Patents by Inventor Michael Casper
Michael Casper 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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Publication number: 20200384213Abstract: Described is a medicament delivery device comprising a case adapted to hold a container with a medicament and having a needle, a needle sleeve telescopically coupled to the case and having a first extended position relative to the case in which the needle is covered, a retracted position relative to the case in which the needle is exposed, and a second extended position relative to the case in which the needle is covered, a first indicia disposed on the needle sleeve which is visible in the first extended position and the second extended position, and a second indicia disposed on the needle sleeve and not visible in the first extended position and visible the second extended position.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2020Publication date: December 10, 2020Inventors: Stephan Riedel, Steffen Raab, Kerstine Hemmann, Michael Caspers, Katja Hoerhold, Daniel Kerkow
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Publication number: 20200384214Abstract: Described is a medicament delivery device comprising a case adapted to hold a container with a medicament and having a needle, a needle sleeve telescopically coupled to the case and having a first extended position relative to the case in which the needle is covered, a retracted position relative to the case in which the needle is exposed, and a second extended position relative to the case in which the needle is covered, a first indicia disposed on the needle sleeve which is visible in the first extended position and the second extended position, and a second indicia disposed on the needle sleeve and not visible in the first extended position and visible the second extended position.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2020Publication date: December 10, 2020Inventors: Stephan Riedel, Steffen Raab, Kerstine Hemmann, Michael Caspers, Katja Hoerhold, Daniel Kerkow
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Patent number: 10850028Abstract: A skin attachable drug injection device (1), comprising an accelerometer (26) able to detect the user tapping against the housing (2) of the device and to generate an electrical signal to the device controller (16), which recognizes the signal as a user request for information regarding the ongoing delivery of the medicament, and a transmitter (30) which in response wirelessly transmits said information (e.g. the expected remaining during of the injection) to a separate portable user device having a display (e.g. mobile phone). A user carrying the injection device under clothing can thus receive feedback about the status of the injection in a discreet way.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2015Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: SanofiInventor: Michael Caspers
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Patent number: 10773033Abstract: Described is a medicament delivery device comprising a case adapted to hold a container with a medicament and having a needle, a needle sleeve telescopically coupled to the case and having a first extended position relative to the case in which the needle is covered, a retracted position relative to the case in which the needle is exposed, and a second extended position relative to the case in which the needle is covered, a first indicia disposed on the needle sleeve which is visible in the first extended position and the second extended position, and a second indicia disposed on the needle sleeve and not visible in the first extended position and visible the second extended position.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Stephan Riedel, Steffen Raab, Kerstine Hemmann, Michael Caspers, Katja Hoerhold, Daniel Kerkow
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Publication number: 20200240677Abstract: A system for cooling a hermetic motor includes a motor cooling refrigerant flow path configured to direct refrigerant from a condenser disposed along a refrigerant loop to a hermetic motor, and from the hermetic motor back to the refrigerant loop, and a housing of the hermetic motor disposed along the motor cooling refrigerant flow path and configured to receive the refrigerant from the condenser, wherein the housing of the hermetic motor comprises an annulus surrounding at least a portion of a stator of the hermetic motor, and wherein the annulus comprises a plurality of openings configured to direct refrigerant toward the stator and into a cavity of the housing of the hermetic motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2018Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Katelynn Louise Crissman, Ian Michael Casper, David Andrew Bradshaw, Matthew Lee Heisey, Tyler Alexander Wolgemuth, Paul William Snell
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Patent number: 10668227Abstract: A medicament delivery device including at least one contact sensor configured to output a signal representing a state of partial detachment of the device from an injection site, and an alert output module configured to output an alert based on the signal received from the at least one contact sensor.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2015Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: SanofiInventor: Michael Caspers
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Patent number: 10549034Abstract: An apparatus for automatic ejection of a fluid includes a drive train for automatically ejecting the fluid from a fluid reservoir through an ejection channel, and a control unit for controlling the apparatus. The control unit is configured to detect failures of drive train actuation steps, during which the drive train is actuated for priming or fluid dose ejection. The control unit is further configured to control the apparatus as a function of an actuation step failure number. The actuation step failure number is the number of failed drive train actuation steps since the last successful drive train actuation step.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2014Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Ilona Eggert, Michael Caspers, Muriel Didier
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Patent number: 10458687Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&R) system that includes a refrigerant loop, a compressor disposed along the refrigerant loop and configured to circulate refrigerant through the refrigerant loop, and an evaporator disposed along the refrigerant loop and configured to place the refrigerant in thermal communication with a cooling fluid, where the refrigerant surrounds a tube bundle disposed in the evaporator, the tube bundle is configured to flow the cooling fluid, and the evaporator has a height based at least on a target height of a liquid level of refrigerant in the evaporator, the evaporator includes a discharge configured to direct the vapor refrigerant from the evaporator to an inlet of the compressor, and an interface between the discharge and the inlet is without a bend.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2017Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Jay A. Kohler, Patrick Christian Marks, Ian Michael Casper, Kurt Devlin
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Publication number: 20190247592Abstract: The technical problem of the present invention to provide a medical device, which exhibits an increased safety of the device and facilitates a safe use is solved by medical device for delivering at least one drug agent, comprising a sensor, a control unit and an attachable dispense assembly, wherein the sensor is configured to detect attachment of the dispense assembly to the medical device, wherein the control unit is configured to determine at least based on a signal from the sensor whether the end of life of the dispense assembly is reached and wherein the medical device is configured to indicate the end of life of the dispense assembly. The technical problem is further solved by a method according to the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Inventors: Michael Caspers, Ilona Eggert
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Patent number: 10293119Abstract: The technical problem of the present invention to provide a medical device, which exhibits an increased safety of the device and facilitates a safe use is solved by medical device for delivering at least one drug agent, comprising a sensor, a control unit and an attachable dispense assembly, wherein the sensor is configured to detect attachment of the dispense assembly to the medical device, wherein the control unit is configured to determine at least based on a signal from the sensor whether the end of life of the dispense assembly is reached and wherein the medical device is configured to indicate the end of life of the dispense assembly. The technical problem is further solved by a method according to the invention.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2013Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbHInventors: Michael Caspers, Ilona Eggert
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Publication number: 20190128578Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&R) system that includes a refrigerant loop, a compressor disposed along the refrigerant loop and configured to circulate refrigerant through the refrigerant loop, a heat exchanger disposed along the refrigerant loop and configured to place the refrigerant in thermal communication with a cooling fluid flowing through tubes of a tube bundle within the heat exchanger, an inlet of the heat exchanger configured to direct the refrigerant into the heat exchanger, a trough of the heat exchanger configured to receive the refrigerant from the inlet, and a perforated baffle of the heat exchanger disposed downstream of the trough and configured to direct the refrigerant from the trough over the tubes of the tube bundle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2018Publication date: May 2, 2019Inventors: Jay A. Kohler, Patrick Christian Marks, Ian Michael Casper, Kurt Devlin
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Patent number: 10215444Abstract: A heat exchanger is provided with stacked coil sections. Each of the stacked coil sections is configured to circulate a fluid independent from the other coil section. An air moving device is used to circulate air through both of the stacked coil sections. The stacked coil sections are positioned to have the air exiting the one coil section entering the other coil section.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2018Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: William L. Kopko, Mustafa Kemal Yanik, Michael Lee Buckley, Glenn Eugene Nickey, Ian Michael Casper
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Publication number: 20190046740Abstract: Described is a medicament delivery device comprising a case adapted to hold a container with a medicament and having a needle, a needle sleeve telescopically coupled to the case and having a first extended position relative to the case in which the needle is covered, a retracted position relative to the case in which the needle is exposed, and a second extended position relative to the case in which the needle is covered, a first indicia disposed on the needle sleeve which is visible in the first extended position and the second extended position, and a second indicia disposed on the needle sleeve and not visible in the first extended position and visible the second extended position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2018Publication date: February 14, 2019Inventors: Stephan Riedel, Steffen Raab, Kerstine Hemmann, Michael Caspers, Katja Hoerhold, Daniel Kerkow
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Patent number: 10173017Abstract: Described is a medicament delivery device (100, 200) comprising a case (105, 205) adapted to hold a container with a medicament and having a needle (300), a needle sleeve (120, 220) telescopically coupled to the case (105, 205) and having a first extended position relative to the case (105, 205) in which the needle (300) is covered, a retracted position relative to the case (105, 205) in which the needle (300) is exposed, and a second extended position relative to the case (105, 205) in which the needle is covered, a first indicia (125, 225) disposed on the needle sleeve (120, 220) which is visible in the first extended position and the second extended position, and a second indicia (130, 230) disposed on the needle sleeve (120, 220) and not visible in the first extended position and visible the second extended position.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2013Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Stephan Riedel, Steffen Raab, Kerstine Hemmann, Michael Caspers, Katja Hoerhold, Daniel Kerkow
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Patent number: 10088208Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&R) system that includes a refrigerant loop, a compressor disposed along the refrigerant loop and configured to circulate refrigerant through the refrigerant loop, a heat exchanger disposed along the refrigerant loop and configured to place the refrigerant in thermal communication with a cooling fluid flowing through tubes of a tube bundle within the heat exchanger, an inlet of the heat exchanger configured to direct the refrigerant into the heat exchanger, a trough of the heat exchanger configured to receive the refrigerant from the inlet, and a perforated baffle of the heat exchanger disposed downstream of the trough and configured to direct the refrigerant from the trough over the tubes of the tube bundle.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2017Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Jay A. Kohler, Patrick Christian Marks, Ian Michael Casper, Kurt Devlin
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Publication number: 20180278492Abstract: A client device (e.g., smart phone) submits scroll log data to a server. The scroll log data comprises time stamps of load start events, load end events and lag events. The server then computes a performance value using the scroll log data and, responsive to the performance value, adjusts a first scroll parameter for use by client devices. The server also transmits the adjusted first scroll parameter to the client device for use in a graphical user interface scroll on an application executing on the client device. The server then transmits data to the client device in response to the client device's use of the adjusted first scroll parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2017Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: Michael CASPER, James V. CLEMENTS, Ryan D. HELMOSKI, Naijun YANG
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Patent number: 10084664Abstract: A client device (e.g., smart phone) submits scroll log data to a server. The scroll log data comprises time stamps of load start events, load end events and lag events. The server then computes a performance value using the scroll log data and, responsive to the performance value, adjusts a first scroll parameter for use by client devices. The server also transmits the adjusted first scroll parameter to the client device for use in a graphical user interface scroll on an application executing on the client device. The server then transmits data to the client device in response to the client device's use of the adjusted first scroll parameter.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2017Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Michael Casper, James V. Clements, Ryan D. Helmoski, Naijun Yang
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Publication number: 20180156492Abstract: A heat exchanger is provided with stacked coil sections. Each of the stacked coil sections is configured to circulate a fluid independent from the other coil section. An air moving device is used to circulate air through both of the stacked coil sections. The stacked coil sections are positioned to have the air exiting the one coil section entering the other coil section.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2018Publication date: June 7, 2018Inventors: William L. Kopko, Mustafa Kemal Yanik, Michael Lee Buckley, Glenn Eugene Nickey, Ian Michael Casper
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Publication number: 20180078717Abstract: A method and system for detecting a limit of use of a medical device is disclosed. The method includes starting a timer of a medical device when said medical device is used for the first time, detecting the limit of use of the medical device and indicating the limit of use of the medical device. The limit of use is reached when at least one of a first criterion and a second criterion is met, wherein the first criterion is that the timer reaches or exceeds a time limit and wherein the second criterion is that at least one operation of a drive train of said medical device reaches or exceeds a limit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2017Publication date: March 22, 2018Inventors: Ilona Eggert, Michael Caspers, Richard James Vincent Avery, Shane Alistair Day
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Patent number: 9869487Abstract: A heat exchanger is provided with stacked coil sections. Each of the stacked coil sections is configured to circulate a fluid independent from the other coil section. An air moving device is used to circulate air through both of the stacked coil sections. The stacked coil sections are positioned to have the air exiting the one coil section entering the other coil section.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2011Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Glenn Eugene Nickey, Ian Michael Casper, William L. Kopko, Michael Lee Buckley, Mustafa Kemal Yanik