Patents by Inventor Markus Tschirren

Markus Tschirren 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).

  • Patent number: 10569019
    Abstract: Device for dispensing a substance having: a dispensing element through which the substance can be dispensed, a displaceable protective element for the dispensing element, a drive element that is coupled with the protective element and a feedback element which can generate a signal when or after a predefined quantity or the entire quantity of the substance to be dispensed has been dispensed characterized in that the feedback device is coupled with the drive element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: TecPharma Licensing AG
    Inventors: Jürg Hirschel, Markus Tschirren
  • Patent number: 10569025
    Abstract: An injection device for dosing and for releasing a defined dose of a liquid product includes: a threaded rod with a thread that includes teeth; a rotating sleeve with an engaging element that can engage with the teeth of the threaded rod; a guide sleeve having an engaging element that can engage with the teeth of the threaded rod; and a dosing sleeve arranged in an axially moveable manner in relation to the rotating sleeve and the guide sleeve, the dosing sleeve in a threaded engagement with the rotating sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: TecPharma Licensing AG
    Inventors: Markus Tschirren, Juerg Hirschel
  • Patent number: 10561799
    Abstract: A spring assembly for an administering device includes a driving spring configured as a spiral spring and a spring shaft. An inner end of the spring is rotationally fixedly attached to the spring shaft. A spring sleeve extends around the circumferential region of the spring, wherein the outer end of the spring is connected to the spring sleeve in a rotationally fixed manner and a disk-type spring-sleeve cover is attached to the spring sleeve or the spring shaft. The flange and the spring-sleeve cover extend radially away from an axis of the spring shaft and the flange is arranged near a distal end of the spring shaft. A radial stop is arranged on the flange periphery, and a blocking element is arranged on the spring sleeve to be complementary to the radial stop for releasably rotationally securing to each other when the blocking element and the radial stop engage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: TecPharma Licensing AG
    Inventors: Christian Schrul, Markus Tschirren, Susanne Schenker, Patrick Hostettler, Ursina Streit
  • Patent number: 10493212
    Abstract: An autoinjector comprises a housing, a product container, a displaceable needle protection sleeve, a plunger rod displaceable by a preloaded discharge spring, a dose setting element with at least two different rotational positions relative to the housing, and a dosing sleeve. The dosing sleeve or the plunger rod has a dose selection stop, and the other has at least one dosing stop. By rotating the dose setting element, the dosing sleeve or the plunger rod is rotated relative to the other. Upon displacement of the needle protection sleeve, the spring displaces the plunger rod, whereby, if the dose setting element is in the first rotational position, the dose selection stop and the first dosing stop strikes against each other, and, if the dose setting element is in the second rotational position, one of the dose selection stop and the first dosing stop is or can be moved past the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: TecPharma Licensing AG
    Inventors: Markus Tschirren, Christian Schrul, Jürg Hirschel
  • Publication number: 20190321557
    Abstract: A dosing device for an injection device, the dosing device including an actuating element for adjusting and/or dispensing a dose from the injection device, a thrust element for generating a forward movement for discharging a dose and a coupling to which the actuating element and the thrust element are coupled such that a rotational movement of the actuating element is transmitted directly to the thrust element and an axial movement of the actuating element is different than an axial movement of the thrust element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Stefan Burren, Jürg Hirschel, Samuel Martinoia, Ulrich Moser, Markus Tschirren
  • Publication number: 20190314577
    Abstract: An injection device for administering a substance, including a housing, a plunger rod which can be moved relative to the housing, at least one retaining element associated with the rod to hold the rod relative to the housing, and a displaceable locking sleeve which can be displaced relative to the housing from one position in which the sleeve holds the at least one retaining element in a retaining position to a second position in which the at least one retaining element is released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Jürg Hirschel, Ulrich Moser, Markus Tschirren, Patrick Vogt
  • Patent number: 10441729
    Abstract: An injection device for administering a liquid medicament includes a generally elongate housing, a syringe holder in which a syringe can be placed, said syringe containing a medication, a stop and a needle on the distal area thereof, a needle protection housing which is arranged so it can be moved axially on the housing and which protrudes at a certain distance from the distal end of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: TecPharma Licensing AG
    Inventors: Markus Tschirren, Jürg Hirschel, Marc Fiechter
  • Publication number: 20190290849
    Abstract: An autoinjector for dispensing a liquid product includes a housing; a product container arranged in the housing, particularly, a syringe comprising a displaceable piston; a drive member; a first spring which acts on the drive member and the piston to dispense the product from the container; signal element releasably axially coupled with the drive member so that the signal element is transported in the dispensing direction as said drive member is displaced; and a second spring, which exerts a spring force on the signal element against the dispensing direction and is tensioned as the signal element is transported in the dispensing direction. When the signal element is released or detached from the axial coupling, the second spring causes the signal element to accelerate opposite the dispensing direction and strike against a signal stop and generate an acoustic and/or tactile signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Jürg Hirschel, Markus Tschirren, Ulrich Moser, Ursina Streit
  • Patent number: 10376641
    Abstract: An injection device for administering a substance, including a housing, a plunger rod which can be moved relative to the housing, at least one retaining element associated with the rod to hold the rod relative to the housing, and a displaceable locking sleeve which can be displaced relative to the housing from one position in which the sleeve holds the at least one retaining element in a retaining position to a second position in which the at least one retaining element is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: TecPharma Licensing AG
    Inventors: Jürg Hirschel, Ulrich Moser, Markus Tschirren, Patrick Vogt
  • Patent number: 10350359
    Abstract: A dosing device for an injection device, the dosing device including an actuating element for adjusting and/or dispensing a dose from the injection device, a thrust element for generating a forward movement for discharging a dose and a coupling to which the actuating element and the thrust element are coupled such that a rotational movement of the actuating element is transmitted directly to the thrust element and an axial movement of the actuating element is different than an axial movement of the thrust element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: TecPharma Licensing AG
    Inventors: Stefan Burren, Jürg Hirschel, Samuel Martinoia, Ulrich Moser, Markus Tschirren
  • Patent number: 10350356
    Abstract: An autoinjector for dispensing a liquid product includes a housing; a product container arranged in the housing, particularly, a syringe comprising a displaceable piston; a drive member; a first spring which acts on the drive member and the piston to dispense the product from the container; a signal element releasably axially coupled with the drive member so that the signal element is transported in the dispensing direction as the drive member is displaced; and a second spring, which exerts a spring force on the signal element against the dispensing direction and is tensioned as the signal element is transported in the dispensing direction. When the signal element is released or detached from the axial coupling, the second spring causes the signal element to accelerate opposite the dispensing direction and strike against a signal stop and generate an acoustic and/or tactile signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: TecPharma Licensing AG
    Inventors: Jürg Hirschel, Markus Tschirren, Ulrich Moser, Ursina Streit
  • Publication number: 20190209786
    Abstract: The invention relates to a detachable needle protection cap for injection devices and to a method for producing same. The detachable needle protection cap comprises a housing and at least two shell parts which can be attached to an outer surface of the housing, the shell parts being fastened to an outer surface of the housing. The shell parts can mutually prevent removal of the shell parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Markus Tschirren, Ulrich Moser, Marc Fiechter, Urs Kloetzli, Felix Groetzbach
  • Publication number: 20190151564
    Abstract: An injection device includes a product container having an injection needle, a needle protection cap detachably secured to the product container surrounds the injection needle and seals same in a sterile manner. A cap is connected to the needle protection cap, via a remover element having an engaging element, in such a way that the removal of the cap from the injection device brings about the removal of the needle protection cap from the product container, where the engaging element is in an engaging position in relation to the needle protection cap, where in the engaging position, a section of the needle protection cap is arranged distally in line with the engaging element, characterized in that the cap and the engaging element are coupled in such a way that the cap is or can be moved relative to the engaging element during the removal from the injection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Christian Schrul, Markus Tschirren, Markus Hunziker
  • Publication number: 20190151561
    Abstract: An injection device for distributing a liquid product, in particular a medicament, includes: a) a housing with a longitudinal axis (L) and a product container, in particular a syringe, provided in the housing, the product container including a displaceable plunger, where the plunger can be displaced along the longitudinal axis (L) in a distal direction using a propulsion member to distribute the product contained in the product container; b) a cover cap which is mounted on the distal end of the housing and which can be removed from the housing; and c) a mechanism which prevents the cover cap from being remounted on the distal end of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Mario Bernhard, Markus Tschirren, Tashi-Panso Tsching
  • Publication number: 20190151565
    Abstract: An injection device comprising a cap for removing a needle protection cap from a product container, and a method for assembling an injection device. The cap comprises an engaging element for removing the needle protection cap from the product container when the cap is removed from the injection device. The engaging element can be deformed in such a way that the engaging element can be moved from a distanced position, in which the engaging element is radially distanced from the needle protection cap, into an engagement position, in which the engaging element engages with the needle protection cap, with the engaging element being deformed when the cap is removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Felix Groetzbach, Markus Tschirren, Stefan Burren, Urs Kloetzli, Peter Stettler, Benjamin Loretz
  • Publication number: 20190134315
    Abstract: An injection device provides a casing which accommodates or forms a reservoir for a liquid drug; a plunger rod which can move relative to the casing in an axially forward direction to deliver the drug; a dosing means which can move in the forward direction relative to the casing to prime the reservoir and which can rotate relative to the casing for selecting a dose to be injected, wherein rotation of the dosing means relative to the casing is prevented until a priming operation for priming the reservoir is completed; d)wherein the dosing means comprises a dosing control means which is configured to enable rotation of the dosing means at the end of the priming stroke for selecting the dose and to prevent a rotation of the dosing means back into the position which the dosing means had at the end of the priming stroke relative to the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Ulrich Moser, Jürg Hirschel, Markus Tschirren, Philipp Wälchli, Peter Stettler, Patrick Sackermann, Christian Schrul, Martin Berger, Nicolas Binggeli
  • Patent number: 10201659
    Abstract: An administration device comprises a container and a mixing device for mixing an active substance (in a first chamber) with a dilution liquid (in a second chamber). The container has a membrane seal at one end and is combined with a mixing device for mixing the active substance. The administration device has an injection needle unit with a distal needle portion facing away from the container for piercing the skin, and disposed opposite thereto is a proximal needle portion facing the membrane when the administration device is in the initial position, which is thrust through the membrane into the container in a mixing position. The administration device includes a protective sleeve arranged coaxially about the injection needle, movable from the initial position only in the proximal direction relative to the container. The protective sleeve can be non-rotatably connected to the container in the mixing position and rotated relative to the mixing device to perform mixing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: TecPharma Licensing AG
    Inventors: Nadine Kaufmann, Jürg Hirschel, Markus Tschirren
  • Patent number: 10149945
    Abstract: An injection device provides a casing which accommodates or forms a reservoir for a liquid drug; a plunger rod which can move relative to the casing in an axially forward direction to deliver the drug; and a dosing means which can move in the forward direction relative to the casing to prime the reservoir and which can rotate relative to the casing for selecting a dose to be injected. Rotation of the dosing means relative to the casing is prevented until a priming operation for priming the reservoir is completed. The dosing means comprises a dosing control means which is configured to enable rotation of the dosing means at the end of the priming stroke for selecting the dose and to prevent a rotation of the dosing means back into the position which the dosing means had at the end of the priming stroke relative to the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: TECPHARMA LICENSING AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Moser, Jürg Hirschel, Markus Tschirren, Philipp Wälchli, Peter Stettler, Patrick Sackermann, Christian Schrul, Martin Berger, Nicolas Binggeli
  • Publication number: 20180169346
    Abstract: The invention relates to an autoinjector for dispensing a liquid product, in particular a highly viscous medication, comprising: a housing, a product container, which is arranged in the housing and has a slidable piston, wherein the piston can be slid in a dispensing direction in order to dispense the product contained in the product container, a forward drive element, which acts on the piston as the product is being dispensed, a first spring, which is preloaded such that the product can be dispensed from the product container by the sliding of the forward drive element and the piston, and a rotation element, which is operatively coupled to the forward drive element, wherein the first spring acts on the rotation element in such a way that the rotation element is set into rotation in order to dispense the product, wherein the rotation element or the forward drive element has a thread having a variable pitch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Patrick Hostettler, Markus Tschirren
  • Publication number: 20180110926
    Abstract: A spring assembly for an administering device includes a driving spring configured as a spiral spring and a spring shaft. An inner end of the spring is rotationally fixedly attached to the spring shaft. A spring sleeve extends around the circumferential region of the spring, wherein the outer end of the spring is connected to the spring sleeve in a rotationally fixed manner and a disk-type spring-sleeve cover is attached to the spring sleeve or the spring shaft. The flange and the spring-sleeve cover extend radially away from an axis of the spring shaft and the flange is arranged near a distal end of the spring shaft. A radial stop is arranged on the flange periphery, and a blocking element is arranged on the spring sleeve to be complementary to the radial stop for releasably rotationally securing to each other when the blocking element and the radial stop engage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Christian Schrul, Markus Tschirren, Susanne Schenker, Patrick Hostettler, Ursina Streit