Patents by Inventor Stephen Dunne

Stephen Dunne 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).

  • Publication number: 20240148806
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of medicine, specifically the field of bacterial infection and treatment thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: ETH Zurich
    Inventors: Samuel Nando KILCHER, Matthew Stephen DUNNE, Susanne Andrea MEILE, Jiemin DU, Martin Johannes LOESSNER
  • Patent number: 11467912
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for feature toggle management with application behavior point-in-time restoration using event sourcing. One method comprises maintaining feature toggle events for features of an application, wherein each feature toggle event comprises an indication of an event time of the respective feature toggle event for a given feature; receiving a request to execute the application with feature toggle settings associated with an indicated point-in-time; and initiating an execution of the application with the feature toggle settings associated with the indicated point-in-time by processing the feature toggle events having an event time up to the indicated point-in-time. Event sourcing techniques may be employed to store the plurality of feature toggle events for the plurality of features in an event repository.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Donal Carpenter, Stephen Dunne, Arun Muthukumar
  • Publication number: 20220143317
    Abstract: The present invention is an auto-injector for the administration and self-administration of drugs by subcutaneous, intramuscular or intra-dermal injection and for drug solutions or suspensions. The auto-injector may comprise three modules for ease of assembly, the modules principally including a standard cartridge module with stopper and septum, a power source and indicator module that pushes against the cartridge stopper pressurizing contents, an injection progress indicator and a needle shuttle comprising of two needles, one needle being the injection needle and one needle being the septum needle. A needle guard ensures that the needle is always covered thus hiding the needle before and after the injection and that prevents needle stick injurie.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: New Injection Systems Ltd.
    Inventor: Stephen DUNNE
  • Publication number: 20220129351
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for feature toggle management with application behavior point-in-time restoration using event sourcing. One method comprises maintaining feature toggle events for features of an application, wherein each feature toggle event comprises an indication of an event time of the respective feature toggle event for a given feature; receiving a request to execute the application with feature toggle settings associated with an indicated point-in-time; and initiating an execution of the application with the feature toggle settings associated with the indicated point-in-time by processing the feature toggle events having an event time up to the indicated point-in-time. Event sourcing techniques may be employed to store the plurality of feature toggle events for the plurality of features in an event repository.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Donal Carpenter, Stephen Dunne, Arun Muthukumar
  • Patent number: 11163630
    Abstract: A system and method for reducing execution errors make by a software service are disclosed. The service has several features whose execution paths are switched on or off by corresponding feature toggles, i.e. flags in a configuration database. The performance, and especially error generation, of each feature is monitored automatically and an instantaneous error rate is produced. When the error rate exceeds a given threshold error rate for a particular feature, the corresponding toggle is disabled in the configuration database and the service is triggered to restart using the updated toggles, thereby disabling the problematic feature. The system and method also determine whether the error rate increased due to a transient error condition, such as a data link drop or a secondary service restart, and re-enable the toggle when the error condition has passed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Stephen Dunne, Morton Davis Nivers
  • Publication number: 20210117263
    Abstract: A system and method for reducing execution errors make by a software service are disclosed. The service has several features whose execution paths are switched on or off by corresponding feature toggles, i.e. flags in a configuration database. The performance, and especially error generation, of each feature is monitored automatically and an instantaneous error rate is produced. When the error rate exceeds a given threshold error rate for a particular feature, the corresponding toggle is disabled in the configuration database and the service is triggered to restart using the updated toggles, thereby disabling the problematic feature. The system and method also determine whether the error rate increased due to a transient error condition, such as a data link drop or a secondary service restart, and re-enable the toggle when the error condition has passed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Stephen Dunne, Morton Davis Nivers
  • Patent number: 10471209
    Abstract: An auto-injector assembly comprises a medicament container defining a substantially cylindrical chamber containing a liquid medicament. A proximal end of the chamber is closed by a piston and a distal end of the chamber is closed by a seal spanning an opening. A biasing means, such as a spring, is coupled to the piston and acts to bias the piston towards the seal, thereby pressurizing the liquid medicament. The assembly also comprises a hypodermic needle and a removable needle cap for maintaining the hypodermic needle in sterile conditions until use. A means for establishes fluid communication between the chamber and the hypodermic needle such that the pressurized liquid medicament is automatically delivered through the hypodermic needle when communication has been established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: NEW INJECTION SYSTEMS LTD.
    Inventor: Stephen Dunne
  • Publication number: 20170173263
    Abstract: An injector assembly comprises a collapsible container for containing a liquid medicament (15); and pressurising means (21, 101) arranged to apply a first force to the collapsible container to continuously pressurise the liquid medicament 15 during storage of the liquid medicament 15. The pressurising means (21, 101) is actuatable to apply a second force, which is greater than the first force, to the collapsible container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventor: Stephen Dunne
  • Publication number: 20170049970
    Abstract: A needle safety shield assembly for an injector comprises: a needle shield (231) for shielding a needle of the injector; and a shield locking means comprising a track (233, 236) adapted to engage with a runner (224), the track comprising at least one unidirectional barrier (232, 237) through which the runner can pass; in which movement of the needle shield to expose the needle for use and to subsequently re-shield the needle causes movement of the runner (224) along the track (233, 236) through the at least one unidirectional barrier (232, 237) and into a locked position in which further movement of the runner and needle shield is prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Stephen Dunne, Douglas Arthur Emmott
  • Publication number: 20170049969
    Abstract: An auto-injector for delivering a liquid medicament comprises: a collapsible container for containing the liquid medicament (26); an openable closure; and an elongate indication member (21) located at least partially within the rigid outer container (22) and arranged to move longitudinally towards the distal end of the collapsible container when the openable closure is opened, in which longitudinal movement of the elongate indication member (21) produces visual, and/or audio and/or tactile feedback relating to injection progress to a user of the auto-injector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Stephen Dunne, Tom Oakley, Douglas Arthur Emmott
  • Publication number: 20150328406
    Abstract: A hand-held pre-filled syringe assembly comprises a syringe barrel, a piston slidably located within the syringe barrel, biasing means coupled to the piston and acting to bias the piston within the syringe barrel, a hypodermic needle, and an openable closure having an inlet and an outlet disposed between the syringe barrel and the hypodermic needle. The inlet of the openable closure is removably coupled to a nozzle of the syringe barrel by a first coupling and the outlet of the openable closure is coupled to a proximal end of the hypodermic needle by a second coupling. The openable closure defines a through-channel extending between the inlet and the outlet that is closed by a normally-closed valve. The syringe assembly contains a liquid medicament retained within the syringe barrel under pressure applied by the piston such that the liquid medicament is delivered through the hypodermic needle when the normally-closed valve is opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventor: Stephen Dunne
  • Publication number: 20150320936
    Abstract: An auto-injector assembly comprises a medicament container defining a substantially cylindrical chamber containing a liquid medicament. A proximal end of the chamber is closed by a piston and a distal end of the chamber is closed by a seal spanning an opening. A biasing means, such as a spring, is coupled to the piston and acts to bias the piston towards the seal, thereby pressurising the liquid medicament. The assembly also comprises a hypodermic needle and a removable needle cap for maintaining the hypodermic needle in sterile conditions until use. A means for establishes fluid communication between the chamber and the hypodermic needle such that the pressurised liquid medicament is automatically delivered through the hypodermic needle when communication has been established.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventor: Stephen Dunne
  • Patent number: 7708011
    Abstract: A dry powder inhaler (1) is to be made available, with which a particle size and particle size distribution preferred for inhalation are to be achieved and by means of which as high a line particle fraction as possible is to be realized. This is achieved by means of a dry powder inhaler (1 ) that is characterized in that provided in the inhaler (1) is a nozzle (10) through which the aerosol (9) flows before leaving the inhaler (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH and Co. KG
    Inventors: Dieter Hochrainer, Joerg Schiewe, Bernd Zierenberg, Stephen Dunne
  • Publication number: 20100096408
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a propellant-gas-free apparatus for the dispensing of liquids, a container cartridge suitable for this for storing the liquid and the ensemble comprising both. The invention comprises a device for the exertion of pressure and for accommodating a container cartridge and a container cartridge in which the dispensing facility is integrated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Joerg Schiewe, Gilbert Wuttke, Bernd Zierenberg, Stephen Dunne, Horst Wergen
  • Patent number: 7699052
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a propellant-gas-free apparatus for the dispensing of liquids, a container cartridge suitable for this for storing the liquid and the ensemble comprising both. The invention comprises a device for the exertion of pressure and for accommodating a container cartridge and a container cartridge in which the dispensing facility is integrated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Joerg Schiewe, Gilbert Wuttke, Bernd Zierenberg, Stephen Dunne, Horst Wergen
  • Patent number: 7681811
    Abstract: The invention relates to a nozzle system for a delivery device for liquids, wherein the nozzle system comprises a nozzle and a device which fixes the nozzle in the delivery device. The delivery device, an atomizer, has a liquid reservoir from which a liquid is forced through the nozzle under pressure. The nozzle fixing means may itself be secured by a second fixing, e.g., in the form of a check nut, or the fixing may itself be a check nut. According to the invention the fixing means on the nozzle outlet side has a specific geometry which minimizes the proportion of dispensed liquid deposited on the fixing means. Preferably, the present invention is part of a propellant-free device for nebulizing pharmaceutical liquids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Geser, Dieter Hochrainer, Herbert Wachtel, Stephen Dunne
  • Publication number: 20090024017
    Abstract: An electrophysiological sensor, weak electrical signal conditioning circuit and method for controlling the circuit as provided. The sensor includes rigid filiform conducting nanostructures connected to a conducting substrate and operable to penetrate an organic tissue. The circuit includes an instrumentation amplifier with an input connected to a first electrode in contact with a first area of a medium, and a second input; a voltage generating device connected to an electrode in contact with a second area of the medium for applying a continuous reference signal to it; a compensator, electrically insulated from the device, for compensating the direct current offsets of a weak electrical signal received by the first electrode, generating a signal with a reference voltage with a value which can be modified by a control system, and supplying it to the second input. A method is also provided for controlling the circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: STARLAB BARCELONA, SL
    Inventors: Giulio Ruffini, Stephen Dunne, Esteve Farres
  • Publication number: 20080001008
    Abstract: An atomizer, a reservoir and a method are proposed for the delivery and in particular, the atomization of a formulation, particularly a powder. A pump and a spring are arranged inside the annular reservoir, the pump and the spring being moveable radially and in a sliding manner. The pump is actuated by the spring to put air under pressure for discharging powder from the reservoir. The reservoir comprises receptacles or cavities, each of which has an insert with a respective dose of the formulation. The receptacles are constructed as separate parts and/or arranged on a common or annular carrier and/or are sealed separately and/or on its outer circumferential periphery. The spring is tensioned and the air is sucked into the pump. Then, the next receptacle and a connecting element are aligned relative to each other. Finally, the aligned receptacle is pierced by the connecting element for supplying the air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Applicant: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Thoemmes, Timo Von Brunn, Marc Rohrschneider, Stephen Dunne, Anke Klaer
  • Publication number: 20070272763
    Abstract: A dispensing device, a storage device and a method for dispensing powder in which powder is dispensed through a duct with a flat cross section to de-agglomerate the powder and to generate a spray with fine particle size. A storage chamber for the powder may be closed by a bursting element which is burst by pressurized gas for discharging the powder, the gas pressure reaching or exceeding a peak value before the bursting element bursts so that the powder is dispensed at a lower gas pressure. The powder may be forced through the duct by a gas pressure of less than 300 kPa to de-agglomerate the powder and/or to generate the spray. The storage device can have multiple storage chambers and associated ducts or nozzles, so that each dose of powder can be dispensed through a separate duct or nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2005
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Applicant: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Stephen Dunne, Marc Rohrschneider, Achim Moser
  • Patent number: D753833
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: NEUROELECTRICS BARCELONA S.L.
    Inventors: Giulio Ruffini, Guillem Mitja, Stephen Dunne