Patents by Inventor Patrick SCHAFFNER

Patrick SCHAFFNER 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).

  • Packaging line for pre-filled syringes and automated packaging process
    Patent number: 11465794
    Abstract: A packaging line implemented for packaging a pre-filled syringe is disclosed having a NSD mounting station, a PFS delivery arrangement adapted to automatically deliver a pre-filled syringe to the NSD mounting station, and a NSD delivery arrangement adapted to automatically deliver a needle safety device to the NSD mounting station. The NSD mounting station is arranged to automatically assemble the needle safety device to the pre-filled syringe. A NSD visual inspection station is adapted to automatically identify a pre-filled syringe with an unfit needle safety device and to automatically eliminate the identified pre-filled syringe from the packaging line. A re-insertion station is further provided to receive a pre-filled syringe with a needle safety device and to automatically feed the received pre-filled syringe, preferably from a rejected secondary packaging, back into the packaging line, after the NSD mounting station and before the NSD visual inspection station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignees: HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC.
    Inventors: Patrick Schaffner, Marcel Felder, Jürg Käser, Reto Meier, Jürg Mahler, Wolfgang Emmert
  • PACKAGING LINE FOR PRE-FILLED SYRINGES AND AUTOMATED PACKAGING PROCESS
    Publication number: 20200339296
    Abstract: A packaging line implemented for packaging a pre-filled syringe is disclosed having a NSD mounting station, a PFS delivery arrangement adapted to automatically deliver a pre-filled syringe to the NSD mounting station, and a NSD delivery arrangement adapted to automatically deliver a needle safety device to the NSD mounting station. The NSD mounting station is arranged to automatically assemble the needle safety device to the pre-filled syringe. A NSD visual inspection station is adapted to automatically identify a pre-filled syringe with an unfit needle safety device and to automatically eliminate the identified pre-filled syringe from the packaging line. A re-insertion station is further provided to receive a pre-filled syringe with a needle safety device and to automatically feed the received pre-filled syringe, preferably from a rejected secondary packaging, back into the packaging line, after the NSD mounting station and before the NSD visual inspection station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Patrick SCHAFFNER, Marcel FELDER, Jürg KÄSER, Reto MEIER, Jürg MAHLER, Wolfgang EMMERT
  • Packaging box
    Patent number: D972409
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Inventors: Ralph Lovis, Dirk Gläser, Sabrina Bras Da Costa, Maximilian Dörr, Katrin Isabelle Baldrich, Irena Burmeister, Andreas Rubez, Daniel Faulstich, Patrick Schaffner, Thomas Bauer