Patents by Inventor Willi Egger

Willi Egger 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).

  • Patent number: 6425879
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a needle-less injector having a housing comprising: a chamber defined within said injector for containing liquid to be injected; a liquid outlet for said chamber positioned at the front end of the injector; a dispensing member in contact with the liquid in said chamber and movable in a first direction to reduce the volume of said chamber to cause the liquid contained therein to be expelled through said liquid outlet; an impacting member arranged to strike said dispensing member to cause movement thereof in said first direction; drive means connected to the impacting member for actuating said injector, or permitting actuation thereof, in response to the application of a selected amount of axial pressure, characterized in that the housing is essentially unitary and the chamber, the liquid outlet and the drive means are immobile with respect to the housing, and that the injector comprises a pressure sensor in order to sense the axial pressure, which pressure sensor is connected t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2002
    Assignee: Akzo Nobel N.V.
    Inventors: Willi Egger, Nicolaas Visser, Antonie Hendrikus Meijering