Patents by Inventor Martina Benzing

Martina Benzing 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: 8465441
    Abstract: A cannula introducing device comprises an elongate body (10) having a needle (12) projecting from a front end, an operating element (24) for displacement longitudinally of the body (10), a plunger (16) disposed at the front end of the body (10), and a coupling means (18), such as a flexible wire, coupling the operating element (24) and the plunger (16), arranged so that retraction of the operating element (24) serves to advance the plunger (16) over the needle (12) and so advance the cannula (30) which is disposed over the needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Inventors: Kadiyali Madhava Srivatsa, Martina Benzing
  • Publication number: 20120004574
    Abstract: A cannula introducing device comprises an elongate body (10) having a needle (12) projecting from a front end, an operating element (24) for displacement longitudinally of the body (10), a plunger (16) disposed at the front end of the body (10), and a coupling means (18), such as a flexible wire, coupling the operating element (24) and the plunger (16), arranged so that retraction of the operating element (24) serves to advance the plunger (16) over the needle (12) and so advance the cannula (30) which is disposed over the needle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Inventors: Kadiyali Madhava Srivatsa, Martina Benzing
  • Publication number: 20090216153
    Abstract: A cannula introducing device comprises an elongate body (10) having a needle (12) projecting from a front end, an operating element (24) for displacement longitudinally of the body (10), a plunger (16) disposed at the front end of the body (10), and a coupling means (18), such as a flexible wire, coupling the operating element (24) and the plunger (16), arranged so that retraction of the operating element (24) serves to advance the plunger (16) over the needle (12) and so advance the cannula (30) which is disposed over the needle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2006
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Inventors: Kadiyali Madhava Srivatsa, Martina Benzing