Patents by Inventor Niels-Aage Hansen

Niels-Aage Hansen 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).

  • Publication number: 20090036867
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a medication delivery device comprising pump means and a reservoir adapted for containing a medicament. The pump means is adapted to transfer the medicament from the reservoir to an outlet arrangement, said outlet arrangement being adapted to be operatively connected to an associated hypodermic needle. The pumps means is adapted to deliver a set dose of medicament during one or more pump strokes, wherein the stroke volume(s) of said one or more pump strokes is variable. The present invention further relates to a method for adjusting stroke volumes to a set dose of medicament.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2007
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventors: Kristian Glejboel, Frank Daniel Mersebach, Michael Hansen Svendsmark, Niels-Aage Hansen, Lasse Hansen
  • Patent number: 6537252
    Abstract: An automatic needle insertion device for a pen shaped syringe comprising a cartridge holder (2) wherein a cartridge with a drug can be accommodated, and a dose setting and injection part (1) by which a wanted dose may be set an subsequently pressed out from the cartridge by pressing a button (12) projecting from the dose setting and injection part (1). The device comprises a mainly tubular housing (31) in which a tubular pen holder (22) in which a pen can be mounted can be axially displaced in a proximal direction to cock a spring (30) which can thereafter be released to drive the pen holder (22) with the pen a set distance in a distal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: Noro Nordisk A/S
    Inventor: Niels-Aage Hansen
  • Patent number: 5980491
    Abstract: An automatic needle insertion device for a pen shaped syringe comprising a cartridge holder (2) wherein a cartridge with a drug can be accommodated, and a dose setting and injection part (1) by which a wanted dose may be set an subsequently pressed out from the cartridge by pressing a button (12) projecting from the dose setting and injection part (1). The device comprises a mainly tubular housing (31) in which a tubular pen holder (22) in which a pen can be mounted can be axially displaced in a proximal direction to cock a spring (30) which can thereafter be released to drive the pen holder (22) with the pen a set distance in a distal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventor: Niels-Aage Hansen