Patents by Inventor Robert J. Oshgan

Robert J. Oshgan 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: 7569036
    Abstract: An injector device for a pharmaceutical cartridge. The injector device includes a body defining a space for receiving a pharmaceutical cartridge. One or more retention members are disposed on the outer surface of the body. The injector device further includes a plunger rod having a connection member constructed for connection to a piston associated with a cartridge. The plunger rod has one or more receiving members. constructed to cooperatively retain the plunger rod on the body in a first position, and to release the plunger rod from the body when the plunger rod is moved to a second position. The plunger rod further includes a surface for engaging a pharmaceutical cartridge positioned within the body of said injector and for moving a pharmaceutical cartridge distally as the plunger rod is moved from its first position to its second position. A tamper evident band is secured to plunger rod and injector body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Hospira, Inc.
    Inventors: John A. Domkowski, Robert J. Oshgan
  • Patent number: 7563253
    Abstract: An injector device for a pharmaceutical cartridge. The injector device includes a body defining a space for receiving a pharmaceutical cartridge. One or more retention members are disposed on an outer surface of the body. The injector device further includes a plunger rod having a connection member constructed for connection to a piston associated with a cartridge. The plunger rod has one or more receiving members constructed to cooperatively retain the plunger rod on the body in a first position, and to release the plunger rod from the body when the plunger rod is moved to a second position. The plunger rod further includes a surface for engaging a pharmaceutical cartridge positioned within the body of said injector and for moving a pharmaceutical cartridge distally as the plunger rod is moved from its first position to its second position, thereby activating the cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Hospira, Inc.
    Inventors: John C. Tanner, John A. Domkowski, John S. Norman, Robert J. Oshgan
  • Publication number: 20070270763
    Abstract: An injector device for injecting or transferring a pharmaceutical product from a pharmaceutical cartridge. The injector device includes a body having a side wall having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, the side wall having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface of the side wall defining a space for receiving at least a portion of a body of a pharmaceutical cartridge therein. One or more retention members are disposed on the outer surface of the body. The injector device further includes a plunger rod having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, the distal end portion of the plunger rod having a connection member constructed for connection to a connecting member mounted on a piston associated with a cartridge. The plunger rod has one or more receiving members formed about its length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Applicant: HOSPIRA, INC.
    Inventors: John C. Tanner, John A. Domkowski, John S. Norman, Robert J. Oshgan