Patents by Inventor Steffen Gyrn

Steffen Gyrn 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: 9440051
    Abstract: A holding device and an inserter are provided. The holding device includes a casing providing a cavity including walls, the was encompass a subcutaneous unit. The cavity includes a first side having an outlet opening, the outlet opening before use is covered with a penetrable or removable cover, and a second side comprising a layer having an outer surface and being penetrable, removable or flexible to transfer an impact from outside the layer to the subcutaneous unit. The casing includes a releasable attachment member corresponding to a member on the subcutaneous unit and a needle secured to the casing. An impact towards the outer surface of the layer pushes the subcutaneous unit at least partly out of the casing into a subcutaneous position, when the unit is in the subcutaneous position the releasable attachment member of the casing is released allowing detachment of the unit from the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: UNOMEDICAL A/S
    Inventor: Steffen Gyrn
  • Publication number: 20160243302
    Abstract: The invention relates to an inserter device for subcutaneously inserting a medical device, the inserter device comprising an outer part comprising one or more locking elements including a first locking element and one or more release elements including a first release element; a housing; and a functional part accommodated in the housing; wherein the housing comprises a sidewall with an inner surface forming a cavity, the housing extending from a first end to a second end along a first axis and comprising one or more housing guide members including a first housing guide member for engagement with one or more guide members of the functional part, and where the housing is at least partly covered by the outer part; wherein the functional part comprises a first part with a first body extending from a first end to a second end along the first axis, the first part comprising one or more first locking members; a second part releasably connected to the first part and comprising a second body extending from a first end
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: UNOMEDICAL A/S
    Inventor: Steffen Gyrn
  • Patent number: 9415159
    Abstract: The invention concerns a medical device provided with an outer part or shell and an inner functional part which inner functional part comprises a combination of units. The functional combination of units normally constitutes a device comprising a part being able to penetrate the skin of a patient i.e. a subcutaneous part such as a cannula, a sensor, an insertion needle or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: UNOMEDICAL A/S
    Inventors: Steffen Gyrn, Søren Thorup
  • Patent number: 9278173
    Abstract: The application relates to a device for an intermittent or continuous administration of a therapeutical substance, such as insulin, comprising an injection part and a fluid delivery part (3,4). The fluid delivery part normally comprises a reservoir (4), transferal means e.g. in form of a pump and a house (3), and the injection part normally comprises a base plate (10), a cannula part (1,16) comprising a cannula (9) extending past the proximal side of the base plate and means for fixation of the base plate to the skin of the user. According to the application the device comprises a base plate (10), a cannula part (1, 1b) comprising a body providing a through-going opening leading liquid to a cannula (9) which cannula (9) extends past the proximal side of the base plate (10) and means (21) for fixation of the base plate to the skin of the user wherein a flexible part is arranged in an area between the subcutaneously positioned section of the cannula (9) and the fluid delivery part (3, 4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: UNOMEDICAL A/S
    Inventors: Signe Thorning Mejlhede, Lasse W. Mogensen, Steffen Gyrn, Elo Hørdum
  • Publication number: 20150164545
    Abstract: An inserter (100) for subcutaneous insertion of multiple transcutaneous parts (212, 222), the multiple transcutaneous parts at least comprising: —a first transcutaneous part (212) comprising a first body (214) from where a first subcutaneous part (216) extends, and —a second transcutaneous part (222) comprising a second body (224) from where a second subcutaneous part (226) extends, wherein the inserter comprises: —support means for guiding the multiple transcutaneous parts during insertion of the multiple transcutaneous parts, and —activation means for activating the inserter, whereby simultaneously insertion of the multiple transcutaneous parts subcutaneously in the patient's skin is initiated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: UNOMEDICAL A/S
    Inventor: Steffen Gyrn
  • Patent number: 8945057
    Abstract: The present application concerns a cannula device for mounting in a base part (9) comprising a housing (Ia, 16) and at least one membrane (4) together defining at least 15 one cavity, the cannula device further comprises a cannula (3) mounted in the housing and being in fluid communication with the at least one cavity, said cannula device is provided with means (5) for attaching the device to the base part (9) on the proximal side of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Unomedical A/S
    Inventors: Steffen Gyrn, Orla Mathiasen
  • Patent number: 8790311
    Abstract: A mounting pad comprising an adhesive layer (2), said adhesive layer being provided with a removable release liner (3). The release liner being divided into at least two sections (3A, 3B) and each of the at least two said sections of the release liner is provided with one or more score lines (4) thereby defining each section of the release liner as a strip, which renders it possible by a single straight upward pull to peel a release liner in two or more narrow strips, thereby still maintaining an even pull with small force needed to remove the release liner and using only a short pulling distance for removing the release liner from the adhesive surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Unomedical A/S
    Inventor: Steffen Gyrn
  • Publication number: 20130338598
    Abstract: The invention concerns a base part system for a medication delivery device. The base part system to be combined with a detachable reservoir/delivery part according to the application comprises a plate (1) provided with a mounting surface (1a) and openings (12a, 12b) through which two or more subcutaneous units in the form of at least two subcutaneously positioned cannulas (22a, 22b) or at least one subcutaneously positioned cannula and e.g. a subcutaneously positioned part of a sensor extend during use. During use at least one subcutaneous unit in form of a cannula part is attached to the plate (1) with fastening means (25). The subcutaneous unit comprises a body part (7) placed above the patient's skin which is provided with handling means (26) allowing a user to detach the subcutaneous unit from the plate (1) and to remove the used subcutaneous unit from the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: Unomedical A/S
    Inventor: Steffen Gyrn
  • Publication number: 20130237918
    Abstract: Insertion System (2) and an Insertion kit is disclosed, the Insertion System comprising a housing (4) with a wall (6) defining a cavity (8), an actuator element (10), a first part (12) and a second part (14), the first part comprising a subcutaneous element (16) and a first base element (18) with at least one base plate engagement element (20), the second part comprising a needle hub (22) and at least one Insertion needle (24) secured to the needle hub with the second part movably arranged from a first position to a second position relative to the housing along an Insertion axis (X), wherein the housing comprises at least one first coupling element (28) for releasably securing the Insertion System to an inserter device, and wherein the actuator element comprises an outer part (32) external to the housing such that manual actuation of the actuator element in relation to the housing is enabled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: Unomedical A/S
    Inventor: Steffen Gyrn
  • Publication number: 20130237781
    Abstract: The present application relates to a transcutaneous device for use in delivery and/or sensor devices or the like. The transcutaneous device is of a type which can be used as a component in different types of delivery and/or sensor devices and which is applied after a base part has been applied to the patient's skin. The application relates to a transcutaneous device to be secured to a base part which base part during use is secured to a patient's skin, the transcutaneous device comprises a housing and a subcutaneous part secured unreleasably to the housing, said transcutaneous device is provided with attachment means attaching the transcutaneous device to the base part. The attachment means comprises more than one inwardly or outwardly protruding parts sequentially arranged in direction of insertion along an outer surface of the body of the transcutaneous device. The direction of insertion is coinciding with the direction in which the insertion needle points during insertion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Inventor: Steffen Gyrn
  • Patent number: 8430850
    Abstract: The invention relates to an inserter for an infusion set for intermittent or continuous administration of a therapeutical substance, such as e.g. insulin. The inserter comprises means for insertion and retraction of an introducer needle. With an inserter device according to the invention it is possible to introduce an insertion needle when placing a medical device sub- or transcutaneously. The Inserter device comprises a housing (1, 2, 12) which hides the insertion needle (7, 17) before insertion and can hide the insertion needle (7, 17) after insertion and placing of the medical device. The insertion needle (7, 17) moves relative to the housing (1, 2, 12) toward the patients skin surface during insertion and the inserter device comprises a bi-stable elastic element (1, 11) having two equilibrium states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Unomedical A/S
    Inventors: Steffen Gyrn, Søren Bo Hasted, Brian Boyum Hagedorn
  • Publication number: 20130079719
    Abstract: The invention concerns a medical device provided with an outer part or shell and an inner functional part which inner functional part comprises a combination of units. The functional combination of units normally constitutes a device comprising a part being able to penetrate the skin of a patient i.e. a subcutaneous part such as a cannula, a sensor, an insertion needle or the like. Examples of such medical devices are inserter devices and infusion devices where each device comprises an outer part and an inner functional part according to claim 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventors: Steffen Gyrn, Søren Thorup
  • Patent number: 8303549
    Abstract: The application relates to a device for an intermittent or continuous administration of a therapeutical substance, such as insulin, including a base part to which an injection part and a delivery part are fastened. The delivery part includes a reservoir and a pump, and the injection part includes base plate, a cannula part with a body with a through-going opening, and at least one cannula having a proximal end protruding from the lower side of the body and an adhesive portion for fastening the base plate to the skin of the user. The delivery part and the injection part are assembled through a connector having a fluid path leading fluid from the reservoir to the through-going opening in the cannula part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Unomedical A/S
    Inventors: Signe Thorning Mejlhede, Lasse W. Mogensen, Steffen Gyrn, Elo Hørdum
  • Patent number: 8246588
    Abstract: The invention concerns an insertion device for inserting a medical device into the subcutaneous or intramuscular area of a patient. More specifically, this invention relates to an insertion device comprising pivoting and guiding means for moving a penetrating member from a position, where the penetrating member is not pointing into the direction of insertion, to a position, where the penetrating member is pointing into the direction of insertion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Unomedical A/S
    Inventor: Steffen Gyrn
  • Publication number: 20120184909
    Abstract: The invention concerns a base part for a medication delivery device. The base part is during use fastened to a patient's skin and connected to a cannula part which cannula part is positioned at least partly subcutaneous. The base part is also connected to a sensor unit which can detect one or more components e.g. glucose content in the patients blood. The base part comprises fastening means (15) which fastening means (15) releasably attach the reservoir/delivery part to the base part during use and a first fluid path or means corresponding to a first fluid path from a reservoir permitting a flow of fluid between the reservoir/delivery part and the base part when the reservoir/delivery part is attached to the base part, the first fluid path comprises means (17) for interrupting the fluid flow when the detachable reservoir/delivery part is not attached to the base part (1) and opening the fluid path (19) when the delivery part is attached to the base part (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventor: Steffen Gyrn
  • Publication number: 20120095406
    Abstract: The present application relates to an inserter device for inserting a medical device subcutaneous Iy which inserter device comprises a housing (1); a cover (2) which is slidably connected to the housing (1); a hub (5) for an insertion needle (4) which can be moved linearly relative to the housing (1) and relative to the cover (2); a primary spring (6) which moves the hub (5) for the insertion needle (4) relative to the cover (2) and which primary spring (6) is configured to pull the hub (5) for the insertion needle (4) either to a forward or to a retracted position wherein the inserter device further comprises means for biasing the primary spring (6) before insertion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventors: Steffen Gyrn, Søren Thorup, Holger Dirac, Thomas Heinstrup Vikkelsø
  • Publication number: 20110160669
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device comprising a transcutaneous device and an inserter which transcutaneous device has a mounting surface. The device is upon delivery arranged in a sterile packing which packing functions as inserter and is attached to the transcutanous device i.e. the packing and the inserter is one integrated unit. A device according to the present invention comprises a transcutaneous device (1) and an inserter (2). The transcutaneous device comprises—a mounting part (13) having a mounting surface (14),—a soft cannula (6)—a fluid path leading fluid from a fluid source to the soft cannula (6),—means for releasably attaching the transcutaneous device (1) to the inserter (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Steffen Gyrn, Frederik Hjort
  • Publication number: 20110152778
    Abstract: A mounting pad comprising an adhesive layer (2), said adhesive layer being provided with a removable release liner (3). The release liner being divided into at least two sections (3A, 3B) and each of the at least two said sections of the release liner is provided with one or more score lines (4) thereby defining each section of the release liner as a strip, which renders it possible by a single straight upward pull to peel a release liner in two or more narrow strips, thereby still maintaining an even pull with small force needed to remove the release liner and using only a short pulling distance for removing the release liner from the adhesive surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2007
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: UNOMEDICAL A/S
    Inventor: Steffen Gyrn
  • Publication number: 20110137257
    Abstract: The present application relates to a device comprising a transcutaneous device and an inserter which transcutaneous device has a mounting surface. The device is upon delivery arranged in a sterile packing which packing functions as inserter and is attached to the transcutaneous device i.e. the packing and the inserter is one integrated unit. A device comprises a transcutanous device and an inserter. The transcutaneous device comprises—a mounting part (1) having a mounting surface (2),—a hard cannula (9)—a fluid path leading fluid from a fluid source to the hard cannula (9), The inserter comprises—a packing (10) at least partly covering the transcutaneous device before use which packing (10) comprises a non-deformable portion which portion cannot be deformed by the user during normal use and a deformable portion (10a) which portion can be reduced lengthwise in the direction of insertion during use. Preferably the mounting surface (2) is at least partly adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: Steffen Gyrn, Orla Mathiasen
  • Publication number: 20110098652
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fluid connection (60) having at least a first and a second opening (13, 12), i.e. an inlet and an outlet, where the first opening (13) forms a fluid connection to a medication supply (6) or the like and the second opening (12) forms a fluid connection to an opening in the body (24) of a separate cannula part (7) and an at least partly sub- or transcutaneous positioned cannula (22). The fluid connection is characterized in that is attached to a surface plate (1) and has the form of a tube (60) made of a rigid material. Further the invention relates to a base part comprising such a fluid connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: Unomedical A/S
    Inventors: Soren Bo Hasted, Steffen Gyrn, Elo Lau Hordum