Patents by Inventor Mark Ketner

Mark Ketner 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: 20050109659
    Abstract: Dry powder blister packages include sealed blisters with a piezoelectric active layer that flexes to vibrate the dry powder in a blister to facilitate active dispersion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2004
    Publication date: May 26, 2005
    Inventors: Anthony Hickey, Timothy Crowder, Jeffrey Warden, Keith Johnson, Mark Ketner, Jay Fording, Michael Garten, William Riley, Sean Anderson, Bruce Ferris, Paul Rockwell
  • Publication number: 20050103337
    Abstract: Dry powder inhalers with a multi-dose dry powder package for dispensing pharmaceutical grade formulations of inhalable dry powder, include: (a) a blister package comprising a plurality of spaced apart sealed blisters thereon, each blister having a projecting ceiling and a floor defining a blister channel therebetween, the blister channel comprising a dry powder therein; (b) a movable blade cartridge holding a blade at a forward portion thereof; and (c) an extendable mouthpiece attached to the movable blade cartridge. In operation, a user pulls the mouthpiece outward and then pushes the mouthpiece inward to cause the blister package to advance to position a blister in a selected dispensing position in the inhaler and to cause the blade cartridge to move the blade across a blister ceiling held in the dispensing position in the inhaler to thereby open the blister held in the dispensing position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2004
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Inventors: Anthony James Hickey, Timothy Crowder, Jeffrey Warden, Keith Arthur Johnson, Mark Ketner, Jay Fording, Michael Garten, William Riley, Sean Anderson, Bruce Ferris, Paul Rockwell