Patents by Inventor Wail Rasheed

Wail Rasheed 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: 20230172805
    Abstract: A bottle for storing solid pharmaceutical products includes a substantially cylindrical body having a sidewall, a top and a base defining an interior chamber, a first opening disposed on the top of the body, the first opening providing communication to the interior chamber and being eccentric with respect to the central longitudinal axis of the body, and a second opening disposed adjacent the first opening, the second opening being smaller than the first opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: MERCK SHARP & DOHME LLC
    Inventors: Wail A. RASHEED, Cassie R. MEGNA, Ophelia L. WELLS, John B. CLINE
  • Publication number: 20230114337
    Abstract: A cannula for subcutaneous dispensing of medicaments, wherein the cannula has a cannula wall, a distal end and a proximal end and wherein the cannula comprises a single orifice in the cannula wall, proximal to the distal end of the cannula or two or more orifices in the cannula wall, proximal to the distal end of the cannula.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Scott BROWN, John B. CLINE, Michael GALLUPPI, Jeffrey C. GIVAND, Guangli HU, Steven Carl PERSAK, Wail RASHEED
  • Publication number: 20230086278
    Abstract: The present invention provides reusable safety syringe devices for use as a teaching and practice tool. The safety syringe device of the present invention comprises four primary parts: (1) a first tubular member; (2) a second tubular member disposed within an inner annular cavity of the first tubular member; (3) a syringe secured within an inner annular cavity of the second tubular member; and (4) a plunger rod, wherein the plunger rod comprises a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the proximal end and distal end are connected by a shaft, wherein the proximal end comprises a first plunger rod flange having a first diameter and a removable second plunger rod flange having a second diameter, wherein the first diameter is smaller than the second diameter and the first plunger rod flange is located below the second plunger rod flange on the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: John B. CLINE, Cassie MEGNA, Wail RASHEED
  • Publication number: 20230025555
    Abstract: A stopper retainer comprises a base having an upper surface, a lower surface, and a perimeter; a sidewall joined to the base around the perimeter, the sidewall having a raised height to define an interior cavity with the base; and a plurality of projections extending from the lower surface of the base, each of the plurality of projections being sized to at least partially fit within a lumen of a syringe barrel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Ophelia Wells, Wail Rasheed, Raymond K. Seto, Cassie Megna, Eduardo Cristofolli, Michael F. Tormey
  • Publication number: 20230012767
    Abstract: A torque-limiting device comprises a plunger rod holder defining a piston cavity for receiving at least a portion of a plunger rod, a moveable stop element, a dowel disposed adjacent the stop element, a spring disposed adjacent the dowel, and a syringe barrel holder defining a barrel cavity for receiving at least a portion of a syringe barrel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Wail Rasheed, Raymond K. Seto, Ophelia Wells, Cassie Megna, Eduardo Cristofolli
  • Publication number: 20230016662
    Abstract: A stopper retainer comprises a body having an upper surface, a lower surface, and at least one fastener, and a plurality of projections extending from the lower surface of the body, each of the plurality of projections being sized to at least partially fit within a lumen of a syringe barrel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Ophelia Wells, Wail Rasheed, Raymond K. Seto, Cassie Megna, Eduardo Cristofolli, Michael F. Tormey
  • Publication number: 20220387258
    Abstract: In one aspect of the subject invention, a labeling shell is provided for a drug vial having a glass reservoir and an opening sealed by an elastomeric stopper, the labeling shell including: a polymeric tubular body formed to accommodate the reservoir of the drug vial, the tubular body having a first open end defining a first opening smaller than a diameter of the reservoir of the drug vial so as to prevent passage therethrough of the reservoir, wherein the elastomeric stopper is exposed through the first end with the reservoir being accommodated in the tubular body; and, a polymeric cap removably mountable to the tubular body to selectively cover the elastomeric stopper of the drug vial with the reservoir being accommodated in the tubular body. Advantageously, the subject invention provides a labeling surface for a drug vial, while also providing restricted access to the drug vial to limit tampering therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Eduardo Cristofolli, John B. Cline, Wail Rasheed, Raymond K. Seto, Steven Carl Persak, Tinh Nguyen-Demary
  • Publication number: 20110147252
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention provide packages, inserts and pharmaceutical products that are capable of holding a plurality of medicinal units and limiting the amount of medicinal units that are dispensed from the package at one time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: Schering Corporation
    Inventor: Wail Rasheed
  • Patent number: D774641
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Stephen G. Miggels, Inyoung Jang, Henry Mack, Wail Rasheed, Scott Brown, Robert Berger, Peter Basile