Patents by Inventor Werner Erni

Werner Erni 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: 20110061795
    Abstract: Method for producing a one-piece stopper with a carrier body of an elastomeric material and an inert layer, the carrier body having a disk-shaped outer portion and an inner portion that protrudes in the manner of a spigot from the outer portion. The inner portion is molded under the effect of heat in a molding tool from a sheet of elastomeric material and an inert film and subsequently punched out. The outer portion is molded onto the inner portion by means of injection molding, whereby the stopper is given its final form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventor: Werner Erni
  • Patent number: 6599264
    Abstract: A method and a needleless injection system for administering a medication. In order to simplify as far as possible the handling necessary for loading the injector with medication and thereby eliminate risks caused by a complex handling the method and system according to the invention provide loading of medication into a needleless injector device by means of a syringe prefilled with a medication, this loading step preferably including connecting the syringe to the injector device by means of a suitable coupling member or adapter and operating the syringe for transferring medication prefilled therein into the injector device. After this transfer the syringe and/or the coupling member or adapter are detached from the injector device, which is then ready to be operated for ejecting the loaded dosage of said medication from the injector device and thereby pass the selected dosage through the skin of an injection receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Werner Erni, Martin List