Patents by Inventor Sharon D. West
Sharon D. West 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).
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Patent number: 11717608Abstract: A drug delivery assembly is provided for delivering a medicament to a patient via a fluid flow path. The assembly includes a main body having a body housing with a body interface and a controller. The assembly also includes a cartridge having a cartridge housing with a cartridge interface configured to be removably associated to the body interface. A drug reservoir positioned within the cartridge housing is configured to contain a medicament and includes an outlet. An adhesive pad is associated with a surface of the cartridge housing and is configured to removably attach to a human body surface. The controller is configured to execute a drug delivery routine in which at least a portion of the medicament in the drug reservoir is delivered to a subject via the outlet and the fluid flow path when the main body is coupled to the cartridge.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbHInventors: David R Schiff, Sharon D West, Justin Bechstein
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Publication number: 20230210685Abstract: Examples relate to systems, devices, and methods utilizing means for securing a protruding portion of a fluid permeable body disposed between a wearer's labia in position during use. The protruding portion is formed from fluid permeable material that allows urine or other fluids to pass therethrough. The fluid permeable body is disposed at least partially within a fluid impermeable barrier to prevent leakage of the fluid. The fluid is removed through a conduit disposed in a chamber within the fluid impermeable barrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2021Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Eric Alan Fallows, Melody Mei Hee Kuroda, Adam Martin, Nicholas Jardine, Florence Stevenson, Michael Bielawa, Brian Murphy, David R. Schiff, Sharon D. West, Vladlena Belozerova, Breanna Stachowski, Justin Bechstein, Alana Clerkin, Trisha Eckard
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Patent number: 11607505Abstract: An on-body drug delivery device having a housing and a cartridge removably attachable to the housing. The cartridge comprises: a drug chamber, a piston received in the drug chamber movable from a first, initial position to a second position, an actuation device for moving the piston from the first position to the second position, and at least one breakable sterility sensor circuit formed by attachment of the cartridge to the housing, the circuit being closed when the cartridge is properly attached to the housing and broken if the cartridge is not properly attached to the housing or removed from the housing after being attached thereto, and/or the circuit being broken if the piston is not in the initial position when the cartridge is first attached to the housing.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2021Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbHInventor: Sharon D. West
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Patent number: 11504470Abstract: A drug delivery device has a housing with an adhesive pad associated with the lower surface of the housing and configured to removably attach to a human body surface. A deformable drug reservoir is positioned within the housing and includes an outlet, with a needle fluidically connected to the drug reservoir and configured to define at least a portion of a fluid flow path between the drug reservoir and said human body surface. A delivery assembly is associated with the drug reservoir and includes a roller and a drive assembly, with the drive assembly being controlled by the controller during a drug delivery routine to move the roller from a first position to a second position so as to cause the roller to contact and deform the reservoir, thereby conveying a drug from the reservoir via the outlet.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2021Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbHInventors: David R. Schiff, Sharon D. West
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Patent number: 11497847Abstract: An on-body drug delivery device having a housing carried by a substrate. The substrate includes one or more cut-outs and/or one or more perforations to allow the substrate to better conform to the patient's body.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2021Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbHInventors: Sharon D. West, Vladlena Belozerova
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Publication number: 20220355026Abstract: A drug delivery device has a housing including upper and lower surfaces, with an adhesive pad associated with the lower surface of the housing and configured to removably attach to a human body surface. A drug reservoir is positioned within the housing, with a needle fluidically connected to the drug reservoir and configured to define at least a portion of a fluid flow path between the drug reservoir and said human body surface. A controller is configured to control the components of the drug delivery device to execute a drug delivery routine, with a display coupled to the controller and configured to receive signals from the controller so as to provide an indicium visible through the upper surface of the housing. The display may be electrical or mechanical in nature.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2022Publication date: November 10, 2022Inventors: Sharon D. West, Jason Zerweck
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Patent number: 11484646Abstract: An on-body injector includes a drug reservoir having an outlet. First and second pistons may be positioned within the reservoir, with the second piston first being moved to open the outlet, followed by the first piston being moved to convey a drug from the reservoir via the outlet. The reservoir may instead include a cover, with a valve positioned between the outlet and the cover. The valve is rotated to place a channel of the valve in fluid communication with a through-hole of the cover, allowing flow from the reservoir via the outlet. The reservoir may instead include a valve movable from a condition in which it deforms the outlet, preventing flow through the outlet, to a condition allowing flow. The reservoir may instead include a seal that is deformed by an increase in pressure within the reservoir, with the deformed seal being open to allow flow through the outlet.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2021Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbHInventors: David R. Schiff, Sharon D. West, Jason Zerweck
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Patent number: 11464902Abstract: A wearable drug delivery device and related methods are described. The wearable drug delivery device can include: a housing; a flexible bag disposed within the housing; a cannula in fluid communication with the flexible bag; and a pumping mechanism for forcing a drug from the flexible bag and into the cannula, wherein the pumping mechanism is proximate the flexible bag and includes a spring-loaded paddle or a driving bag.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2021Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbHInventors: David R. Schiff, Sharon D. West, Jason Zerweck
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Patent number: 11426523Abstract: A drug delivery assembly is used for delivering a medicament to a patient. The assembly includes a main body having a housing and defining a recess, with an actuator associated with the housing. An adhesive pad, configured to attach to a human body surface, is associated with a lower surface of the housing. The assembly also includes a cartridge configured to be at least partially inserted into the recess and having: a cartridge housing, a drug reservoir positioned within the cartridge housing, a stopper movably associated with the drug reservoir, and a needle movably associated with the drug reservoir. The actuator is manipulated to deploy the needle, with the actuator also engaging the cartridge to prevent removal of the cartridge from the recess during drug delivery. A rod of the body engages the stopper to move the stopper and dispense a medicament from the drug reservoir during drug delivery.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2021Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbHInventors: David R Schiff, Sharon D West
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Patent number: 11419976Abstract: A drug delivery device has a housing with an adhesive pad associated with the lower surface of the housing and configured to removably attach to a human body surface. A drug reservoir is positioned within the housing and includes an outlet with a valve, with a needle fluidically connected to the reservoir and configured to define at least a portion of a fluid flow path between the reservoir and the human body surface. A controller is configured to control the components of the drug delivery device to execute a drug delivery routine. The drug delivery device also includes pressurized fluid positioned to apply a force to the reservoir. The controller moves the valve from a closed condition to an open condition during a drug delivery routine to allow the pressurized fluid to deform the reservoir or move a plunger to convey the drug out of the reservoir via the outlet.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2021Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbHInventors: David R. Schiff, Sharon D. West
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Patent number: 11413394Abstract: A drug delivery device has a housing including upper and lower surfaces, with an adhesive pad associated with the lower surface of the housing and configured to removably attach to a human body surface. A drug reservoir is positioned within the housing, with a needle fluidically connected to the drug reservoir and configured to define at least a portion of a fluid flow path between the drug reservoir and said human body surface. A controller is configured to control the components of the drug delivery device to execute a drug delivery routine, with a display coupled to the controller and configured to receive signals from the controller so as to provide an indicium visible through the upper surface of the housing. The display may be electrical or mechanical in nature.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2021Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbHInventors: Sharon D. West, Jason Zerweck
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Patent number: 11406755Abstract: An on-body injector includes a drug reservoir with an associated temperature sensor. A piston having an associated force sensor is driven to convey a drug out of the drug reservoir during a drug delivery routine. The temperature and force sensors are electrically coupled to a controller that controls the components of the on-body injector to execute a drug delivery routine. The controller receives signals from the temperature sensor indicative of a temperature of the drug within the reservoir and from the force sensor indicative of a force experienced by the piston during the drug delivery routine. The controller analyzes the signals to determine whether the measured force is different from an expected force at the measured temperature. The controller generates an error signal when the measured force is different from the expected force at the measured temperature.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2021Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbHInventors: David R. Schiff, Sharon D. West, Jason Zerweck
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Patent number: 11351300Abstract: A drug dispensing system with replaceable cartridges wherein the system indicates whether the cartridge is suitable for use.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2021Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Fresenius Kabl Deutschland GmbHInventors: David R. Schiff, Sharon D. West
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Patent number: 11344682Abstract: A drug delivery device and cartridge wherein the cartridge includes a movable use indicator that indicates whether the cartridge has been opened and/or used.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2021Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbHInventors: Sharon D West, Jason Zerweck
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Patent number: 11311666Abstract: A medicament delivery device and method of use thereof. The device includes a sensor module and an injector module. The injector module is adapted to (i) be coupled to the sensor module during injection of a cannula and a needle into subcutaneous tissue and during delivery of the medicament and (ii) be removed from the sensor module after the delivery of the medicament.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2021Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbHInventors: Sharon D. West, Justin E. Bechstein
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Patent number: 10807052Abstract: A mixing vessel for accommodating components to be mixed has a container with at least one mounting depression in a side wall of the container. The mounting depression is adapted so that a mixing impeller housing of a mixing impeller is at least partly insertable, in which at least one magnet is housed for being magnetically connectable to a drive device to be driven. A locking assembly is attachable to the mounting depression from outside for locking the mixing impeller in a storage position, in which the mixing impeller is not rotatable. The locking assembly has a magnetically active element that is adapted to interact with the magnet of the mixing impeller.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2019Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbHInventors: Lars Boettcher, Jonathan E. Cutting, Sharon D. West, Martin Oschwald, Mike Bates
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Publication number: 20200206705Abstract: A method is provided for monitoring a flow behavior of mixed components without requiring additional instrumentation or sampling. The method is carried out by determining ratios of the power required to rotate a mixing impeller at different rotational speeds and then comparing the ratios. Characteristics about the mixed components are determined based on differences between the ratios.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2020Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Lars Boettcher, Jonathan E. Cutting, Sharon D. West, Martin Oschwald
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Patent number: 10639603Abstract: A mixing method, a controller and a mixing device for mixing components in a mixing vessel are provided. The mixing method includes providing a mixing impeller in the mixing vessel; accelerating the mixing impeller from an inactive state to a rotating state in which the mixing impeller rotates at a first desired speed in a first rotation direction; rotating the mixing impeller at the first desired speed for a first time tsteady,1 in the first rotation direction; changing the rotation direction of the mixing impeller, so that the mixing impeller rotates in a second rotation direction at a second desired speed; and rotating the mixing impeller at the second desired speed for a second time tsteady,2.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2019Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbHInventors: Lars Boettcher, Jonathan E. Cutting, Sharon D. West, Martin Oschwald
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Patent number: 10500554Abstract: A system for receiving a single-use vessel containing a mixing device has a support structure adapted to receive the single-use vessel and a drive-unit adapted to power, to control, or to power and control a mixing of contents of the single-use vessel when the single-use vessel is arranged in the support structure. The support structure and the drive-unit are provided as separate components that may be arranged both in an operating position, where the drive-unit is connectable to the mixing device of the single-use bag in the support structure, and in a separated position, where the drive-unit is separated from the support structure. The drive-unit comprises a tag reader that, in the operating position, is arranged to read a vessel tag of the single-use vessel arranged in the support structure.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2018Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbHInventors: Lars Boettcher, Jonathan Cutting, Sharon D. West, Martin Oschwald
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Patent number: 10434481Abstract: A mixing vessel for accommodating components to be mixed has a container with at least one mounting depression in a side wall of the container. The mounting depression is adapted so that a mixing impeller housing of a mixing impeller is at least partly insertable, in which at least one magnet is housed for being magnetically connectable to a drive device to be driven. A locking assembly is attachable to the mounting depression from outside for locking the mixing impeller in a storage position, in which the mixing impeller is not rotatable. The locking assembly has a magnetically active element that is adapted to interact with the magnet of the mixing impeller.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2016Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbHInventors: Lars Boettcher, Jonathan E. Cutting, Sharon D. West, Martin Oschwald, Mike Bates