Patents by Inventor Lucas CARPENTER

Lucas CARPENTER 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: 20230149638
    Abstract: The disclosure concerns a device for alleviating injection pain, the device can have an attachment portion for attachment to a medicament delivery device, a flexible arm extending from a first end attached to the attachment portion to a second end distal from the attachment portion, and a plurality of protrusions attached to the flexible arm, wherein the device is a medicament delivery device component or a medicament delivery device add-on. A medicament delivery device comprising such a device and corresponding methods are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventor: Lucas Carpenter
  • Patent number: 11484661
    Abstract: A self-righting device is disclosed having a support body for supporting a medicament delivery device, where the support body has a mass, a center of gravity (G) and a shape such that the self-righting device, when positioned on a substantially horizontal surface, moves from an unbalanced position to an upright position. The self-righting device can also have a mechanical adaptor configured for attachment to the support body and for holding an elongated medicament delivery device at an angle less than 30 degrees from a vertical axis when the self-righting device is in the upright position. An assembly of a self-righting device and an elongated medicament delivery device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: SHL MEDICAL AG
    Inventor: Lucas Carpenter
  • Publication number: 20210268171
    Abstract: An arrangement for supporting a plurality of medicament delivery devices is presented that has a plurality of interconnected stands, with each stand being configured to support a medicament delivery device and where the arrangement is configured such that each stand can be manually broken loose from an adjacent stand of the arrangement. A system is also presented where the arrangement contains a plurality of medicament delivery devices positioned in the arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventor: Lucas Carpenter
  • Patent number: 11065401
    Abstract: A stand for an elongated medicament delivery device having a distal end and a proximal end the stand comprising a base section for supporting the stand on a support surface; a holding section for receiving the distal end of the medicament delivery device; and a body section arranged between the base section and the holding section; wherein the holding section is configured to hold the medicament delivery device in a substantially vertical orientation when the base section is positioned on the support surface. The holding section comprises an elastically deformable material for providing an elastic squeeze fit around the distal end of the medicament delivery device when received in the holding section. A system comprising an elongated medicament delivery device and a stand for supporting the medicament delivery device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: SHL MEDICAL AG
    Inventor: Lucas Carpenter
  • Patent number: 10751479
    Abstract: A needle cover assembly can be used with a medicament delivery device, wherein said needle cover assembly is disposable and comprises a retainer element connectable to a medicament container holder; a hub having a longitudinal axis and comprising a double pointed injection needle with a proximal needle end and a distal needle end, wherein the proximal needle end projects a distance from the hub along the longitudinal axis, and a shield covering at least the proximal needle end and a portion of the hub. Said shield comprises a detachable element, that the shield is attached to the hub when said detachable element is attached to the shield, corresponding to an untampered state, and that the shield is released and is telescopically movable in relation to the hub along the longitudinal axis when said detachable element is detached from the shield corresponding to an activated state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: SHL MEDICAL AG
    Inventors: Lucas Carpenter, Stephan Mueller
  • Publication number: 20200155768
    Abstract: A self-righting device is disclosed having a support body for supporting a medicament delivery device, where the support body has a mass, a center of gravity (G) and a shape such that the self-righting device, when positioned on a substantially horizontal surface, moves from an unbalanced position to an upright position. The self-righting device can also have a mechanical adaptor configured for attachment to the support body and for holding an elongated medicament delivery device at an angle less than 30 degrees from a vertical axis when the self-righting device is in the upright position. An assembly of a self-righting device and an elongated medicament delivery device is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventor: Lucas Carpenter
  • Publication number: 20200155774
    Abstract: A stand for an elongated medicament delivery device having a distal end and a proximal end the stand comprising a base section for supporting the stand on a support surface; a holding section for receiving the distal end of the medicament delivery device; and a body section arranged between the base section and the holding section; wherein the holding section is configured to hold the medicament delivery device in a substantially vertical orientation when the base section is positioned on the support surface. The holding section comprises an elastically deformable material for providing an elastic squeeze fit around the distal end of the medicament delivery device when received in the holding section. A system comprising an elongated medicament delivery device and a stand for supporting the medicament delivery device is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventor: Lucas Carpenter
  • Patent number: 10420892
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a drive mechanism for a medicament delivery device according to the disclosure comprises a compression member comprising a first cavity containing a first volume of fluid, said compression member also comprising a second cavity containing a second volume of fluid; a passage for fluid communication between the first cavity and the second cavity; a first movable piston arranged to seal the first cavity; a second movable piston arranged to seal the second cavity; wherein movement of the first movable piston or of the second movable piston, by an applied force, causes a relative change of volume between the first volume of fluid and the second volume of fluid, via a fluid flow through said passage, such that the respective second movable piston or the first movable piston is also moved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: SHL MEDICAL AG
    Inventors: Lucas Carpenter, Stephan Mueller
  • Publication number: 20170312440
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to adrive mechanism for a medicament delivery device according to the disclosure comprises a compression member comprising a first cavity containing a first volume of fluid, said compression member also comprising a second cavity containing a second volume of fluid; a passage for fluid communication between the first cavity and the second cavity; a first movable piston arranged to seal the first cavity; a second movable piston arranged to seal the second cavity; wherein movement of the first movable piston or of the second movable piston, by an applied force, causes a relative change of volume between the first volume of fluid and the second volume of fluid, via a fluid flow through said passage, such that the respective second movable piston or the first movable piston is also moved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Lucas Carpenter, Stephan Mueller
  • Publication number: 20170304556
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a needle cover assembly to be used with a medicament delivery device, wherein said needle cover assembly (10) is disposable and comprises a retainer element (50) connectable to the medicament container holder; a hub (16) having a longitudinal axis and comprising a double pointed injection needle (22) with a proximal needle end (24) and a distal needle end (48), wherein the proximal needle end projects a distance from the hub (16) along the longitudinal axis, and a shield (18) covering at least the proximal needle end and a portion of the hub (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Lucas CARPENTER, Stephan MUELLER