Patents by Inventor Mark LaFevers
Mark LaFevers 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).
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Patent number: 11925790Abstract: Processes and devices provide parenteral delivery of therapeutic fluids, in particular high-viscosity therapeutic fluids (e.g., protein therapeutics), by a chemical reaction that generates a gas. A device may include a first actuation chamber containing a first reagent, a second reaction chamber containing a second reagent, and a third therapeutic fluid chamber containing the therapeutic fluid. In a loaded configuration, a plunger separates the first chamber from the second chamber. In a delivery configuration, the plunger allows the first reagent from the first chamber to communicate and react with the second reagent from the second chamber. The generated gas acts upon a plunger to deliver the therapeutic fluid from the third chamber.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2018Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Eli Lilly and CompanyInventors: William Godwin Atterbury, Corrie Jo Bennison, Robert Jonathan Cain, Michael Funk Chiappetta, Jeffrey Leclair Ellis, David Arthur Holley, Mark Lafever, Beverly Ann Piatt, John Paul Tallarico
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Patent number: 11878154Abstract: A device for removing a protective shield such as a needle shield is disclosed. The device includes a cup shaped body with a sidewall, a distal bottom wall and a proximal opening. The protective shield is insertable into the cup shaped body through its proximal opening. Fingers are disposed opposite each other in openings in the sidewall. The fingers are flexibly coupled with the sidewall at a proximal end of the finger and can be resiliently biased inwardly to engage the protective shield. Each finger includes at least one projection for engaging the protective shield. The fingers may also include a distal engagement surface for engaging a lip on the protective shield.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Eli Lilly and CompanyInventors: Mark Lafever, Andrew Thomas Snow
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Publication number: 20220409823Abstract: A device for removing a protective shield such as a needle shield is disclosed. The device includes a cup shaped body with a sidewall, a distal bottom wall and a proximal opening. The protective shield is insertable into the cup shaped body through its proximal opening. Fingers are disposed opposite each other in openings in the sidewall. The fingers are flexibly coupled with the sidewall at a proximal end of the finger and can be resiliently biased inwardly to engage the protective shield. Each finger includes at least one projection for engaging the protective shield. The fingers may also include a distal engagement surface for engaging a lip on the protective shield.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Applicant: Eli Lilly and CompanyInventors: Mark LAFEVER, Andrew Thomas SNOW
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Patent number: 11452821Abstract: A device for removing a protective shield such as a needle shield is disclosed. The device includes a cup shaped body with a sidewall, a distal bottom wall and a proximal opening. The protective shield is insertable into the cup shaped body through its proximal opening. Fingers are disposed opposite each other in openings in the sidewall. The fingers are flexibly coupled with the sidewall at a proximal end of the finger and can be resiliently biased inwardly to engage the protective shield. Each finger includes at least one projection for engaging the protective shield. The fingers may also include a distal engagement surface for engaging a lip on the protective shield.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2018Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Eli Lilly and CompanyInventors: Mark Lafever, Andrew Thomas Snow
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Publication number: 20220211945Abstract: An automatic injection device is provided, where the device includes a syringe carrier and a retraction assembly. The syringe carrier may include two identical parts that are discrete from one another and interlock with one another. Carrier includes a cushion to support the syringe. Protrusions may be provided on cushion to further support syringe. The retraction assembly includes a shuttle and a follower, the follower having a moveable latch. The follower has a coupled configuration in which the latch is biasedly coupled to the shuttle, and a decoupled configuration in which the latch is in sliding engagement with a curvilinear surface of the shuttle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2022Publication date: July 7, 2022Inventors: William Godwin ATTERBURY, Joseph Daniel DENNIS, JR., Brian Charles KELLEY, Mark LAFEVER, Steven Michael MADLAND, Andrew Thomas SNOW, Jessica Diane YOUNG
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Patent number: 11298462Abstract: An automatic injection device is provided, where the device includes a syringe carrier and a retraction assembly. The syringe carrier includes two identical parts that are discrete from one another and interlock with one another. The retraction assembly includes a shuttle and a follower, the follower having a moveable latch. The follower has a coupled configuration in which the latch is biasedly coupled to the shuttle, and a decoupled configuration in which the latch is in sliding engagement with a curvilinear surface of the shuttle.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: Eli Lilly and CompanyInventors: William Godwin Atterbury, Joseph Daniel Dennis, Jr., Brian Charles Kelley, Mark Lafever, Steven Michael Madland, Andrew Thomas Snow, Jessica Diane Young
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Publication number: 20210275745Abstract: An automatic injection device is provided, where the device includes a syringe carrier and a retraction assembly. The syringe carrier includes two identical parts that are discrete from one another and interlock with one another. The retraction assembly includes a shuttle and a follower, the follower having a moveable latch. The follower has a coupled configuration in which the latch is biasedly coupled to the shuttle, and a decoupled configuration in which the latch is in sliding engagement with a curvilinear surface of the shuttle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2020Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: William Godwin ATTERBURY, Joseph Daniel DENNIS, Jr., Brian Charles KELLEY, Mark LAFEVER, Steven Michael MADLAND, Andrew Thomas SNOW, Jessica Diane YOUNG
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Publication number: 20200222638Abstract: A device for removing a protective shield such as a needle shield is disclosed. The device includes a cup shaped body with a sidewall, a distal bottom wall and a proximal opening. The protective shield is insertable into the cup shaped body through its proximal opening. Fingers are disposed opposite each other in openings in the sidewall. The fingers are flexibly coupled with the sidewall at a proximal end of the finger and can be resiliently biased inwardly to engage the protective shield. Each finger includes at least one projection for engaging the protective shield. The fingers may also include a distal engagement surface for engaging a lip on the protective shield.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2018Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventors: Mark LAFEVER, Andrew Thomas SNOW
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Publication number: 20200030537Abstract: Processes and devices are disclosed for parenteral delivery of therapeutic fluids, in particular high-viscosity therapeutic fluids (e.g., protein therapeutics), by a chemical reaction that generates a gas. The device may include a first actuation chamber containing a first reagent, a second reaction chamber containing a second reagent, and a third therapeutic fluid chamber containing the therapeutic fluid. In a loaded configuration, a plunger separates the first chamber from the second chamber. In a delivery configuration, the plunger allows the first reagent from the first chamber to communicate and react with the second reagent from the second chamber. The generated gas acts upon a plunger to deliver the therapeutic fluid from the third chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2018Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: William Godwin ATTERBURY, Corrie Jo BENNISON, Robert Jonathan CAIN, Michael Funk CHIAPPETTA, Jeffrey LeClair ELLIS, David Arthur HOLLEY, Mark LAFEVER, Beverly Ann PIATT, John Paul TALLARICO
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Patent number: 10449343Abstract: This invention relates to a device, a system and a method for applying a volume of liquid to a treatment surface. The device includes a container for containing the liquid, a pump for extracting liquid from the container, an actuator for operating the pump, and a collapsible receptacle for accommodating extracted liquid.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2014Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: ACRUX DDS PTY LTDInventors: Shu Kuen Chang, Alain Regard, Anastasios G Karahalios, Mark LaFever
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Patent number: 10363377Abstract: A puller assembly for removing a shield from around a needle of a syringe. The puller assembly includes a grip component and a cap. The grip component has a tubular body defining an interior hollow which axially receives the shield. The tubular body has a slit that allows it to be forcibly shifted from a first arrangement to a second arrangement to change the size of the interior hollow. The tubular body includes a radial inner face with at least one radial inward projection for directly engaging the shield. The cap is grippable by a user. The grip component is held by the cap when inserted within a cavity of the cap during manufacturing installation, and when so held at least one radial inward projection of the grip component engages the shield for removal of the shield from around the needle when the cap is moved. A method of mounting a puller assembly to a shield around a needle is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2015Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Eli Lilly and CompanyInventors: William G. Atterbury, Eric Gustin Hassenpflug, Steven Michael Madland, Christopher Paul McKenzie, Mark Lafever
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Publication number: 20170354790Abstract: A puller assembly for removing a shield from around a needle of a syringe. The puller assembly includes a grip component and a cap. The grip component has a tubular body defining an interior hollow which axially receives the shield. The tubular body has a slit that allows it to be forcibly shifted from a first arrangement to a second arrangement to change the size of the interior hollow. The tubular body includes a radial inner face with at least one radial inward projection for directly engaging the shield. The cap is grippable by a user. The grip component is held by the cap when inserted within a cavity of the cap during manufacturing installation, and when so held at least one radial inward projection of the grip component engages the shield for removal of the shield from around the needle when the cap is moved. A method of mounting a puller assembly to a shield around a needle is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2015Publication date: December 14, 2017Inventors: William G. Atterbury, Eric Gustin Hassenpflug, Steven Michael Madland, Christopher Paul McKenzie, Mark Lafever
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Publication number: 20170157377Abstract: This invention relates to a device, a system and a method for applying a volume of liquid to a treatment surface. The device includes a container for containing the liquid, a pump for extracting liquid from the container, an actuator for operating the pump, and a collapsible receptacle for accommodating extracted liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2014Publication date: June 8, 2017Applicant: Acrux DDS Pty Ltd.Inventors: Shu Kuen Chang, Alain Regard, Anastasios G. Karahalios, Mark LaFever
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Publication number: 20170157378Abstract: This invention relates to a device, a system and a method for applying a volume of liquid to a treatment surface. The device includes a container for containing the liquid, a pump for extracting liquid from the container, an actuator for operating the pump, and a collapsible receptacle for accommodating extracted liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2014Publication date: June 8, 2017Applicant: ACRUX DDS PTY LTDInventors: Shu Kuen Chang, Alain Regard, Anastasios G. Karahalios, Mark LaFever
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Patent number: 6922881Abstract: The present invention is a system and method to install and remove continuous track drive units on vehicles, wherein the system contains two forcing discs connected hydraulically which mimic the shape of the vehicle end idlers. A hydraulically actuated telescopic separator is positioned between the forcing discs, such that the discs may be separated or brought together. The forcing discs are aligned with the vehicle idlers to allow the continuous track unit to be easily slipped onto the vehicle idlers from the forcing discs. Conversely, when removing continuous track drive units, the forcing discs are again aligned with the vehicle end idlers, and the track is slipped off the vehicle idlers and onto the forcing discs.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2002Date of Patent: August 2, 2005Inventor: Mark LaFevers
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Patent number: 6654994Abstract: The present invention relates to hoisting and handling systems and methods. The present invention is a system and method to facilitate the hoisting, positioning, installation and removal of continuous track drive units. Continuous track drive units are used as a means for propelling certain vehicles, such as farm tractors, construction machines and military vehicles. The present invention allows for simplified, efficient handling and transfer of continuous track drive units.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2001Date of Patent: December 2, 2003Inventor: Mark LaFevers
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Publication number: 20030159267Abstract: The present invention relates to hoisting and handling systems and methods. The present invention is a system and method to facilitate the hoisting, positioning, installation and removal of continuous track drive units. Continuous track drive units are used as a means for propelling certain vehicles, such as farm tractors, construction machines and military vehicles. The present invention allows for simplified, efficient handling and transfer of continuous track drive units.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2002Publication date: August 28, 2003Inventor: Mark LaFevers
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Patent number: D749225Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2013Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignee: ACRUX DDS PTY LTDInventors: Shu Kuen Chang, Alain Regard, Anastasios G. Karahalios, Mark LaFever
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Patent number: D750788Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2013Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: ACRUX DDS PTY LTDInventors: Shu Kuen Chang, Alain Regard, Anastasios G. Karahalios, Mark LaFever
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Patent number: D898900Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Eli Lilly and CompanyInventors: William Godwin Atterbury, Brian Charles Kelley, Mark Lafever, Steven Michael Madland, Jessica Diane Young