Patents by Inventor Kari Seppala

Kari Seppala 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: 20240009589
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include, for example, systems, apparatuses, devices, and methods for producing a population of particles. In some embodiments, such particles include particles corresponding to an active, pharmaceutical ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Nanoform Finland PLC
    Inventors: Goran MACONI, Pia RUNEBERG - ROOS, Daniel Veira CANLE, Kari SEPPALA, Maria LUME, Edward HAEGGSTROM
  • Patent number: 11794126
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include, for example, systems, apparatuses, devices, and methods for producing a population of particles. In some embodiments, such particles include particles corresponding to an active, pharmaceutical ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: NANOFORM FINLAND PLC
    Inventors: Goran Maconi, Pia Runeberg-Roos, Daniel Veira Canle, Kari Seppälä, Maria Lume, Edward Haeggstrom
  • Publication number: 20230048148
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include, for example, systems, apparatuses, devices, and methods for producing a population of particles. In some embodiments, such particles include particles corresponding to an active, pharmaceutical ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: Nanoform Finland PLC
    Inventors: Goran MACONI, Pia RUNEBERG - ROOS, Daniel VEIRA CANLE, Kari SEPPÄLÄ, Maria LUME, Edward HAEGGSTROM
  • Patent number: 8550070
    Abstract: An inhaler device includes an air conduit including a mouthpiece and a dosing means adapted to provide a dose of powder to the air conduit for entrainment in the stream of air. In the area downstream from the dosing means the wall of the air conduit is provided with a secondary air inlet extending to the direction of the mouthpiece such that the entry of secondary air occurs over an extended length of the air conduit downstream from the dosing means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Orion Corporation
    Inventors: Kari Seppälä, Terhi Mattila, Kalle Purma, Markku Härkönen
  • Patent number: 8286501
    Abstract: Method and device for measuring the flow properties of a poorly flowing material. The material is placed in a measuring reservoir (2) equipped with a flow opening (6) of the desired size (2), an upwards and downwards motion is induced in the reservoir (2) with the aid of an operating device (4), to which the reservoir (2) is attached, and the flow properties of the material are determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Say Group Oy
    Inventor: Kari Séppala
  • Publication number: 20110222049
    Abstract: Method and device for taking and measuring a sample of a material of a process, for example, a granulation process. The material to be measured is allowed to accumulate as free fall into the measuring chamber (7) of a measuring means, such as a cuvette (3), the desired measurement is performed through the wall of the measuring means (3) and the measuring means (3) is emptied by means of a pulse of a turbulence-causing, gaseous substance, directed from the bottom upwards in the measuring chamber. (7). The measuring means (3) of the device is divided by a partition (6) into two parts, so that the gas pulse is directed to near to the bottom of the measuring means on one side (5) and from the bottom upwards on the other side (7) of the wall (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2008
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventor: Kari Seppala
  • Publication number: 20110214486
    Abstract: Method and device for measuring the flow properties of a poorly flowing material. The material is placed in a measuring reservoir (2) equipped with a flow opening (6) of the desired size (2), an upwards and downwards motion is induced in the reservoir (2) with the aid of an operating device (4), to which the reservoir (2) is attached, and the flow properties of the material are determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2008
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Inventor: Kari Séppala
  • Publication number: 20100128990
    Abstract: A method for measuring/recognizing a shape uses at least two electromagnetic oscillations aimed at the measurement subject from two different directions. A device is provided for taking an image of the illuminated subject in a digital form. The image matrix of the image in a digital form is read pixel by pixel and the illuminated strength values of the same pixel from different directions are compared with each other. The difference of the strength values of the two wavelengths of each pixel is added to the corresponding difference of the preceding pixel in the reading direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventor: Kari Seppälä
  • Patent number: 6948495
    Abstract: An inhaler device comprising a container for powdered medicament, an inhalation channel, a movable metering member, a depressible actuator and a multiple dosage preventing means for locking the depressible actuator after use such that the actuator is unlocked only upon inhalation. The inhaler device is useful in the treatment of respiratory diseases such as asthma. The multiple dosage preventing means of the device eliminates the risk of unintentional overdosing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Orion Corporation
    Inventor: Kari Seppälä
  • Patent number: 6926003
    Abstract: A powder inhaler comprises a medicament container, a rotatable metering disc extending into the interior of the medicament container and an air channel through which air is drawn via a mouthpiece. The metering disc has one or more peripherally located dosing grooves extending axially through the metering disc. The dosing grooves are filled with a metered dose of the medicament while being inside the medicament container and are transferred to the air channel wherein the stream of inhaled air discharges the dose of the medicament directly from the dosing groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Orion Corporation
    Inventor: Kari Seppälä
  • Patent number: 6886560
    Abstract: A powder inhaler comprising a powder container, an air channel, a metering member equipped with a dosing recess, an actuating means for the displacement of the metering member between the filling and the inhalation position, and a closure element for plugging the air channel in a substantially water-proof manner when the metering member is in the filling position and opening the air channel when the metering member is in the inhalation position. When the inhaler is not in use, the closure element prevents moisture and dirt from entering the sensitive parts of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Orion Corporation
    Inventor: Kari Seppälä
  • Publication number: 20050005933
    Abstract: An inhaler device includes an air conduit including a mouthpiece and a dosing means adapted to provide a dose of powder to the air conduit for entrainment in the stream of air. In the area downstream from the dosing means the wall of the air conduit is provided with a secondary air inlet extending to the direction of the mouthpiece such that the entry of secondary air occurs over an extended length of the air conduit downstream from the dosing means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2002
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Kari Seppala, Terhi Mattila, Kalle Purma, Markku Harkonen
  • Patent number: 6814072
    Abstract: A device for dispensing powdered medicament by inhalation comprises an axially movable metering rod (3) equipped with a dosing recess in the form of a hole (5). The metering rod (3) extends through the interior of the medicament container (1). In a first position the dosing hole (5) is in the medicament container (1) and is filled with a dose of the powdered medicament. In the second position the filled dosing hole (5) is in the air channel (11). The device of the invention has good metering accuracy, it is not susceptible to jamming and provides complete discharge of the powdered dose into the breathing air even if used by a patient having reduced inhalation capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Orion Corporation
    Inventor: Kari Seppälä
  • Patent number: 6810873
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multidose powder inhaler for the dispensing of a powdered medicament by inhalation. The device comprises two or more medicament containers for different drug powders which are inhaled as a combined medication, and separate aerosolization channels for each drug powder. The device of the invention is useful, for example, in the treatment of asthma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Innovata Biomed Limited
    Inventors: Jussi Haikarainen, Kari Seppälä, Tommi Koskela, Antti Koivisto, Matti Silvasti
  • Patent number: 6769601
    Abstract: A multiple-dose powder inhaler comprising an inhaler body defining a medicament container, an air channel, a mouthpiece, a rotatable metering drum with one or more peripheral dosing recesses and a dose counter for indicating the number of metered doses of medicament that have been dispensed from, or remain in, the medicament container. The inhaler is useful, for example, in the treatment of asthma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Orion Corporation
    Inventors: Jussi Haikarainen, Kari Seppälä, Jarkko Munukka, Esa Muttonen, Elizabeth Stares, Martin Murphy, Matthew Young
  • Publication number: 20030136406
    Abstract: A powder inhaler comprises a medicament container (1), a rotatable metering disc (7) extending into the interior of the medicament container (1) and an air channel through which air is drawn via a mouthpiece (2). The metering disc (7) has one or more peripherally located dosing grooves (9) extending axially through the metering disc (7). The dosing grooves (9) are filled with a metered dose of the medicament while being inside the medicament container (1) and are transferred to the air channel wherein the stream of inhaled air discharges the dose of the medicament directly from the dosing groove (9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2002
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Inventor: Kari Seppala