Patents by Inventor Ralf THÖMMES

Ralf THÖMMES 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: 8220455
    Abstract: A dispensing device having a storage device and an air pump for dispensing a medical formulation. The storage device has multiple inserts, each insert containing a single dose of the formulation. Each insert is located in a separate and sealed cavity. The cavities can be individually opened for dispensing the respective dose from the respective insert. At least one lifespan blocking device is provided for preventing operating of the dispensing device after a predetermined number of uses corresponding to the number of receptacles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Marc Rohrschneider, Jens Besseler, Timo Von Brunn, Ralf Thoemmes, Thomas Sowden Reinhold
  • Patent number: 8113196
    Abstract: A dispensing device has a storage device and an air pump for dispensing a medical formulation. The storage device includes multiple inserts, each insert containing a single dose of the formulation. Each insert is located in a separate and sealed cavity. The cavities can be individually opened for dispensing the respective dose from the respective insert and a mechanism is provided for reinserting the inserts back into the respective receptacles after use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Marc Rohrschneider, Stephen T. Dunne, Jens Besseler, Timo Von Brunn, Ralf Thoemmes, Thomas Sowden Reinhold
  • Publication number: 20110290242
    Abstract: A nebulizer, in particular inhaler, having a pre-installed container is proposed. The container has a fluid outlet with two associated closures. A first closure is already pierced in a delivery state where the container is pre-installed in the partly closed nebulizer. The second closure is opened just before or when completely closing the nebulizer and using the nebulizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Alexander BACH, Jens BESSELER, Christian GOLBERG, Frank HERRMANN, Holger HOLAKOVSKY, Manuel KRAKOWKA, Ralf THOEMMES, Gilbert WUTTKE
  • Publication number: 20110114088
    Abstract: An inhaler (1) for delivery of a powder-form inhalation formulation from a blister strip (2) with a plurality of blister pockets (3) is proposed. A flexible guiding element (20) receives the used blisters strip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Stephen William Eason, Matthew Neil Sarkar, Graham Roger Gibbins, Ralf Thoemmes, Jessica Frentzel-Beyme, Jens Besseler, Timo Von Brunn
  • Publication number: 20110036350
    Abstract: An inhaler (1) for delivery of a powder-form inhalation formulation from a blister strip (2) with a plurality of blister pockets (3) is proposed. A tape is used for numbering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Ralf Thoemmes, Jessica Frentzel-Beyme, Jens Besseler
  • Publication number: 20110011393
    Abstract: An atomizer for a fluid, in particular, a fluid for medical aerosol therapy. In order to allow simplified operation and improved safety in use, the atomizer has a counter device for counting the number of operations of the atomizer and the number of containers inserted. The atomizer is locked against further operation and/or against removal of the current container or insertion of a new container, if a certain number of operations of the atomizer and/or a certain number of containers inserted has/have been reached or exceeded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Johannes GESER, Burkhard P. METZGER, Christian GOLBERG, Michael SCHYRA, Ralf THÖMMES, Birgit WESTMEIER, Guido SCHMIEDEL, Hubert KUNZE, Georg BOECK
  • Publication number: 20100307494
    Abstract: An inhaler for delivery of a powder-form inhalation formulation from a blister strip with a plurality of blister pockets is proposed. The inhaler comprises a mouthpiece cover pivotable to move the blister strip onward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Ralf Thoemmes, Jessica Frentzel-Beyme
  • Patent number: 7823584
    Abstract: An atomizer for a fluid, in particular, a fluid for medical aerosol therapy. In order to allow simplified operation and improved safety in use, the atomizer has a counter device for counting the number of operations of the atomizer and the number of containers inserted. The atomizer is locked against further operation and/or against removal of the current container or insertion of a new container, if a certain number of operations of the atomizer and/or a certain number of containers inserted has/have been reached or exceeded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Geser, Burkhard P. Metzger, Christian Goldberg, Michael Schyra, Ralf Thoemmes, Birgit Westmeier, Guido Schmiedel, Hubert Kunze, Georg Boeck
  • Publication number: 20100252032
    Abstract: An inhaler for delivering a powdered inhalable formulation from a blister strip having a plurality of blister pouches. The inhaler has a receiving chamber for the used blister strip separated from a reservoir for the unused blister strip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2008
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Ralf Thoemmes, Elmar Mock
  • Publication number: 20100139654
    Abstract: An inhaler for delivering a powdered inhalation formulation from a blister strip having a plurality of blister pockets. The used part of the blister strip with emptied blister pockets is coiled by a clock spring or pushed into a helical channel. This results in a simple construction, in which the used blister strip is kept separate from the part that has not yet been used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2007
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicants: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH, VECTURA DELIVERY DEVICES LIMITED
    Inventors: Ralf Thoemmes, Timo Von Brunn, Elmar Mock
  • Publication number: 20090194105
    Abstract: An inhaler (1) is proposed (see FIG. 1), for the inhalation of a formulation (2) from capsules (3) that each contain one dose of the formulation. The capsules are preferably each emptied in a capsule chamber (4) by being set in motion by a stream of air flowing through the capsule chamber. The stream of air can be generated by the inhalation of a user or patient and/or can be generated actively generated by the inhaler. For simple handling, the inhaler has a means for, in particular, automatic filling, emptying and/or cleaning of the capsule chamber, if the latter is used more than once. Alternatively, the inhaler has a large number of capsule chambers that each preferably already contain a capsule and re preferably used just once.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2007
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: Jens Besseler, Hubert Kunze, Achim Moser, Ralf Thoemmes, Gilbert Wuttke, Dieter Hochrainer, Heinrich Kladders, Christoph Dworzak, Josef Eckert, Antonio Lanci, Markus Mast, Elmar Mock, Andre Klopfenstein
  • Publication number: 20090188498
    Abstract: An inhaler for delivery of a powder-form inhalation formulation from a blister strip has a plurality of blister pockets and uses a pivotable mouthpiece cover to move the blister strip onward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Ralf THOEMMES, Jessica FRENTZEL-BEYME
  • Patent number: 7537006
    Abstract: A nebulizer for a fluid having a pressure generator for conveying and nebulizing the fluid, particularly in the form of an inhaler, is proposed. To improve the user guidance it is envisaged that the nebulizer should have a signal device for generating at least one acoustic and/or vibratory signal, particularly during a nebulizing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Gilbert Wuttke, Hubert Kunze, Ralf Thoemmes
  • Publication number: 20080295834
    Abstract: A dispensing device and a storage device for dispensing a formulation as a spray. The storage device has multiple separate and pre-metered doses of the formulation in receptacles or cavities. In order to allow a very compact arrangement, the receptacles or cavities are arranged in a first group and a second group axially offset, and preferably, forming a double ring arrangement, and the storage device is rotatable and axially moveable for dispensing the doses one after the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Ralf THOEMMES, Timo VON BRUNN, Jens BESSELER, Bastian FISCHER
  • Publication number: 20080289627
    Abstract: A dispensing device has a storage device and an air pump for dispensing a medical formulation in which the storage device has multiple inserts, each insert containing a single dose of the formulation. Each insert is located in a separate and sealed cavity. The cavities can be individually opened for dispensing the respective dose from the respective insert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Marc ROHRSCHNEIDER, Joern-Eric SCHULZ, Jens BESSELER, Timo VON BRUNN, Ralf THOEMMES, Thomas Sowden REINHOLD
  • Publication number: 20080289625
    Abstract: A dispensing device with a storage device and an air pump for dispensing a medical formulation in which the storage device has multiple inserts, each insert containing a single dose of the formulation. Each insert is located in a separate and sealed cavity. The cavities can be individually opened for dispensing the respective dose from the respective insert. Furthermore, a mechanism is provided for aligning the connecting element relative to a respective receptacle and/or insert which has guiding portions formed at or by the respective receptacle and/or insert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Marc ROHRSCHNEIDER, Stephen T. DUNNE, Jens BESSELER, Timo VON BRUNN, Ralf THOEMMES
  • Publication number: 20080289626
    Abstract: A dispensing device has a storage device and an air pump for dispensing a medical formulation. The storage device comprises multiple inserts, each insert containing a single dose of the formulation. Each insert is located in a separate and sealed cavity. The cavities can be individually opened for dispensing the respective dose from the respective insert and a mechanism is provided for reinserting the inserts back into the respective receptacles after use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Marc ROHRSCHNEIDER, Stephen T. DUNNE, Jens BESSELER, Timo VON BRUNN, Ralf THOEMMES, Thomas Sowden REINHOLD
  • Publication number: 20080283056
    Abstract: A dispensing device having a storage device and an air pump for dispensing a medical formulation. The storage device comprises multiple inserts, each insert containing a single dose of the formulation. Each insert is located in a separate and sealed cavity. The cavities can be individually opened for dispensing the respective dose from the respective insert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Marc ROHRSCHNEIDER, Jens BESSELER, Timo VON BRUNN, Ralf THOEMMES, Thomas Sowden REINHOLD
  • Publication number: 20080087278
    Abstract: A nebulizer for a fluid having a pressure generator for conveying and nebulizing the fluid, particularly in the form of an inhaler, is proposed. To improve the user guidance it is envisaged that the nebulizer should have a signal device for generating at least one acoustic and/or vibratory signal, particularly during a nebulizing process. In one embodiment, the signal device has a ratchet element which is moveable during a nebulizing process over a latching mechanism to thereby produce the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Applicant: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Gilbert WUTTKE, Hubert KUNZE, Ralf THOEMMES
  • Publication number: 20080001008
    Abstract: An atomizer, a reservoir and a method are proposed for the delivery and in particular, the atomization of a formulation, particularly a powder. A pump and a spring are arranged inside the annular reservoir, the pump and the spring being moveable radially and in a sliding manner. The pump is actuated by the spring to put air under pressure for discharging powder from the reservoir. The reservoir comprises receptacles or cavities, each of which has an insert with a respective dose of the formulation. The receptacles are constructed as separate parts and/or arranged on a common or annular carrier and/or are sealed separately and/or on its outer circumferential periphery. The spring is tensioned and the air is sucked into the pump. Then, the next receptacle and a connecting element are aligned relative to each other. Finally, the aligned receptacle is pierced by the connecting element for supplying the air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Applicant: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Thoemmes, Timo Von Brunn, Marc Rohrschneider, Stephen Dunne, Anke Klaer