Patents by Inventor Ralph M. Quin

Ralph M. Quin 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).

  • Container mixing system with externally mounted drug container
    Patent number: 4606734
    Abstract: A container mixing system wherein a medicament is placed in a container mounted externally of a container with a diluent. Mixing of the medicament in one container with the diluent in the other is accomplished by attaching an additive assembly with a piercing element to an additive port of the diluent container to pierce a diaphragm in the additive port and a diaphragm or stopper in the additive container. In one embodiment, the additive assembly includes a bellows portion which will permit movement of the piercing element through the additive assembly stopper and the port diaphragm while maintaining a sterile medicament in a glass vial.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1986
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Mark E. Larkin, Ralph M. Quin
  • Flexible container for medical liquids
    Patent number: D263746
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1982
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Peter C. Johnson, Ralph M. Quin, Jr., John S. Ziegler