Patents by Inventor Tom Alheidt

Tom Alheidt 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).

  • Safety shield system for a syringe
    Patent number: 8062252
    Abstract: A medical device includes a syringe assembly and a shield system for delivering medicament to a patient. The syringe assembly includes a barrel defining a medicament reservoir, and a needle cannula coupled to the barrel and in fluid communication with the reservoir. The shield system has a hub coupled to the syringe barrel, a shield movably arranged on the hub, the shield being movable from a first position disposed from the needle cannula tip to a second position during insertion of the needle into a patient and movable from the second position to a third position covering the needle cannula tip after the needle cannula is removed from the patient. An urging member urges the shield to the third position upon removal of the needle cannula from the patient. A cover sleeve connected to the needle barrel surrounds the hub and the urging member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Tom Alheidt, Vu Phan, Laurent Barrelle, Bruno Baney
  • Safety shield system for a syringe
    Patent number: 7981079
    Abstract: A medical device includes a syringe assembly and a shield system for delivering medicament to a patient. The syringe assembly includes a barrel defining a medicament reservoir, and a needle cannula coupled to the barrel and in fluid communication with the reservoir. The shield system has a hub coupled to the syringe barrel, a shield movably arranged on the hub, the shield being movable from a first position disposed from the needle cannula tip to a second position during insertion of the needle into a patient and movable from the second position to a third position covering the needle cannula tip after the needle cannula is removed from the patient. An urging member urges the shield to the third position upon removal of the needle cannula from the patient. A cover sleeve connected to the needle barrel surrounds the hub and the urging member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Tom Alheidt, Vu Phan, Laurent Barrelle, Bruno Baney
  • Safety shield system for a syringe
    Publication number: 20060189933
    Abstract: A medical device includes a syringe assembly and a shield system for delivering medicament to a patient. The syringe assembly includes a barrel defining a medicament reservoir, and a needle cannula coupled to the barrel and in fluid communication with the reservoir. The shield system has a hub coupled to the syringe barrel, a shield movably arranged on the hub, the shield being movable from a first position disposed from the needle cannula tip to a second position during insertion of the needle into a patient and movable from the second position to a third position covering the needle cannula tip after the needle cannula is removed from the patient. An urging member urges the shield to the third position upon removal of the needle cannula from the patient. A cover sleeve connected to the needle barrel surrounds the hub and the urging member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2005
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventors: Tom Alheidt, Vu Phan, Laurent Barrelle, Bruno Baney