Patents by Inventor R. Paul Mounce

R. Paul Mounce 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).

  • Patent number: 11944798
    Abstract: A cassette for use with an injector has a housing, and a cassette identification arrangement (cassette ID) defining a code containing information about the cassette that is detectable and decipherable by an injector. The cassette may further have a sleeve movably disposed within the housing, for holding a drug container, and a locking arrangement for interlocking the sleeve with the housing. The cassette may further have an aperture in the housing, and a cassette cap for removing a needle shield of the drug container. The cassette may have an anti-bending structure to prevent bending or flexing of the cassette cap. The injector may have a processor for controlling operational parameters of the injector and a detector communicatively coupled with the processor for detecting and communicating the cassette ID to the microprocessor to decipher the code defined therein. Also, a method of injecting a drug into a patient with an injector, wherein the sequence of actions performed by the user are controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: R. Paul Mounce, Clinton Judd, Suhas Krishna, Neal Johnston, Gordon Johnston, Giorgio Sardo, Gabriele Ganzitti, Hong Jun Yeh
  • Patent number: 11020537
    Abstract: A cassette for use with an injector has a housing, and a cassette identification arrangement (cassette ID) defining a code containing information about the cassette that is detectable and decipherable by an injector. The cassette may further have a sleeve movably disposed within the housing, for holding a drug container, and a locking arrangement for interlocking the sleeve with the housing. The cassette may further have an aperture in the housing, and a cassette cap for removing a needle shield of the drug container. The cassette may have an anti-bending structure to prevent bending or flexing of the cassette cap. The injector may have a processor for controlling operational parameters of the injector and a detector communicatively coupled with the processor for detesting and communicating the cassette ID to the microprocessor to decipher the code defined therein. Also, a method of injecting a drug into a patient with an injector, wherein the sequence of actions performed by the user are controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: R. Paul Mounce, Clinton Judd, Suhas Krishna, Neal Johnston, Gordon Johnston, Giorgio Sardo, Gabriele Ganzitti, Hong Jun Yeh
  • Patent number: 10786629
    Abstract: A cassette for use with an injector has a housing, and a cassette identification arrangement (cassette ID) defining a code containing information about the cassette that is detectable and decipherable by an injector. The cassette may further have a sleeve movably disposed within the housing, for holding a drug container, and a locking arrangement for interlocking the sleeve with the housing. The cassette may further have an aperture in the housing, and a cassette cap for removing a needle shield of the drug container. The cassette may have an anti-bending structure to prevent bending or flexing of the cassette cap. The injector may have a processor for controlling operational parameters of the injector and a detector communicatively coupled with the processor for detecting and communicating the cassette ID to the microprocessor to decipher the code defined therein. Also, a method of injecting a drug into a patient with an injector, wherein the sequence of actions performed by the user are controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: R. Paul Mounce, Clinton Judd, Suhas Krishna, Neal Johnston, Gordon Johnston, Giorgio Sardo, Gabriele Ganzitti, Hong Jun Yeh
  • Patent number: 10492990
    Abstract: A cassette for use with an injector has a housing, and a cassette identification arrangement (cassette ID) defining a code containing information about the cassette that is detectable and decipherable by an injector. The cassette may further have a sleeve movably disposed within the housing, for holding a drug container, and a locking arrangement for interlocking the sleeve with the housing. The cassette may further have an aperture in the housing, and a cassette cap for removing a needle shield of the drug container. The cassette may have an anti-bending structure to prevent bending or flexing of the cassette cap. The injector may have a processor for controlling operational parameters of the injector and a detector communicatively coupled with the processor for detecting and communicating the cassette ID to the microprocessor to decipher the code defined therein. Also, a method of injecting a drug into a patient with an injector, wherein the sequence of actions performed by the user are controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: R. Paul Mounce, Clinton Judd, Suhas Krishna, Neal D. Johnston, Gordon Johnston, Giorgio Sardo, Gabriele Ganzitti, Hong Jun Yeh
  • Patent number: 10092703
    Abstract: A cassette for use with an injector has a housing, and a cassette identification arrangement (cassette ID) defining a code containing information about the cassette that is detectable and decipherable by an injector. The cassette may further have an integrated cassette syringe movably disposed within the housing, for holding a drug, and a locking arrangement for interlocking the integrated cassette syringe with the housing. The cassette may further have an aperture in the housing, and a cassette cap for removing a needle shield of the integrated cassette syringe. The cassette may have an anti-bending structure to prevent bending or flexing of the cassette cap. The injector may have a processor for controlling operational parameters of the injector and a detector communicatively coupled with the processor for detecting and communicating the cassette ID to the microprocessor to decipher the code defined therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: R. Paul Mounce, Clinton Judd
  • Publication number: 20180133106
    Abstract: A cassette for use with an injector has a housing, and a cassette identification arrangement (cassette ID) defining a code containing information about the cassette that is detectable and decipherable by an injector. The cassette may further have a sleeve movably disposed within the housing, for holding a drug container, and a locking arrangement for interlocking the sleeve with the housing. The cassette may further have an aperture in the housing, and a cassette cap for removing a needle shield of the drug container. The cassette may have an anti-bending structure to prevent bending or flexing of the cassette cap. The injector may have a processor for controlling operational parameters of the injector and a detector communicatively coupled with the processor for detesting and communicating the cassette ID to the microprocessor to decipher the code defined therein. Also, a method of injecting a drug into a patient with an injector, wherein the sequence of actions performed by the user are controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: R. Paul Mounce, Clinton Judd, Suhas Krishna, Neal Johnston, Gordon Johnston, Giorgio Sardo, Gabriele Ganzitti, Hong Jun Yeh
  • Publication number: 20180098914
    Abstract: A cassette for use with an injector has a housing, and a cassette identification arrangement (cassette ID) defining a code containing information about the cassette that is detectable and decipherable by an injector. The cassette may further have a sleeve movably disposed within the housing, for holding a drug container, and a locking arrangement for interlocking the sleeve with the housing. The cassette may further have an aperture in the housing, and a cassette cap for removing a needle shield of the drug container. The cassette may have an anti-bending structure to prevent bending or flexing of the cassette cap. The injector may have a processor for controlling operational parameters of the injector and a detector communicatively coupled with the processor for detecting and communicating the cassette ID to the microprocessor to decipher the code defined therein. Also, a method of injecting a drug into a patient with an injector, wherein the sequence of actions performed by the user are controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: R. Paul Mounce, Clinton Judd, Suhas Krishna, Neal Johnston, Gordon Johnston, Giorgio Sardo, Gabriele Ganzitti, Hong Jun Yeh
  • Publication number: 20160120751
    Abstract: A cassette for use with an injector has a housing, and a cassette identification arrangement (cassette ID) defining a code containing information about the cassette that is detectable and decipherable by an injector. The cassette may further have a sleeve movably disposed within the housing, for holding a drug container, and a locking arrangement for interlocking the sleeve with the housing. The cassette may further have an aperture in the housing, and a cassette cap for removing a needle shield of the drug container. The cassette may have an anti-bending structure to prevent bending or flexing of the cassette cap. The injector may have a processor for controlling operational parameters of the injector and a detector communicatively coupled with the processor for detecting and communicating the cassette ID to the microprocessor to decipher the code defined therein. Also, a method of injecting a drug into a patient with an injector, wherein the sequence of actions performed by the user are controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: R. Paul Mounce, Clinton Judd, Suhas Krishna, Neal D. Johnston, Gordon Johnston, Giorgio Sardo, Gabriele Ganzitti, Hong Jun Yeh
  • Publication number: 20160022914
    Abstract: A cassette for use with an injector has a housing, and a cassette identification arrangement (cassette ID) defining a code containing information about the cassette that is detectable and decipherable by an injector. The cassette may further have an integrated cassette syringe movably disposed within the housing, for holding a drug, and a locking arrangement for interlocking the integrated cassette syringe with the housing. The cassette may further have an aperture in the housing, and a cassette cap for removing a needle shield of the integrated cassette syringe. The cassette may have an anti-bending structure to prevent bending or flexing of the cassette cap. The injector may have a processor for controlling operational parameters of the injector and a detector communicatively coupled with the processor for detecting and communicating the cassette ID to the microprocessor to decipher the code defined therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: Amgen Inc.
    Inventors: R. Paul Mounce, Clinton Judd
  • Patent number: 9199030
    Abstract: A delivery device includes first and second housing portions that selectively engage and disengage. A reservoir on one housing portion operatively engages a drive device and/or a needle inserting device on the other housing portion. Upon proper engagement of the housing portions, the reservoir operatively couples to the drive device and/or the needle inserting device. A first magnet on the first housing portion and a second magnet (or a magnetically-attractive material) on the second housing portion are positioned to magnetically interact with each other, upon operative engagement of the housing portions. A third magnet on the second housing portion may be opposed to the first magnet to help align the housing portions for connection. A magnet-responsive device may be on one or both housing portions to detect alignment and/or connection of the housing portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.
    Inventors: R. Paul Mounce, Melissa D. Norton, Paul F. Bente, IV, Ian B. Hanson, Sheldon B. Moberg, Paul H. Kovelman
  • Patent number: 9039653
    Abstract: A system for retaining a fluid delivery device, the fluid delivery device may include a reservoir and a plunger arm operatively connected to a plunger head arranged for movement within the reservoir, the plunger arm having an arm portion operatively engageable with a drive member configured to move the plunger arm and the plunger head when the plunger arm and the plunger head are connected to the drive member. The system may include a rigid member arranged for movement and a bias member configured to urge the rigid member toward the plunger arm to force the plunger arm against the drive member to operatively engage the plunger arm to the drive member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Colin A. Chong, Eric M. Lorenzen, Rafael Bikovsky, Arsen Ibranyan, Matthew William Yavorsky, Mona-Lisa Alexander, R. Paul Mounce, Paul F. Bente, IV
  • Patent number: 8840587
    Abstract: A system includes a durable portion with a durable housing and a separable disposable portion with a disposable housing that selectively engage with and disengage from each other. The disposable housing secures to a patient and may be disposed of after it has been in use for a prescribed period. Components that normally come into contact with a patient or with an infusion medium may be part of the disposable portion to allow for disposal after a prescribed use. A reservoir for holding the infusion medium may be part of the disposable portion, and may be supported by the disposable housing. The durable portion may include other components such as electronics for controlling delivery of the infusion medium from the reservoir, and a drive device including a motor and drive linkage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul F. Bente, IV, Ian B. Hanson, Sheldon B. Moberg, R. Paul Mounce, Paul H. Kovelman, Julian D. Kavazov, Truong Gia Luan
  • Patent number: D816090
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Brian Stonecipher, Craig Lester, R. Paul Mounce, Eva Stump, Michel D. Arney, Maxwell Franklin Bischoff, Laurie Burns, Gregg Allen Flender, Barbara Hartigan, Gail Devan Hunter, Gaurav Rohatgi, Bryce George Rutter, Megan Marie Rutter, Kristin Leigh Sjo-Gaber
  • Patent number: D821571
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Brian Stonecipher, Craig Lester, R. Paul Mounce, Eva Stump, Michel D. Arney, Maxwell Franklin Bischoff, Laurie Martin Burns, Gregg Allen Flender, Barbara Hartigan, Gaurav Rohatgi, Bryce George Rutter, Megan Marie Rutter, Kristin Leigh Sjo-Gaber
  • Patent number: D822197
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Brian Stonecipher, Craig Lester, R. Paul Mounce, Eva Stump, Michel D. Arney, Maxwell Franklin Bischoff, Laurie Burns, Gregg Allen Flender, Barbara Hartigan, Gail Devan Hunter, Gaurav Rohatgi, Bryce George Rutter, Megan Marie Rutter, Kristin Leigh Sjo-Gaber
  • Patent number: D826396
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Brian Stonecipher, Craig Lester, R. Paul Mounce, Eva Stump, Michel D. Arney, Maxwell Franklin Bischoff, Laurie Burns, Gregg Allen Flender, Barbara Hartigan, Gail Devan Hunter, Gaurav Rohatgi, Bryce George Rutter, Megan Marie Rutter, Kristin Leigh Sjo-Gaber
  • Patent number: D840024
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Brian Stonecipher, Craig Lester, R. Paul Mounce, Eva Stump, Michel D. Arney, Maxwell Franklin Bischoff, Laurie Burns, Gregg Allen Flender, Barbara Hartigan, Gaurav Rohatgi, Bryce George Rutter, Megan Marie Rutter, Kristin Leigh Sjo-Gaber
  • Patent number: D877892
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Brian Stonecipher, Craig Lester, R. Paul Mounce, Eva Stump, Michel D. Arney, Maxwell Franklin Bischoff, Laurie Martin Burns, Gregg Allen Flender, Barbara Hartigan, Gail Devan Hunter, Gaurav Rohatgi, Bryce George Rutter, Megan Marie Rutter, Kristin Leigh Sjo-Gaber
  • Patent number: D877893
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Brian Stonecipher, Craig Lester, R. Paul Mounce, Eva Stump, Michel D. Arney, Maxwell Franklin Bischoff, Laurie Martin Burns, Gregg Allen Flender, Barbara Hartigan, Gaurav Rohatgi, Bryce George Rutter, Megan Marie Rutter, Kristin Leigh Sjo-Gaber
  • Patent number: D878550
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Brian Stonecipher, Craig Lester, R. Paul Mounce, Eva Stump, Michel D. Arney, Maxwell Franklin Bischoff, Laurie Burns, Gregg Allen Flender, Barbara Hartigan, Gail Devan Hunter, Gaurav Rohatgi, Bryce George Rutter, Megan Marie Rutter, Kristin Leigh Sjo-Gaber