Patents by Inventor Thomas Meenken

Thomas Meenken 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: 20220411217
    Abstract: An installation includes a guide arrangement, guiding a material web, a conveying speed detection device, detecting a conveying speed of the conveyed material web, and a winding arrangement arranged downstream from the conveying speed detection device. The winding arrangement includes a rotatably mounted winding device, winding up the material web. The winding device is non-circular in cross section at least in a material web winding-up region, folding the material web. The winding arrangement has a rotary drive, in driving connection with the winding device, driving the winding device in rotation. An actuating device is at least temporarily in signal communication with the conveying speed detection device for receiving conveying speed signals therefrom, characterizing the respective conveying speed of the material web, and is at least temporarily in signal communication with the rotary drive for actuating the latter upon folding the material web in dependence on the conveying speed signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas MEENKEN, Günther HUBER
  • Patent number: 11129932
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a method of determining a cartridge type of a cartridge used with a fluid drug injection system having a pump that receives a fluid drug cartridge. The fluid drug cartridge has a barrel filled with a fluid drug solution and a plunger within the barrel that forces the fluid drug solution through an outlet. An actuator of the pump is moved to contact or to move the plunger and a force sensor is used to measure force data during the movement. The force data is descriptive of the force applied to the plunger. A feature signal is determined from the force data. The feature signal can be a force modulation amplitude, a force modulation duration or a force modulation number. The cartridge type is assigned using the feature signal. Also disclosed is a fluid drug injection system and a cartridge for use therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Roche Diabetes Care, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Meenken
  • Publication number: 20190175818
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a method of determining a cartridge type of a cartridge used with a fluid drug injection system having a pump that receives a fluid drug cartridge. The fluid drug cartridge has a barrel filled with a fluid drug solution and a plunger within the barrel that forces the fluid drug solution through an outlet. An actuator of the pump is moved to contact or to move the plunger and a force sensor is used to measure force data during the movement. The force data is descriptive of the force applied to the plunger. A feature signal is determined from the force data. The feature signal can be a force modulation amplitude, a force modulation duration or a force modulation number. The cartridge type is assigned using the feature signal. Also disclosed is a fluid drug injection system and a cartridge for use therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventor: Thomas Meenken