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).

  • Publication number: 20250041529
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: KB Medical LLC
    Inventors: Marilyn KWOLEK, Jon Block
  • Patent number: 12156995
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: KB Medical LLC
    Inventors: Marilyn Kwolek, Jon Block
  • Publication number: 20240325656
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: KB Medical, LLC
    Inventors: Marilyn Kwolek, Jon Block
  • Publication number: 20210379288
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: KB Medical, LLC
    Inventors: Marilyn Kwolek, Jon Block
  • Patent number: 11123494
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: KB Medical, LLC
    Inventors: Marilyn Kwolek, Jon Block
  • Patent number: 10881809
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: KB Medical, LLC
    Inventors: Marilyn Kwolek, Jon Block
  • Publication number: 20190175839
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: KB Medical, LLC
    Inventors: Marilyn Kwolek, Jon Block
  • Publication number: 20190060576
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: KB Medical, LLC
    Inventors: Marilyn Kwolek, Jon Block