Patents by Inventor Trent A. Poole
Trent A. Poole 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).
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Patent number: 10620034Abstract: Powder dispensing and sensing apparatus and methods are provided. The powder dispensing and sensing apparatus includes a tray support structure to receive a cartridge tray holding cartridges, a powder dispenser assembly including powder dispenser modules to dispense powder into respective cartridges of a batch of cartridges in the cartridge tray, a powder transport system to deliver powder to the powder dispenser modules, a sensor module including sensor cells to sense respective fill states, such as the weights, of each of the cartridges in the batch of cartridges, and a control system to control the powder dispenser modules in response to the respective sensed fill states of each of the cartridges of the batch of cartridges.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2017Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: MannKind CorporationInventors: Trent A. Poole, David F. Bonneau, Per B. Fog
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Publication number: 20180003545Abstract: Powder dispensing and sensing apparatus and methods are provided. The powder dispensing and sensing apparatus includes a tray support structure to receive a cartridge tray holding cartridges, a powder dispenser assembly including powder dispenser modules to dispense powder into respective cartridges of a batch of cartridges in the cartridge tray, a powder transport system to deliver powder to the powder dispenser modules, a sensor module including sensor cells to sense respective fill states, such as the weights, of each of the cartridges in the batch of cartridges, and a control system to control the powder dispenser modules in response to the respective sensed fill states of each of the cartridges of the batch of cartridges.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2017Publication date: January 4, 2018Applicant: MannKind CorporationInventors: Trent A. Poole, David F. Bonneau, Per B. Fog
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Patent number: 9772216Abstract: Powder dispensing and sensing apparatus and methods are provided. The powder dispensing and sensing apparatus includes a tray support structure to receive a cartridge tray holding cartridges, a powder dispenser assembly including powder dispenser modules to dispense powder into respective cartridges of a batch of cartridges in the cartridge tray, a powder transport system to deliver powder to the powder dispenser modules, a sensor module including sensor cells to sense respective fill states, such as the weights, of each of the cartridges in the batch of cartridges, and a control system to control the powder dispenser modules in response to the respective sensed fill states of each of the cartridges of the batch of cartridges.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2014Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: MannKind CorporationInventors: Trent A. Poole, David F. Bonneau, Per B. Fog
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Patent number: 9700690Abstract: An inhaler is instantly activated upon its removal from a cover or cover unit, and by rotating a cartridge component of the inhaler with respect to a mouthpiece portion, so as to create a flow pathway for ambient air and particles. The cartridge component includes a chamber, whose contents typically include dry powders or the like. Upon creation of the flow pathway, the contents of the chamber are instantly accessible for immediate inhalation by a user through the mouthpiece portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2014Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: MannKind CorporationInventors: Trent Poole, Solomon S. Steiner
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Patent number: 9221561Abstract: A powder dispenser module (54) includes a housing (150) that defines a conduit connecting a powder inlet and a powder outlet, a feed wand (160) to move powder through the conduit from the powder inlet to the powder outlet, the feed wand (200) including a lower feed element (230) coupled to a first drive shaft and an upper feed element (220) coupled to a second drive shaft, a first actuator coupled to the first drive shaft to rotate the lower feed element (230), and a second actuator coupled to the second drive shaft to rotate the upper feed element (220). In other embodiments, the feed wand (200) includes a shaft having a fluidizing element and an actuator produces oscillatory movement of the feed wand during dispensing of powder. Dispenser module arrays include one or a few rows of dispenser modules.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2009Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: MannKind CorporationInventors: Rajesh Maheshwari, Rolf Scharger, Trent A. Poole, Per B. Fog
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Publication number: 20150246188Abstract: Described is a dry powder inhaler comprising an intake section; a mixing section, and a mouthpiece.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2015Publication date: September 3, 2015Inventors: Solomon S. Steiner, Robert Feldstein, Per B. Fog, Trent A. Poole
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Patent number: 9061111Abstract: Described is a dry powder inhaler comprising an intake section; a mixing section, and a mouthpiece.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2012Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: MannKind CorporationInventors: Solomon S. Steiner, Robert Feldstein, Per B. Fog, Trent A. Poole
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Publication number: 20150122258Abstract: A dry powder inhaler having improved aerodynamic properties for diluting, dispersing, and metering drug particles for increasing the efficiency of pulmonary drug delivery to a patient is described. The inhaler comprises, in general, a housing having an air intake, an airflow-control/check-valve, a mixing section and a mouthpiece. A cartridge loaded with a single dose of medicament can be installed in the mixing section.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2015Publication date: May 7, 2015Inventors: Solomon S. Steiner, Trent A. Poole, Per B. Fog, Roderike Pohl, Michael Crick, Robert Feldstein
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Patent number: 8950397Abstract: A dry powder inhaler having improved aerodynamic properties for diluting, dispersing, and metering drug particles for increasing the efficiency of pulmonary drug delivery to a patient is described. The inhaler comprises, in general, a housing having an air intake, an air flow-control/check-valve, a mixing section and a mouthpiece. A cartridge loaded with a single dose of medicament can be installed in the mixing section.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2012Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: MannKind CorporationInventors: Solomon S. Steiner, Trent A. Poole, Per B. Fog, Roderike Pohl, Michael Crick, Robert Feldstein
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Publication number: 20140318875Abstract: Powder dispensing and sensing apparatus and methods are provided. The powder dispensing and sensing apparatus includes a tray support structure to receive a cartridge tray holding cartridges, a powder dispenser assembly including powder dispenser modules to dispense powder into respective cartridges of a batch of cartridges in the cartridge tray, a powder transport system to deliver powder to the powder dispenser modules, a sensor module including sensor cells to sense respective fill states, such as the weights, of each of the cartridges in the batch of cartridges, and a control system to control the powder dispenser modules in response to the respective sensed fill states of each of the cartridges of the batch of cartridges.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2014Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: MannKind CorporationInventors: Trent A. Poole, David F. Bonneau, Per B. Fog
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Publication number: 20140290654Abstract: An inhaler is instantly activated upon its removal from a cover or cover unit, and by rotating a cartridge component of the inhaler with respect to a mouthpiece portion, so as to create a flow pathway for ambient air and particles. The cartridge component includes a chamber, whose contents typically include dry powders or the like. Upon creation of the flow pathway, the contents of the chamber are instantly accessible for immediate inhalation by a user through the mouthpiece portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Inventors: Trent Poole, Solomon S. Steiner
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Patent number: 8803009Abstract: Powder dispensing and sensing apparatus and methods are provided. The powder dispensing and sensing apparatus includes a tray support structure to receive a cartridge tray holding cartridges, a powder dispenser assembly including powder dispenser modules to dispense powder into respective cartridges of a batch of cartridges in the cartridge tray, a powder transport system to deliver powder to the powder dispenser modules, a sensor module including sensor cells to sense respective fill states, such as the weights, of each of the cartridges in the batch of cartridges, and a control system to control the powder dispenser modules in response to the respective sensed fill states of each of the cartridges of the batch of cartridges.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2012Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: MannKind CorporationInventors: Trent A. Poole, David F. Bonneau, Per B. Fog
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Patent number: 8671937Abstract: Described is a dry powder inhaler comprising an intake section; a mixing section, and a mouthpiece.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2012Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Mannkind CorporationInventors: Solomon S. Steiner, Per B. Fog, Trent Poole, Robert Feldstein
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Publication number: 20120255645Abstract: Powder dispensing and sensing apparatus and methods are provided. The powder dispensing and sensing apparatus includes a tray support structure to receive a cartridge tray holding cartridges, a powder dispenser assembly including powder dispenser modules to dispense powder into respective cartridges of a batch of cartridges in the cartridge tray, a powder transport system to deliver powder to the powder dispenser modules, a sensor module including sensor cells to sense respective fill states, such as the weights, of each of the cartridges in the batch of cartridges, and a control system to control the powder dispenser modules in response to the respective sensed fill states of each of the cartridges of the batch of cartridges.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2012Publication date: October 11, 2012Applicant: MannKind CorporationInventors: Trent A. Poole, David F. Bonneau, Per B. Fog
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Publication number: 20120247464Abstract: An inhaler is instantly activated upon its removal from a cover or cover unit, and by rotating a cartridge component of the inhaler with respect to a mouthpiece portion, so as to create a flow pathway for ambient air and particles. The cartridge component includes a chamber, whose contents typically include dry powders or the like. Upon creation of the flow pathway, the contents of the chamber are instantly accessible for immediate inhalation by a user through the mouthpiece portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2012Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: MANNKIND CORPORATIONInventors: Trent Poole, Solomon S. Steiner
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Publication number: 20120240929Abstract: A dry powder inhaler having improved aerodynamic properties for diluting, dispersing, and metering drug particles for increasing the efficiency of pulmonary drug delivery to a patient is described. The inhaler comprises, in general, a housing having an air intake, an air flow-control/check-valve, a mixing section and a mouthpiece. A cartridge loaded with a single dose of medicament can be installed in the mixing section.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2012Publication date: September 27, 2012Applicant: MANNKIND CORPORATIONInventors: Solomon S. Steiner, Trent A. Poole, Per B. Fog, Roderike Pohl, Michael Crick, Robert Feldstein
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Publication number: 20120192865Abstract: Described is a dry powder inhaler comprising an intake section; a mixing section, and a mouthpiece.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 29, 2012Publication date: August 2, 2012Applicant: MANNKIND CORPORATIONInventors: Solomon S. Steiner, Robert Feldstein, Per B. Fog, Trent Poole
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Patent number: 8230887Abstract: Powder dispensing and sensing apparatus and methods are provided. The powder dispensing and sensing apparatus includes a tray support structure to receive a cartridge tray holding cartridges, a powder dispenser assembly including powder dispenser modules to dispense powder into respective cartridges of a batch of cartridges in the cartridge tray, a powder transport system to deliver powder to the powder dispenser modules, a sensor module including sensor cells to sense respective fill states, such as the weights, of each of the cartridges in the batch of cartridges, and a control system to control the powder dispenser modules in response to the respective sensed fill states of each of the cartridges of the batch of cartridges.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2011Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: MannKind CorporationInventors: Trent A. Poole, David F. Bonneau, Per B. Fog
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Patent number: 8220505Abstract: Powder dispensing and sensing apparatus and methods are provided. The powder dispensing and sensing apparatus includes a tray support structure to receive a cartridge tray holding cartridges, a powder dispenser assembly including powder dispenser modules to dispense powder into respective cartridges of a batch of cartridges in the cartridge tray, a powder transport system to deliver powder to the powder dispenser modules, a sensor module including sensor cells to sense respective fill states, such as the weights, of each of the cartridges in the batch of cartridges, and a control system to control the powder dispenser modules in response to the respective sensed fill states of each of the cartridges of the batch of cartridges.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2010Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: MannKind CorporationInventors: Trent A. Poole, David F. Bonneau, Per B. Fog
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Publication number: 20120174923Abstract: Described is a dry powder inhaler comprising an intake section; a mixing section, and a mouthpiece.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2012Publication date: July 12, 2012Applicant: Mannkind CorporationInventors: Solomon S. Steiner, Robert Feldstein, Per B. Fog, Trent Poole