Patents by Inventor Larry A. Monahan

Larry A. Monahan 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: 20060197004
    Abstract: A device, preferably a micro-device, is molded from a plastic material by injection molding, compression molding or embossing. A microabrader can be molded having microneedles for abrading the stratum corneum of the skin to form an abraded site in the tissue for enhancing drug delivery. The micro-device is molded using a mold assembly having a silicon molding surface. The silicon molding surface can include a recess corresponding to the desired shape and length of the microneedles. The silicon molding surface enables micron and submicron size features to be molded from polymeric materials without the polymeric material adhering to the mold surface. Micro-devices having molded features having micron and submicron dimensions can be rapidly produced without the use of a release agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Publication date: September 7, 2006
    Inventors: Kenneth Powell, Larry Monahan, Burton Sage
  • Patent number: 7052268
    Abstract: A device, preferably a micro-device, is molded from a plastic material by injection molding, compression molding or embossing. A microabrader can be molded having microneedles for abrading the stratum corneum of the skin to form an abraded site in the tissue for enhancing drug delivery. The micro-device is molded using a mold assembly having a silicon molding surface. The silicon molding surface can include a recess corresponding to the desired shape and length of the microneedles. The silicon molding surface enables micron and submicron size features to be molded from polymeric materials without the polymeric material adhering to the mold surface. Micro-devices having molded features having micron and submicron dimensions can be rapidly produced without the use of a release agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Kenneth G. Powell, Larry A. Monahan, Burton H. Sage, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20040222349
    Abstract: A device, preferably a micro-device, is molded from a plastic material by injection molding, compression molding or embossing. A microabrader can be molded having microneedles for abrading the stratum corneum of the skin to form an abraded site in the tissue for enhancing drug delivery. The micro-device is molded using a mold assembly having a silicon molding surface. The silicon molding surface can include a recess corresponding to the desired shape and length of the microneedles. The silicon molding surface enables micron and submicron size features to be molded from polymeric materials without the polymeric material adhering to the mold surface. Micro-devices having molded features having micron and submicron dimensions can be rapidly produced without the use of a release agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2003
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Inventors: Kenneth G. Powell, Larry A. Monahan, Burton H. Sage
  • Publication number: 20030183958
    Abstract: A method which utilizes injection-compression is provided for forming a multiwell plate having a clear lens. The method includes forming a multiwell plate body and having a clear lens injection-compressed thereto so as to be fused to the body to cover at least a portion of the wells of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Michael Craig Goff, Scott O'Connor, Larry Monahan, Scott White, Andy Muser, John P. Hall, Frank E. Martin
  • Publication number: 20020053756
    Abstract: A device, preferably a micro-device, is molded from a plastic material by injection molding, compression molding or embossing. A microabrader can be molded having microneedles for abrading the stratum corneum of the skin to form an abraded site in the tissue for enhancing drug delivery. The micro-device is molded using a mold assembly having a silicon molding surface. The silicon molding surface can include a recess corresponding to the desired shape and length of the microneedles. The silicon molding surface enables micron and submicron size features to be molded from polymeric materials without the polymeric material adhering to the mold surface. Micro-devices having molded features having micron and submicron dimensions can be rapidly produced without the use of a release agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Applicant: Becton Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Kenneth G. Powell, Larry A. Monahan, Burton H. Sage
  • Patent number: 6331266
    Abstract: A device, preferably a micro-device, is molded from a plastic material by injection molding, compression molding or embossing. A microabrader can be molded having microneedles for abrading the stratum corneum of the skin to form an abraded site in the tissue for enhancing drug delivery. The micro-device is molded using a mold assembly having a silicon molding surface. The silicon molding surface can include a recess corresponding to the desired shape and length of the microneedles. The silicon molding surface enables micron and submicron size features to be molded from polymeric materials without the polymeric material adhering to the mold surface. Micro-devices having molded features having micron and submicron dimensions can be rapidly produced without the use of a release agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2001
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Kenneth G. Powell, Larry A. Monahan, Burton H. Sage, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5955032
    Abstract: The present invention is a collection container assembly comprising a container having a microporous partition so as to reduce the internal volume of the container wherein the external dimensions of the container are substantially the same as a standard-sized blood collection tube but with a reduced internal volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Karin E. Kelly, Joel L. Williams, Larry A. Monahan