Patents by Inventor Tom SHEFER

Tom SHEFER 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).

  • System and method for needle hiding in injectors
    Patent number: 12758718
    Abstract: An injector, comprising a housing arranged along a longitudinal axis and configured to receive a medicament cartridge; an injection drive mechanism for driving a piston, the piston forming part of the medicament cartridge, the injection drive mechanism injecting a medicament when the piston is forwardly displaced; and a needle hiding element, which is slidably attached to the housing and positionable in at least one of an extended orientation and a retracted orientation, wherein in the extended orientation the needle hiding element protrudes forwardly from the housing and in the retracted orientation, the needle hiding element is locked relative to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2026
    Assignee: PFIZER, INC.
    Inventors: Ilan Kachler, Idan Naaman, Amotz Porat, Tom Shefer
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NEEDLE HIDING IN INJECTORS
    Publication number: 20240017019
    Abstract: An injector, comprising a housing arranged along a longitudinal axis and configured to receive a medicament cartridge; an injection drive mechanism for driving a piston, the piston forming part of the medicament cartridge, the injection drive mechanism injecting a medicament when the piston is forwardly displaced; and a needle hiding element, which is slidably attached to the housing and positionable in at least one of an extended orientation and a retracted orientation, wherein in the extended orientation the needle hiding element protrudes forwardly from the housing and in the retracted orientation, the needle hiding element is locked relative to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: PFIZER, INC.
    Inventors: Ilan KACHLER, Idan NAAMAN, Amotz PORAT, Tom SHEFER