Patents by Inventor Maria Cristina D'Erasmo

Maria Cristina D'Erasmo 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).

  • Wet/dry automatic injector assembly
    Patent number: 6702778
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an automatic injection device containing a pre-loaded charge of medicament for automatically self-administering the medicament upon actuation thereof. The automatic injection device includes a dry compartment located within a housing for storing a predetermined dry charge of the medicament therein, a wet compartment within the housing for storing a predetermined amount of liquid injection solution therein, an activation assembly for causing the liquid injection solution in the wet compartment to be transferred to the dry wet compartment, and at least one compression assembly for maintaining the medicament located in the dry compartment under a continuous compressive state as the liquid injection solution passes through the dry compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: Meridian Medical Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Leavitt Hill, Maria Cristina D'Erasmo, John G. Wilmot, Gerald L. Wannarka
  • Wet/dry automatic injector assembly
    Publication number: 20020016563
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an automatic injection device containing a pre-loaded charge of medicament for automatically self-administering the medicament upon actuation thereof. The automatic injection device includes a dry compartment located within a housing for storing a predetermined dry charge of the medicament therein, a wet compartment within the housing for storing a predetermined amount of liquid injection solution therein, an activation assembly for causing the liquid injection solution in the wet compartment to be transferred to the dry wet compartment, and at least one compression assembly for maintaining the medicament located in the dry compartment under a continuous compressive state as the liquid injection solution passes through the dry compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2001
    Publication date: February 7, 2002
    Inventors: Robert Leavitt Hill, Maria Cristina D'Erasmo, John G. Wilmot