Patents by Inventor Simone Gafner

Simone Gafner 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: 8529513
    Abstract: A device for administering an injectable substance, the device including a housing, a translation member moveable in a translation direction, a rotation member rotatably moveable about a rotation axis and coupled to the translation member to support the translation member counter to the translation direction, a rotary bearing including a bearing body bearing the rotation member rotatably about the rotation axis, the rotary bearing having support surfaces for supporting the rotation member axially on the bearing body, and a device for reducing play whereby at least two support surfaces are brought into contact with a pressing force, thereby reducing an axial play of the rotary bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics International AG
    Inventors: Daniel Peter, Simone Gafner-Geiser
  • Patent number: 7914500
    Abstract: A container for storing a product to be injected, e.g., a therapeutic or diagnostic liquid, wherein the container includes a container body and a piston body arranged in the container body in a sliding manner, the piston body moveable between a rear end position that determines a maximum filling of the container and a front end position to dispense the product, and wherein the container has a maximum opening ratio H/L of approximately 1.25 to 1.0, H corresponding to the maximum height of the container body and L corresponding to the maximum distance between the lateral wall or walls of the container body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics International AG
    Inventors: Simone Gafner-Geiser, Rudolf Zihlmann, Hanspeter Heiniger
  • Publication number: 20070123820
    Abstract: A container for storing a product to be injected, e.g., a therapeutic or diagnostic liquid, wherein the container includes a container body and a piston body arranged in the container body in a sliding manner, the piston body moveable between a rear end position that determines a maximum filling of the container and a front end position to dispense the product, and wherein the container has a maximum opening ratio H/L of approximately 1.25 to 1.0, H corresponding to the maximum height of the container body and L corresponding to the maximum distance between the lateral wall or walls of the container body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Inventors: Simone Gafner-Geiser, Rudolf Zihlmann, Hanspeter Heiniger
  • Publication number: 20070010789
    Abstract: A device for administering an injectable substance, the device including a housing, a translation member moveable in a translation direction, a rotation member rotatably moveable about a rotation axis and coupled to the translation member to support the translation member counter to the translation direction, a rotary bearing including a bearing body bearing the rotation member rotatably about the rotation axis, the rotary bearing having support surfaces for supporting the rotation member axially on the bearing body, and a device for reducing play whereby at least two support surfaces are brought into contact with a pressing force, thereby reducing an axial play of the rotary bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Inventors: Daniel Peter, Simone Gafner-Geiser
  • Publication number: 20060278112
    Abstract: A device for metered administration of a liquid product, including a housing, a reservoir for the product, the reservoir being received or formed by the housing, a drive member which executes a drive movement and has at least one engagement flank, an output member which executes an axial output movement to deliver product from the reservoir and has at least one engagement flank which is in a flank engagement with the engagement flank of the drive member such that the drive movement of the drive member produces the output movement of the output member, and a device for reducing play which, in an adjustment engagement with the drive member and the output member, is displaced relative to the drive member and the output member into an adjustment position and is secured in the adjustment position such that an axial play of the flank engagement is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Inventors: Daniel Peter, Simone Gafner-Geiser
  • Patent number: 7138806
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for detecting the position of a rotor relative to a stator, wherein at least one electrode is arranged on the rotor and at least one electrode is arranged on the stator, such that the electrodes at least partially overlap in at least one rotational position of the rotor relative to the stator, and encompasses a method for measuring the rotational position of a rotor including at least one rotor electrode relative to a stator including at least one stator electrode, wherein the rotational position is detected using a capacitive coupling between the rotor electrode and the stator electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: TecPharma Licensing AG
    Inventors: Simone Gafner, Michael Krieftewirth, Beat Steffen, Julian Yeandel
  • Publication number: 20040207385
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for detecting the position of a rotor relative to a stator, wherein at least one electrode is arranged on the rotor and at least one electrode is arranged on the stator, such that the electrodes at least partially overlap in at least one rotational position of the rotor relative to the stator, and encompasses a method for measuring the rotational position of a rotor comprising at least one rotor electrode relative to a stator comprising at least one stator electrode, wherein the rotational position is detected using a capacitive coupling between the rotor electrode and the stator electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Simone Gafner, Michael Krieftewirth, Beat Steffen, Julian Yeandel