Patents by Inventor Michael N. Eakins
Michael N. Eakins 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: 6942643Abstract: A prefilled syringe of cartridge barrel having a tamper evident closure. Tamper evidence is provided by: a frangible tip seal which is integral with the tapered tip of the barrel; a frangible tip cap covering the tip, the tip seal and a portion of the distal end of the barrel; and an overwrap covering the frangible tip cap and the distal end of the barrel sealed to the distal end of the barrel by a tamper evident seal. The tapered tip is optionally equipped with a luer collar to receive an external luer connector. Alternatively, the tapered tip can be provided with a bore therethrough which can be closed with an elastomeric plug and the external connector can be a tubing conduit.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2004Date of Patent: September 13, 2005Assignee: Bracco Diagnostics Inc.Inventors: Michael N. Eakins, Ernest Balestracci, Ernst Schramm, John J. Niedospial, Jr.
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Patent number: 6846303Abstract: A prefilled syringe of cartridge barrel having a tamper evident closure. Tamper evidence is provided by: a frangible tip seal which is integral with the tapered tip of the barrel; a frangible tip cap covering the tip, the tip seal and a portion of the distal end of the barrel; and an overwrap covering the frangible tip cap and the distal end of the barrel sealed to the distal end of the barrel by a tamper evident seal. The tapered tip is optionally equipped with a luer collar to receive an external luer connector. Alternatively, the tapered tip can be provided with a bore therethrough which can be closed with an elastomeric plug and the external connector can be a tubing conduit.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2004Date of Patent: January 25, 2005Assignee: Bracco Diagnostics Inc.Inventors: Michael N. Eakins, Ernest Balestracci, Ernst Schramm, John J. Niedospial Jr.
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Publication number: 20040159564Abstract: A prefilled syringe of cartridge barrel having a tamper evident closure. Tamper evidence is provided by: a frangible tip seal which is integral with the tapered tip of the barrel; a frangible tip cap covering the tip, the tip seal and a portion of the distal end of the barrel; and an overwrap covering the frangible tip cap and the distal end of the barrel sealed to the distal end of the barrel by a tamper evident seal. The tapered tip is optionally equipped with a luer collar to receive an external luer connector. Alternatively, the tapered tip can be provided with a bore therethrough which can be closed with an elastomeric plug and the external connector can be a tubing conduit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2004Publication date: August 19, 2004Inventors: Michael N. Eakins, Ernest Balestracci, Ernst Schramm, John J. Niedospial
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Patent number: 6726652Abstract: A prefilled syringe of cartridge barrel having a tamper evident closure. Tamper evidence is provided by: a frangible tip seal which is integral with the tapered tip of the barrel; a frangible tip cap covering the tip, the tip seal and a portion of the distal end of the barrel; and an overwrap covering the frangible tip cap and the distal end of the barrel sealed to the distal end of the barrel by a tamper evident seal. The tapered tip is optionally equipped with a luer collar to receive an external luer connector. Alternatively, the tapered tip can be provided with a bore therethrough which can be closed with an elastomeric plug and the external connector can be a tubing conduit.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2002Date of Patent: April 27, 2004Assignee: Bracco Diagnostics, Inc.Inventors: Michael N. Eakins, Ernest Balestracci, Ernst Schramm, John J. Niedospial, Jr.
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Publication number: 20030032923Abstract: A prefilled syringe of cartridge barrel having a tamper evident closure. Tamper evidence is provided by: a frangible tip seal which is integral with the tapered tip of the barrel; a frangible tip cap covering the tip, the tip seal and a portion of the distal end of the barrel; and an overwrap covering the frangible tip cap and the distal end of the barrel sealed to the distal end of the barrel by a tamper evident seal. The tapered tip is optionally equipped with a luer collar to receive an external luer connector Alternatively, the tapered tip can be provided with a bore therethrough which can be closed with an elastomeric plug and the external connector can be a tubing conduit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2002Publication date: February 13, 2003Inventors: Michael N. Eakins, Ernest Balestracci, Ernst Schramm, John J. Niedospial
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Patent number: 6503240Abstract: A vial access adapter for withdrawal of a medical fluid contained in a vial which includes a vial access adapter body having a circular top wall with a plurality of vent holes, a circular second wall spaced from the top wall, and a cylindrical side wall which walls define a chamber for holding an anti-bacterial filter. A first spike centrally located in the vial access adapter body extends through the top wall, chamber, and bottom wall, with one end extending above the top wall terminating in a threaded luer connector, while the other end terminates in a sharp point. A flow channel extends through the first spike designed for withdrawal of the medical fluid from the vial. A second spike positioned parallel to the first spike and is integral with the first spike extends from the second wall, one end of which extends into the chamber, and the other end terminates in a sharp point co-joined with the sharp point of the first spike.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2000Date of Patent: January 7, 2003Assignee: Brocco Diagnostics, Inc.Inventors: John J. Niedospial, Jr., Jacqueline M. Kline, Michael N. Eakins, Ernest Balestracci
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Patent number: 6485460Abstract: A prefilled syringe of cartridge barrel having a tamper evident closure. Tamper evidence is provided by: a frangible tip seal which is integral with the tapered tip of the barrel; a frangible tip cap covering the tip, the tip seal and a portion of the distal end of the barrel; and an overwrap covering the frangible tip cap and the distal end of the barrel sealed to the distal end of the barrel by a tamper evident seal. The tapered tip is optionally equipped with a luer collar to receive an external luer connector. Alternatively, the tapered tip can be provided with a bore therethrough which can be closed with an elastomeric plug and the external connector can be a tubing conduit.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2001Date of Patent: November 26, 2002Assignee: Bracco Diagnostics, Inc.Inventors: Michael N. Eakins, Ernest Balestracci, Ernst Schramm, John J. Niedospial, Jr.
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Publication number: 20020133119Abstract: A prefilled syringe of cartridge barrel having a tamper evident closure. Tamper evidence is provided by: a frangible tip seal which is integral with the tapered tip of the barrel; a frangible tip cap covering the tip, the tip seal and a portion of the distal end of the barrel; and an overwrap covering the frangible tip cap and the distal end of the barrel sealed to the distal end of the barrel by a tamper evident seal. The tapered tip is optionally equipped with a luer collar to receive an external luer connector. Alternatively, the tapered tip can be provided with a bore therethrough which can be closed with an elastomeric plug and the external connector can be a tubing conduit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2001Publication date: September 19, 2002Inventors: Michael N. Eakins, Ernest Balestracci, Ernst Schramm, John J. Niedospial JR.
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Patent number: 6031376Abstract: Devices, and a method for the use thereof, for the standardization of signal intensity in the formation of magnetic resonance images of the human body, said devices including one or more straight, bent or flexible closed tubes with an external diameter not greater than 3 cm, an internal diameter of not less than 0.2 cm and a length of not less than 8 cm, made of susbtantially diamagnetic material, other than glass, preferably a plastic material, particularly polyvinyl chloride, each of them being filled with aqueous solutions or gels containing paramagnetic components, said tubes being kept close to the body either by means of the positioning devices of the body to which they are fixed permanently or temporarily, or by fixings which, on one side, can be fixed to the human body and on the other keep the tubes in the required positior.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 1997Date of Patent: February 29, 2000Assignee: Dibra S.p.A.Inventors: Angelo Gallotti, Christoph De Haen, Anne Marie Smith, Michael N. Eakins, Julius P. Zodda
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Patent number: 5738671Abstract: Flexible container, for containment and delivery of medical fluids, having a 5.degree. to 45.degree. angel form the center of its bottom towards its side, and at least one embossed interior wall to facilitate fluid delivery to an access port.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 1996Date of Patent: April 14, 1998Assignee: Bracco Diagnostics Inc.Inventors: John J. Niedospial, Jr., Rebecca V. Fisher, Lawrence Callan, Irene K. Ropiak, Charles R. Quirico, Fred E. Snyder, Michael N. Eakins, Julius P. Zodda
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Patent number: D385029Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 1996Date of Patent: October 14, 1997Assignee: Bracco Diagnostics, Inc.Inventors: Lawrence Callan, John J. Niedospial, Jr., Michael N. Eakins