Patents by Inventor Tim Kline

Tim Kline 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).

  • Dry powder inhaler
    Publication number: 20020040713
    Abstract: A drug powder inhaler has a cover plate pivotably attached to a lid on an inhaler housing. A lever is pivotably attached to the cover plate. A blister pack disk is rotatably mounted on the housing under the cover plate. A powder duct in the housing extends from a staging chamber underneath one end of the lever to an aerosolizing chamber. An actuator in the housing is pressed to shear open a blister on the blister pack disk and thereby deliver the drug dose contents of the blister into the staging chamber. A switch senses pressure in the mouthpiece and switches on a motor spinning an impeller within the aerosolizing chamber, when inhalation is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2001
    Publication date: April 11, 2002
    Applicant: Dura Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert F. Eisele, Karen Davies, Nelson Holton, Tim Kline, Ian Smith
  • Dry powder inhaler
    Patent number: 6328034
    Abstract: A drug powder inhaler has a cover plate pivotably attached to a lid on an inhaler housing. A lever is pivotably attached to the cover plate. A blister pack disk is rotatably mounted on the housing under the cover plate. A powder duct in the housing extends from a staging chamber underneath one end of the lever to an aerosolizing chamber. An actuator in the housing is pressed to shear open a blister on the blister pack disk and thereby deliver the drug dose contents of the blister into the staging chamber. A switch senses pressure in the mouthpiece and switches on a motor spinning an impeller within the aerosolizing chamber, when inhalation is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Dura Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert F. Eisele, Karen Davies, Nelson Holton, Tim Kline, Ian Smith
  • Dry powder inhaler
    Patent number: 5921237
    Abstract: A drug powder inhaler has a cover plate pivotably attached to a lid on an inhaler housing. A lever is pivotably attached to the cover plate. A blister pack disk is rotatably mounted on the housing under the cover plate. A powder duct in the housing extends from a staging chamber underneath one end of the lever to an aerosolizing chamber. An actuator in the housing is pressed to shear open a blister on the blister pack disk and thereby deliver the drug dose contents of the blister into the staging chamber. A switch senses pressure in the mouthpiece and switches on a motor spinning an impeller within the aerosolizing chamber, when inhalation is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: Dura Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert F. Eisele, Karen Davies, Nelson Holton, Tim Kline, Ian Smith
  • Dry powder inhaler
    Patent number: D395499
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1998
    Assignee: Dura Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert F. Eisele, Karen Davies, Allan Cameron, Greg Halus, Nelson Holton, Tim Kline, Ian Smith