Patents by Inventor Michael Duane Garten

Michael Duane Garten 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).

  • Dry powder inhalers, related blister package indexing and opening mechanisms, and associated methods of dispensing dry powder substances
    Patent number: 7451761
    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: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Oriel Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony James Hickey, Timothy Crowder, Jeffrey Alan Warden, Keith Arthur Johnson, Mark Ennis Ketner, Jay Kinsley Fording, Michael Duane Garten, William Myles Riley, Sean Derek Anderson, Bruce Seymour Ferris, Paul Gilbert Rockwell
  • BLISTER PACKAGES WITH FRAMES FOR DRY POWDER DRUG CONTAINMENT
    Publication number: 20080197044
    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: April 25, 2008
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: Oriel Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony James Hickey, Timothy Crowder, Jeffrey Alan Warden, Keith Arthur Johnson, Mark Ennis Ketner, Jay Kinsley Fording, Michael Duane Garten, William Myles Riley, Sean Derek Anderson, Bruce Seymour Ferris, Paul Gilbert Rockwell
  • Blister packages with frames and associated methods of fabricating dry powder drug containment systems
    Patent number: 7377277
    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: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Oriel Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony James Hickey, Timothy Crowder, Jeffrey Alan Warden, Keith Arthur Johnson, Mark Ennis Ketner, Jay Kinsley Fording, Michael Duane Garten, William Myles Riley, Sean Derek Anderson, Bruce Seymour Ferris, Paul Gilbert Rockwell