Patents by Inventor Robert Banik

Robert Banik 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: 12124856
    Abstract: During a computing system boot sequence, reference firmware provided by a computing system component supplies Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) code that generates ACPI tables and definition blocks to a bootloader. During a boot sequence, the reference firmware receives an indication from the bootloader which components the reference firmware is to initialize. As part of component initialization performed by the reference firmware, the reference firmware populates hand-off data structures (e.g., hand-off blocks (HOBs)) with ACPI code (AML code) that, when executed by the bootloader, generates and populates ACPI tables (e.g., DSDT and SSDT tables) and definition blocks with information pertinent to the initialization and runtime management of computing system components. Component initialization and runtime configuration workarounds can be implemented in the bootloader incorporating reference firmware updates provided by the component vendor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Subrata Banik, Aamir Bohra, Vincent Zimmer, Robert E. Gough, Xiang Ma, Jabeena Begum Gaibusab
  • Publication number: 20230398288
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Peter SKUTNIK, Joshua HORVATH, Robert BANIK, Gary SEARLE, Eric BENE
  • Patent number: 11839739
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Peter Skutnik, Joshua Horvath, Robert Banik, Gary Searle, Eric Bene
  • Patent number: 11712517
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Tyson Lawrence, James McGee, Todd Taylor, Rob Colonna, Eric Sugalski, Zenas Lu, Chris K. Barmore, Robert Banik, Peter Skutnik
  • Patent number: 11690953
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Tyson Lawrence, James McGee, Todd Taylor, Rob Colonna, Eric Sugalski, Zenas Lu, Chris K. Barmore, Robert Banik, Peter Skutnik
  • Patent number: 11690994
    Abstract: A modular connector assembly for a medical container may include a plurality of covers and a plurality of adapters. Each cover is connectable to a cooperatively dimensioned medical container. Each adapter is attachable in fluid sealing engagement with each cover by an interface assembly including a first interface segment formed on each of said plurality of covers and a second interface segment formed on each of said plurality of adapters. The first and second interface segments and corresponding ones of the covers and adapters are initially separable and subsequently connected to define a fluid sealing engagement between connected ones of the cover and adapter. The structural configuration of each of the plurality of adapters is variable to define a different one of a plurality of medical connector types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Banik, Peter Lehel
  • Publication number: 20220395647
    Abstract: A safety pen needle assembly includes a hub with a needle fixed to the hub, the needle having a distal end, formed for insertion into a patient, and a proximal end, a shield and a biasing member disposed between the hub and the shield configured to urge the shield distally. The shield is movable from a first position, when the needle is exposed, to a second position, when the needle is covered. The distal end of the needle may be initially exposed to permit visual confirmation of priming, while allowing the shield to cover a majority of the needle to minimize any needle-related anxiety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: Embecta Corp.
    Inventors: Tieming Ruan, Robert Banik, Eliot Zaiken, Michael Vincent Quinn, Gary Searle
  • Patent number: 11471610
    Abstract: A closure for a medical device includes a base having a terminal end for supporting the base in an upright orientation. A connector is mounted on the base for the attachment to the medical device. Automatic, self-righting capabilities of the closure include a curved, substantially bulbous, exterior surface of the base and a center of mass located between the terminal end and a flange. The flange is connected to the base and includes a multi-level peripheral edge extending outwardly from said base at different distances. An included asymmetrical structure of the closure facilitates the automatic, self-righting capabilities thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Banik, Jonathan J. Vitello
  • Patent number: 11458253
    Abstract: A medicant injection device includes a compressible body, a tip, and an outer luer body. The compressible body has a proximal end, a distal end, and a plurality of bellows, and defines an inner cavity for holding a liquid medicant. The tip is positioned at the proximal end of the compressible body. The outer luer body includes internal threads, and is positioned over and engaged with the tip to form a first fitting therewith. The first fitting is configured to be connected with a second fitting. A medicant injection device includes a compressible body having first and second arms, a receptacle interconnected with the compressible body and defining an inner cavity, and a first fitting configured to engage a second fitting. The compressible body is configured to be compressed by forcing the distal end of the first and second arm toward each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Medline Industries, LP
    Inventors: Christopher E. Gardner, Robert Banik, Thomas Leo McGurk
  • Patent number: 11446449
    Abstract: In one aspect, a safety pen needle assembly is provided herein which includes a hub with a needle fixed to the hub, the needle having a distal end, formed for insertion into a patient, and a proximal end. The assembly further includes a shield and a biasing member disposed between the hub and the shield configured to urge the shield distally. A protrusion extends from at least one of the hub and the shield with a channel being formed in at least the other of the hub and the shield. The channel is formed to accommodate the protrusion. The shield is movable from a first position to a second position. In the first position, the shield is spaced from the distal end of the needle such that the distal end of the needle is exposed. In the second position, the shield covers the distal end of the needle. The channel guides the protrusion as the shield moves from the first position to the second position. With this arrangement, a shield may be directed to move in a desired path with stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Embecta Corp.
    Inventors: Tieming Ruan, Robert Banik, Eliot Zaiken, Michael Vincent Quinn, Gary Searle
  • Publication number: 20220288258
    Abstract: Caps and packaging for use with a medical device (e.g., connector, luer access device, etc.) are disclosed herein. The caps can be applied to a surface of a medical device and can comprise a cap body having a bottom wall and a sidewall extending therefrom, the sidewall defining a top opening, a fluid contained within the cap body, and a deformable top wall connected to the cap body, the top wall movable from a first position sealing the fluid within the cap body to a second position releasing the fluid from the cap body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher E. Gardner, Robert Banik
  • Patent number: 11426328
    Abstract: A closure for a medical container including a base structured to be supported in an operative, upright orientation on a horizontal surface and having an exposed face and a connector disposed thereon and extending outwardly therefrom. A protective cage includes one or more cage members each configured in the form of a helix fixedly connected to the base and extending longitudinally and laterally outward from the connector in at least partially surrounding relation thereto. The base may include self-righting structural features, including an outer surface having a curved, substantially bulbous configuration and a center of gravity disposed between a tipping point of said base and a terminal end thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Inventors: Alexander Ollmann, Robert Banik, Peter Lehel
  • Patent number: 11413406
    Abstract: A tamper evident assembly for retaining a plunger and/or piston within a barrel of a syringe comprises an elongated tether disposed in an operative attachment and position on the syringe. When operatively attached, a connector assembly adjustably and fixedly interconnects the tether to an exterior of the barrel of the syringe concurrently to one end of the tether, and with a retaining member associated with the opposite end of the tether disposed in a removal restrictive relation to the plunger and/or piston, on the interior of the barrel. Movable adjustment of the tether relative to the connector assembly defines a retaining segment which can be disposed into a fixed length and taut orientation, between the ends of the tether, to further define the operative attachment or position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Inventors: Jonathan J. Vitello, Timothy Brandon Hunt, Robert Banik
  • Patent number: 11383025
    Abstract: A high pressure delivery system for delivering a medicament, comprising a first chamber for storing a supply of the medicament, a gear pump assembly in fluid communication with the first chamber, said gear pump assembly having a dose inlet and a dose discharge, said dose inlet having a larger diameter than said dose discharge to provide a high pressure discharge, and a fluid connection path in fluid communication with the gear pump assembly for delivering the medicament to a high pressure area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: James Bates, Robert Banik, Barry Ginsberg
  • Patent number: 11376371
    Abstract: A disposable pen needle, comprising a hub having a needle situated thereon having a patient end and a non-patient end, a removable patient end cap attached at the distal end of the hub, a removable non-patient end cap attached at the proximal end of the hub, wherein greater force is required to detach the patient end cap than is required to detach the non-patient end cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Embecta Corp.
    Inventors: Amit Limaye, Yvonne Yan Wang, Joshua Herr, Abhijitsinh S. Raj, James Bates, Robert Banik
  • Patent number: 11369751
    Abstract: In one aspect, a safety pen needle assembly is provided herein which includes a hub with a needle fixed to the hub, the needle having a distal end, formed for insertion into a patient, and a proximal end. The assembly further includes a shield and a biasing member disposed between the hub and the shield configured to urge the shield distally. A protrusion extends from at least one of the hub and the shield with a channel being formed in at least the other of the hub and the shield. The channel is formed to accommodate the protrusion. The shield is movable from a first position to a second position. In the first position, the shield is spaced from the distal end of the needle such that the distal end of the needle is exposed. In the second position, the shield covers the distal end of the needle. The channel guides the protrusion as the shield moves from the first position to the second position. With this arrangement, a shield may be directed to move in a desired path with stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Embecta Corp.
    Inventors: Tieming Ruan, Robert Banik, Eliot Zaiken, Michael Vincent Quinn, Gary Searle
  • Patent number: 11278681
    Abstract: A closure structured to adapt a syringe for connection to an incompatible standardized medical connector, including either a male or female ISO 80369 series ENFitĀ® connector. An adapter body has an inlet port and an outlet port disposed in fluid communication with one another. The inlet port is dimensioned and configured to accommodate attachment to a discharge port of the syringe and the outlet port is dimensioned and configured to accommodate attachment to the standardized connector. A tip cap is removably connected to the adapter body in flow sealing relation to the outlet port. The closure may include a tamper evident assembly including a sleeve removably disposed in enclosing relation to the adapter body and tip cap and a retainer structure is disposed in removably retaining relation to the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Banik, Peter Lehel
  • Patent number: 11246996
    Abstract: A pen needle, comprising a reusable adapter configured for attachment to a distal end of a medication pen, the adapter having a proximal needle for accessing the interior of the pen injector and a fitting on the distal side for mating with a patient end needle assembly, and a disposable patient-end needle assembly having a base configured for mating with the fitting on the distal side of the adapter and a patient-end needle extending from a distal end of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: James Bates, Robert Banik, Abhijitsinh S. Raj, Joshua Herr, Joseph Brizzolara, Amit Limaye
  • Patent number: 11097071
    Abstract: A tamper evident assembly for attachment to a medical connector including a tamper evident cap having an end cap and a tip cap movably and removably disposed in an operative position within the end cap. A retaining structure on the end cap and a retention structure on the tip cap are cooperatively structured to define an interruptive engagement and unidirectional passage of the retention structure over said retaining structure, when disposing the tip cap in the operative position. The interruptive engagement also defines an abutting engagement of said retaining structure with said retention structure, wherein the abutting engagement is preventative of passage of said retention structure over said retaining structure, concurrent to disposition of said tip cap out of said operative position. An included flow controller regulates fluid flow through a connector attached to the tamper evident cap and may establish a path of fluid flow with an attached conduit and the attached connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL INDUSTRIES INC.
    Inventors: Timothy Brandon Hunt, Patrick Vitello, Robert Banik
  • Patent number: D948713
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: International Medical Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Banik