Patents by Inventor Peter Skutnik
Peter Skutnik 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: 20230398288Abstract: An infusion set, patch pump, or elements thereof, having an exemplary catheter (14) provided with one or more channels, grooves and coatings (24, 34, 44), configured and arranged to provide a degree of strength and flexibility. The catheter (14) can also have an exemplary flexible union with the hub (12) having at least one of a ball-and-socket joint (66, 68), a sliding plate (86), and a flexible bushing (106), and which is sealed to allow even further movement of the catheter (14) while preventing leakage of medication through the junction. In doing so, a number of benefits associated with the use of rigid materials in catheter construction can be provided while at the same time, benefits associated with the use of flexible materials in catheter construction and/or flexible engagement with the hub can also be provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2023Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Peter SKUTNIK, Joshua HORVATH, Robert BANIK, Gary SEARLE, Eric BENE
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Patent number: 11839739Abstract: An infusion set, patch pump, or elements thereof, having an exemplary catheter (14) provided with one or more channels, grooves and coatings (24, 34, 44), configured and arranged to provide a degree of strength and flexibility. The catheter (14) can also have an exemplary flexible union with the hub (12) having at least one of a ball-and-socket joint (66, 68), a sliding plate (86), and a flexible bushing (106), and which is sealed to allow even further movement of the catheter (14) while preventing leakage of medication through the junction. In doing so, a number of benefits associated with the use of rigid materials in catheter construction can be provided while at the same time, benefits associated with the use of flexible materials in catheter construction and/or flexible engagement with the hub can also be provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Peter Skutnik, Joshua Horvath, Robert Banik, Gary Searle, Eric Bene
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Patent number: 11744937Abstract: Provided is a flexible and conformal wearable, self-contained medical device. The medical device comprises an integral housing formed by a flexible upper portion and a flexible lower portion joined along their perimeters. The medical device is also provided in a plurality of shapes and configurations for increasing the flexibility and conformability of the housing. The components contained within the housing, such as a drug reservoir, printed circuit board, and power supply are preferably constructed from flexible materials and are formed, connected and positioned according to the configuration of the housing in a manner for enhancing flexibility of the housing. A thermal bubble micropump is provided for controlling flow of a drug from the flexible reservoir, that utilizes a thermal resistor provided locally to a thermal expansion fluid that causes a surrounding membrane to expand and displace a volume of drug to be provided to the user.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Gary Searle, Keith N. Knapp, Peter Skutnik, Aidan Petrie, Dan Nelsen, Paul Brown
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Patent number: 11712517Abstract: A system for providing the collection of advanced, improved, and novel new components and elements in a single package to simplify assembly and use of the infusion set by the user, including one or more of an exemplary pushbutton-type inserter, squeeze-type inserter, contact-type inserter, skin pinching-type inserter, folding retraction-type inserter, and/or multistage-type inserter (700) having at least one reusable stage, an exemplary set (350) having an adhesion means with two or more user-selectable degrees of adhesion strength, a self-sealing tube connection means, a lens feature to view a site beneath the set, exemplary tube management and connection elements (450), insulin supply (475), adhesion concealment means (500), finger loops on the inserter and site preparation wipes or sprays (550) which can be provided as part of the inserter.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Tyson Lawrence, James McGee, Todd Taylor, Rob Colonna, Eric Sugalski, Zenas Lu, Chris K. Barmore, Robert Banik, Peter Skutnik
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Patent number: 11690953Abstract: A system for providing the collection of advanced, improved, and novel new components and elements in a single package to simplify assembly and use of the infusion set by the user, including one or more of an exemplary pushbutton-type inserter, squeeze-type inserter, contact-type inserter, skin pinching-type inserter, folding retraction-type inserter, and/or multistage-type inserter (700) having at least one reusable stage, an exemplary set (350) having an adhesion means with two or more user-selectable degrees of adhesion strength, a self-sealing tube connection means, a lens feature to view a site beneath the set, exemplary tube management and connection elements (450), insulin supply (475), adhesion concealment means (500), finger loops on the inserter and site preparation wipes or sprays (550) which can be provided as part of the inserter.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Tyson Lawrence, James McGee, Todd Taylor, Rob Colonna, Eric Sugalski, Zenas Lu, Chris K. Barmore, Robert Banik, Peter Skutnik
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Patent number: 11484649Abstract: A valve assembly for a drug delivery device includes a valve housing having a first side and a second side positioned opposite from the first side, a cannula having a first end and a second end positioned opposite the first end, a pierce plate having a body and a piercing member extending from the body, with the body defining a coiled elongate member, and a valve boot connected to the valve housing and defining an interior space. The valve boot is configured to move from a pre-use position where the first end of the cannula and the piercing member of the pierce plate are received within the interior space to a use position where the piercing member of the pierce plate and the first end of the cannula extend outside of the valve boot and the interior space.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Margarita Falkovich, Venkateswaran Santhanam, Peter Skutnik
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Patent number: 11471592Abstract: Provided is an extended use self-contained, wearable medical device. The device is preferably configured with an infusion deployment mechanism for variably inserting and retracting an infusion needle to different depths, or completely retracting the infusion needle from the infusion site and then re-inserting the infusion needle after a predetermined period of time, throughout an infusion cycle for extending the viability of the infusion site. Another embodiment comprises dual needle deployment mechanisms which may also variably insert and retract the infusion needles. A flow sensor is preferably provided for detecting the stoppage of flow through the infusion cannula and signaling the needle deployment mechanism to attempt infusion at a different depth or to deploy a second infusion needle. A re-fillable reservoir assembly is preferably provided for supplying a drug over the extended use of the device.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2016Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANYInventors: Gary Searle, Keith N Knapp, II, Roman Tunkel, Peter Skutnik, Lionel Vedrine
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Publication number: 20210308367Abstract: Provided is a flexible and conformal wearable, self-contained medical device. The medical device comprises an integral housing formed by a flexible upper portion and a flexible lower portion joined along their perimeters. The medical device is also provided in a plurality of shapes and configurations for increasing the flexibility and conformability of the housing. The components contained within the housing, such as a drug reservoir, printed circuit board, and power supply are preferably constructed from flexible materials and are formed, connected and positioned according to the configuration of the housing in a manner for enhancing flexibility of the housing. A thermal bubble micropump is provided for controlling flow of a drug from the flexible reservoir, that utilizes a thermal resistor provided locally to a thermal expansion fluid that causes a surrounding membrane to expand and displace a volume of drug to be provided to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2021Publication date: October 7, 2021Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Gary Searle, Keith N. Knapp, Peter Skutnik, Aidan Petrie, Dan Nelsen, Paul Brown
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Publication number: 20210236721Abstract: An infusion set, patch pump, or elements thereof, having an exemplary catheter (14) provided with one or more channels, grooves and coatings (24, 34, 44), configured and arranged to provide a degree of strength and flexibility. The catheter (14) can also have an exemplary flexible union with the hub (12) having at least one of a ball-and-socket joint (66, 68), a sliding plate (86), and a flexible bushing (106), and which is sealed to allow even further movement of the catheter (14) while preventing leakage of medication through the junction. In doing so, a number of benefits associated with the use of rigid materials in catheter construction can be provided while at the same time, benefits associated with the use of flexible materials in catheter construction and/or flexible engagement with the hub can also be provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Peter SKUTNIK, Joshua HORVATH, Robert BANIK, Gary SEARLE, Eric BENE
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Patent number: 11052189Abstract: Provided is a flexible and conformal wearable, self-contained medical device. The medical device comprises an integral housing formed by a flexible upper portion and a flexible lower portion joined along their perimeters. The medical device is also provided in a plurality of shapes and configurations for increasing the flexibility and conformability of the housing. The components contained within the housing, such as a drug reservoir, printed circuit board, and power supply are preferably constructed from flexible materials and are formed, connected and positioned according to the configuration of the housing in a manner for enhancing flexibility of the housing. A thermal bubble micropump is provided for controlling flow of a drug from the flexible reservoir, that utilizes a thermal resistor provided locally to a thermal expansion fluid that causes a surrounding membrane to expand and displace a volume of drug to be provided to the user.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2018Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Gary Searle, Keith N. Knapp, Peter Skutnik, Aidan Petrie, Dan Nelsen, Paul Brown
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Publication number: 20210154397Abstract: A system for providing the collection of advanced, improved, and novel new components and elements in a single package to simplify assembly and use of the infusion set by the user, including one or more of an exemplary pushbutton-type inserter, squeeze-type inserter, contact-type inserter, skin pinching-type inserter, folding retraction-type inserter, and/or multistage-type inserter (700) having at least one reusable stage, an exemplary set (350) having an adhesion means with two or more user-selectable degrees of adhesion strength, a self-sealing tube connection means, a lens feature to view a site beneath the set, exemplary tube management and connection elements (450), insulin supply (475), adhesion concealment means (500), finger loops on the inserter and site preparation wipes or sprays (550) which can be provided as part of the inserter.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2021Publication date: May 27, 2021Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Tyson Lawrence, James McGee, Todd Taylor, Rob Colonna, Eric Sugalski, Zenas Lu, Chris K. Barmore, Robert Banik, Peter Skutnik
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Publication number: 20210154398Abstract: A system for providing the collection of advanced, improved, and novel new components and elements in a single package to simplify assembly and use of the infusion set by the user, including one or more of an exemplary pushbutton-type inserter, squeeze-type inserter, contact-type inserter, skin pinching-type inserter, folding retraction-type inserter, and/or multistage-type inserter (700) having at least one reusable stage, an exemplary set (350) having an adhesion means with two or more user-selectable degrees of adhesion strength, a self-sealing tube connection means, a lens feature to view a site beneath the set, exemplary tube management and connection elements (450), insulin supply (475), adhesion concealment means (500), finger loops on the inserter and site preparation wipes or sprays (550) which can be provided as part of the inserter.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2021Publication date: May 27, 2021Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Tyson Lawrence, James McGee, Todd Taylor, Rob Colonna, Eric Sugalski, Zenas Lu, Chris K. Barmore, Robert Banik, Peter Skutnik
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Publication number: 20210154399Abstract: A system for providing the collection of advanced, improved, and novel new components and elements in a single package to simplify assembly and use of the infusion set by the user, including one or more of an exemplary pushbutton-type inserter, squeeze-type inserter, contact-type inserter, skin pinching-type inserter, folding retraction-type inserter, and/or multistage-type inserter (700) having at least one reusable stage, an exemplary set (350) having an adhesion means with two or more user-selectable degrees of adhesion strength, a self-sealing tube connection means, a lens feature to view a site beneath the set, exemplary tube management and connection elements (450), insulin supply (475), adhesion concealment means (500), finger loops on the inserter and site preparation wipes or sprays (550) which can be provided as part of the inserter.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2021Publication date: May 27, 2021Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Tyson Lawrence, James McGee, Todd Taylor, Rob Colonna, Eric Sugalski, Zenas Lu, Chris K. Barmore, Robert Banik, Peter Skutnik
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Patent number: 11013854Abstract: An infusion set, patch pump, or elements thereof, having an exemplary catheter (14) provided with one or more channels, grooves and coatings (24, 34, 44), configured and arranged to provide a degree of strength and flexibility. The catheter (14) can also have an exemplary flexible union with the hub (12) having at least one of a ball-and-socket joint (66, 68), a sliding plate (86), and a flexible bushing (106), and which is sealed to allow even further movement of the catheter (14) while preventing leakage of medication through the junction. In doing so, a number of benefits associated with the use of rigid materials in catheter construction can be provided while at the same time, benefits associated with the use of flexible materials in catheter construction and/or flexible engagement with the hub can also be provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANYInventors: Peter Skutnik, Joshua Horvath, Robert Banik, Gary Searle, Eric Bene
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Patent number: 10933191Abstract: A single package infusion set is provided, including one or more of the following inserters: pushbutton-type, squeeze-type, contact-type, skin pinching-type, folding retraction-type, or multistage-type inserter having at least one reusable stage. The infusion set further includes adhesion means with user-selectable degrees of adhesion strength, self-sealing tube connection means, a lens feature to view, a site beneath the set, exemplary tube management and connection elements, insulin supply, adhesion concealment means, finger loops on the inserter and site preparation wipes or sprays, optionally provided as part of the inserter. The system further includes a package which may hold a number of easily released sets, retrievable by an inserter, an exemplary insertion needle handle and shroud, an exemplary squeeze-type latch between an upper portion and a lower portion of the set, and/or a tool removable upper portion of the set.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2010Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Tyson Lawrence, Todd Taylor, Rob Colonna, Eric Sugalski, Zenas Lu, Chris K. Barmore, Robert Banik, Peter Skutnik
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Publication number: 20200376195Abstract: A valve assembly for a drug delivery device includes a valve housing having a first side and a second side positioned opposite from the first side, a cannula having a first end and a second end positioned opposite the first end, a pierce plate having a body and a piercing member extending from the body, with the body defining a coiled elongate member, and a valve boot connected to the valve housing and defining an interior space. The valve boot is configured to move from a pre-use position where the first end of the cannula and the piercing member of the pierce plate are received within the interior space to a use position where the piercing member of the pierce plate and the first end of the cannula extend outside of the valve boot and the interior space.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2020Publication date: December 3, 2020Inventors: Margarita Falkovich, Venkateswaran Santhanam, Peter Skutnik
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Patent number: 10583240Abstract: A package for a medical cannula with a hub, such as a pen needle, is disclosed. The package includes a cover for receiving a medical cannula and for engaging a hub of the medical cannula. The cover has open ends that are in communication through the cover. The packaging also includes a sterility barrier for the cover.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2017Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Robert Banik, Peter Skutnik, Sean Sullivan
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Publication number: 20190015581Abstract: Provided is a flexible and conformal wearable, self-contained medical device. The medical device comprises an integral housing formed by a flexible upper portion and a flexible lower portion joined along their perimeters. The medical device is also provided in a plurality of shapes and configurations for increasing the flexibility and conformability of the housing. The components contained within the housing, such as a drug reservoir, printed circuit board, and power supply are preferably constructed from flexible materials and are formed, connected and positioned according to the configuration of the housing in a manner for enhancing flexibility of the housing. A thermal bubble micropump is provided for controlling flow of a drug from the flexible reservoir, that utilizes a thermal resistor provided locally to a thermal expansion fluid that causes a surrounding membrane to expand and displace a volume of drug to be provided to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2018Publication date: January 17, 2019Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Gary Searle, Keith N. Knapp, Peter Skutnik, Aidan Petrie, Dan Nelsen, Paul Brown
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Patent number: 10092691Abstract: Provided is a flexible and conformal wearable, self-contained medical device. The medical device comprises an integral housing formed by a flexible upper portion and a flexible lower portion joined along their perimeters. The medical device is also provided in a plurality of shapes and configurations for increasing the flexibility and conformability of the housing. The components contained within the housing, such as a drug reservoir, printed circuit board, and power supply are preferably constructed from flexible materials and are formed, connected and positioned according to the configuration of the housing in a manner for enhancing flexibility of the housing. A thermal bubble micropump is provided for controlling flow of a drug from the flexible reservoir, that utilizes a thermal resistor provided locally to a thermal expansion fluid that causes a surrounding membrane to expand and displace a volume of drug to be provided to the user.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2009Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Gary Searle, Keith N Knapp, Peter Skutnik, Aidan Petrie, Dan Nelsen, Paul Brown
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Publication number: 20180021509Abstract: An infusion set, patch pump, or elements thereof, having an exemplary catheter (14) provided with one or more channels, grooves and coatings (24, 34, 44), configured and arranged to provide a degree of strength and flexibility. The catheter (14) can also have an exemplary flexible union with the hub (12) having at least one of a ball-and-socket joint (66, 68), a sliding plate (86), and a flexible bushing (106), and which is sealed to allow even further movement of the catheter (14) while preventing leakage of medication through the junction. In doing so, a number of benefits associated with the use of rigid materials in catheter construction can be provided while at the same time, benefits associated with the use of flexible materials in catheter construction and/or flexible engagement with the hub can also be provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2017Publication date: January 25, 2018Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Peter Skutnik, Joshua Horvath, Robert Banik Robert Banik, Gary Searle, Eric Bene