringe exostructure includes a main body which removably receives a syringe having a syringe barrel and a syringe plunger. A drive plunger is reciprocatably mounted on the main body, and a plunger bar is slidably received in an axial channel on the drive plunger. The plunger bar is configured to removably couple to the syringe plunger when the syringe is introduced into the main body. A drive pawl assembly is fixed to an upper surface of the drive plunger and transfers forward motion of the drive plunger to the plunger bar as the drive plunger is advanced and disengages from the plunger bar when the drive plunger is retracted. A locking pawl assembly is fixed to the main body and extends through a slot formed in the bottom of the axial channel in the drive plunger. The locking pawl engages the plunger bar and allows the plunger bar to be advanced by the drive plunger as the drive plunger is advanced but prevents the plunger bar from being retracted by the drive plunger as the drive plunger is retracted.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: KB Medical, LLCInventors: Marilyn Kwolek, Jon Block
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Patent number: 10881809Abstract: A syringe exostructure includes a main body which removably receives a syringe having a syringe barrel and a syringe plunger. A drive plunger is reciprocatably mounted on the main body, and a plunger bar is slidably received in an axial channel on the drive plunger. The plunger bar is configured to removably couple to the syringe plunger when the syringe is introduced into the main body. A drive pawl assembly is fixed to an upper surface of the drive plunger and transfers forward motion of the drive plunger to the plunger bar as the drive plunger is advanced and disengages from the plunger bar when the drive plunger is retracted. A locking pawl assembly is fixed to the main body and extends through a slot formed in the bottom of the axial channel in the drive plunger. The locking pawl engages the plunger bar and allows the plunger bar to be advanced by the drive plunger as the drive plunger is advanced but prevents the plunger bar from being retracted by the drive plunger as the drive plunger is retracted.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2018Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: KB Medical, LLCInventors: Marilyn Kwolek, Jon Block
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Publication number: 20190175839Abstract: A syringe exostructure includes a main body which removably receives a syringe having a syringe barrel and a syringe plunger. A drive plunger is reciprocatably mounted on the main body, and a plunger bar is slidably received in an axial channel on the drive plunger. The plunger bar is configured to removably couple to the syringe plunger when the syringe is introduced into the main body. A drive pawl assembly is fixed to an upper surface of the drive plunger and transfers forward motion of the drive plunger to the plunger bar as the drive plunger is advanced and disengages from the plunger bar when the drive plunger is retracted. A locking pawl assembly is fixed to the main body and extends through a slot formed in the bottom of the axial channel in the drive plunger. The locking pawl engages the plunger bar and allows the plunger bar to be advanced by the drive plunger as the drive plunger is advanced but prevents the plunger bar from being retracted by the drive plunger as the drive plunger is retracted.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2019Publication date: June 13, 2019Applicant: KB Medical, LLCInventors: Marilyn Kwolek, Jon Block
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Publication number: 20190060576Abstract: A syringe exostructure incudes a main body which removably receives a syringe having a syringe barrel and a syringe plunger. A drive plunger is reciprocatably mounted on the main body, and a plunger bar is slidably received in an axial channel on the drive plunger. The plunger bar is configured to removably couple to the syringe plunger when the syringe is introduced into the main body. A drive pawl assembly is fixed to an upper surface of the drive plunger and transfers forward motion of the drive plunger to the plunger bar as the drive plunger is advanced and disengages from the plunger bar when the drive plunger is retracted. A locking pawl assembly is fixed to the main body and extends through a slot formed in the bottom of the axial channel in the drive plunger. The locking pawl engages the plunger bar and allows the plunger bar to be advanced by the drive plunger as the drive plunger is advanced but prevents the plunger bar from being retracted by the drive plunger as the drive plunger is retracted.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Applicant: KB Medical, LLCInventors: Marilyn Kwolek, Jon Block