For Mixing Patents (Class 206/219)
  • Patent number: 9061257
    Abstract: A discharge apparatus for discharging a fluid product comprises a housing (1) having an outlet (6) at a front housing end, a discharge member (3) which is mounted movably in the housing and the rear end of which protrudes from the rear housing end, and a mixing device (2) for mixing the fluid product inside the housing. The fluid product is provided in a housing volume (25) formed between the outlet and the discharge member. The fluid product is discharged through the outlet out of the housing by advancing the discharge member inside the housing from a rear position into a front position in the direction of the outlet. The mixing device comprises a mixing tube (11), which is mounted movably between the housing and the discharge member in the housing, and at least one mixing element (12), which is provided at the front end of the mixing tube and disposed inside the housing volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: MEDMIX SYSTEMS AG
    Inventors: Andy Greter, Rochus Stockli, Samuel Kaufmann, Wilhelm A. Keller
  • Patent number: 9051080
    Abstract: The invention relates to a single-dose package for liquid, pasty or semi-solid materials, with a fluid container of at least one lower and at least one upper partial container, whereby, after filling, the at least one lower partial container is provided to be connected at a common seam to the at least one upper partial container such that the upper partial container sits on top of the lower partial container at the seam, and the upper partial container carries a removal spout, on which a circumferential splash protection neck is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Heraeus Kulzer GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Bressler, Marcus Hoffmann
  • Patent number: 9045275
    Abstract: A container assembly comprising first and second compartments. The first compartment includes a base web having a formed portion and a flat portion, a lidding material joined to the flat portion and a frangible seal positioned between the base web and the lidding material. The second compartment includes first and second barriers that are sealed to one another at peripheral edges. The first barrier has an aperture through which the formed portion of the base web extends. An upper surface of the flat portion of the base web is joined to an interior surface of the first barrier, thereby encapsulating the frangible seal within the second compartment. When the frangible seal is broken, a passageway is provided for transferring material from the first compartment into the second compartment for mixing with a second material. The second compartment may then be opened to dispense the mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Le Papillon Bioplan
    Inventors: Vivian Thery, Ryan M. Short
  • Patent number: 9045269
    Abstract: A closure device for releasing an additive liquid into a liquid in a container by operation of the closure device and to a container including such a closure device. The closure device including a cap member defining a fluid chamber having a neck at a lower end thereof and a casing substantially surrounding the fluid chamber. A plug member extends into the neck of the fluid chamber. The neck has an upper portion with a first diameter, and wherein the plug member comprises a primary seal adapted to seal between the plug member and the upper portion of the neck. An upper seal is adapted to seal between the plug member and the upper portion of the neck. A nozzle is directed away from the fluid chamber and in fluid communication with the exterior surface of the plug member below the primary circumferential seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Gizmo Packaging Limited
    Inventor: Bernard D. Frutin
  • Patent number: 9034404
    Abstract: A bottled drink includes a cap and a bottle where a granular supplement containing multiple constituents in a stable manner is stored in the cap and a solution suitable for dispersing the granules is filled in the bottle. Granules which contains mutually incompatible multiple chemical agents or nutritional constituents and whose surface is coated with polyglyceryl fatty acid ester are stored in the cap of the bottle and the bottle is filled with a solution whose viscosity at a shear deformation speed of 0.01 s?1 is 10 to 300 Pa·s.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: FANCL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaori Aibe, Masatoshi Honjo, Tatsuo Nakamura, Sachiko Endou
  • Patent number: 9023290
    Abstract: The invention relates to a container for a contact lens storage solution, in particular having contact lenses in said contact lens storage solution. The container has a vessel (14), which has a filling opening (20), and a first closing element (24), which can be attached to the vessel (14) and which closes the filling opening (20). The first closing element (24) has a gas supply channel (42) for a cleaning and/or sterilizing gas, which extends from at least one inlet (40) on an outer face of the first closing element (24) to at least one outlet (48) on an inner face of the first closing element (24) facing the interior of the vessel (14). On the outer face of the first closing element, said first closing element (24) has at least one venting opening (50) for the escape of gas from the vessel (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Inventors: Albert Sturm, Yves Nold
  • Patent number: 9016470
    Abstract: A device for closing a container, in which to contain a first component to be introduced into the container in addition to a second component, comprising a tank for the first component, a mobile thruster by means of which to determine the opening of the tank, a closing portion stably associated with the tank and provided with closing means able to cooperate with a neck of the container to determine a releasable clamping. The closing portion houses slidingly inside it at least a part of the mobile thruster and has an opening for the passage of the mobile thruster toward the tank. The mobile thruster is selectively mobile between a first raised position of non-interference with the tank and a second lowered position in which it determines the opening of the tank to allow the passage of the first component inside the container. The mobile thruster is made by molding in a single piece with the closing portion, defining a profile of preferential breakage connecting said mobile thruster and said closing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: BioFarma Spa
    Inventors: Germano Scarpa, Luigi Cogolo
  • Patent number: 9016488
    Abstract: A compartmentalized mixing bottle for storing and selectively introducing a soluble mix to a predetermined quantity of fluid is disclosed. Such a compartmentalized mixing bottle preferably includes a primary compartment having a plurality of primary conduits, a secondary compartment having a secondary conduit and spaced apart from the primary compartment. The compartmentalized mixing bottle further includes a mechanism for selectively isolating the primary compartment from the secondary compartment. Such a selectively isolating mechanism is in continuous fluid communication with the secondary conduit and is removably engaged with the primary and secondary compartments respectively. In this manner, bi-directional rotation (clockwise and counter clockwise) of at least a portion of the selectively isolating mechanism, relative to the primary compartment, isolates and fluidly communicates the primary compartment with the secondary compartment, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Inventor: Travis Peres
  • Publication number: 20150101942
    Abstract: A container capable of mixing multiple materials comprises a body and a controlling device movably disposed inside the body. An accommodating area for storing a main material and a storage area adjacent to the accommodating area are formed in the body. A partitioning wall is disposed to divide the storage area into a plurality of rooms for storing multiple additive materials. The controlling device includes a baffle which blocks the storage area off whereby the main material and additive materials are separated without mixing. By a movement of the controlling device, the storage area is not blocked by the baffle, which allows the rooms to communicate with the accommodating area and allows multiple materials in the two areas to mix together. Therefore, the mixture with a variety of materials is provided, and the convenience in the use is increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventor: KUO-CHENG WU
  • Publication number: 20150103616
    Abstract: A device for storing and mixing bone cement components. The device includes a housing, a safety device, and a vacuum indicator. The housing defines a mixing chamber configured to store a first bone cement component therein. In a first safety position, the safety device prevents contact between the first bone cement component and a second bone cement component in the mixing chamber. In a second safety position, the safety device permits contact between the first and second bone cement components in the mixing chamber. The vacuum indicator restricts movement of the safety device from the first safety position to the second safety position when in a first vacuum indicator position. The vacuum indicator permits movement of the safety device from the first safety position to the second safety position when in a second vacuum indicator position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: Biomet SAS
    Inventors: Lenaic GIFFARD, Cedric Cauquot, Alexis Dupuy
  • Patent number: 9004301
    Abstract: A container having an first chamber; a second chamber; an upper seal forming a lower portion of the upper chamber; a lower seal adjacent the upper seal, the lower seal forming an upper portion of the lower chamber; a plurality of upper seal apertures in the upper seal; and a plurality of lower seal apertures in the lower seal, the upper seal apertures and the lower seal apertures rotatable between an open position with the upper and lower seal apertures aligned and a closed position with the upper and lower seal apertures nonaligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Inventor: Matthew Wahlstrom
  • Patent number: 9004761
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a multiple chamber container that includes a container body sealed around a peripheral edge and having an outlet. The container also includes a first peel seal having a projecting portion and a second peel seal that isolates the outlet. The second peel seal may also include a projecting portion. The first and second peel seals may be configured to define a symmetrical chamber. The chamber may include an axis of symmetry extending between the first and second projecting portions. The chamber geometry of the container ensures a correct sequential opening of the first and second peel seals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignees: Baxter International Inc., Baxter Healthcare S.A.
    Inventors: Patrick Balteau, Jean-Pierre Hartman, Paul Vidrequin, Silvano Sforacchi, John Doherty, Charlie Mulvihill, Noel Smith, Marc Cousin
  • Publication number: 20150090615
    Abstract: Provided is a two-component mixing container in which a communication passage may be formed between a partition wall member and a second-component containing member without the need for a high processing precision and a high assembly precision. A columnar portion provided at the central portion of a second bottom wall portion of a partition wall member and a circular through hole provided in the central portion of a third bottom wall portion of a second-component containing member are fitted. A first communication passage and a second communication passage are communicated with each other, using a fitting surface formed between the columnar portion and the circular through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicants: SHOFU INC., PENTEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsukasa Sasaki, Ryouji Takei, Toshiyuki Nakatsuka, Shuji Sakamoto, Satoshi Takano, Satoshi Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20150090616
    Abstract: Provided is a two-component mixing container in which a piston member may be capable of a rotation motion operation and a linear motion operation without the need for a complex guide groove. Two or more spring structure portions are provided at the piston member. The two or more spring structure portions impart a pressing force on an inner wall surface of the third cylindrical portion. Two or more fitting grooves are formed in the third cylindrical portion. In this fitting state, the piston member and a second-component containing member rotate together without contact portions getting out of the fitting grooves. When a force of a predetermined level or higher toward a third bottom wall portion is applied to an operating rod portion with a second-component containing chamber and a mixing chamber being communicable with each other, the contact portions get out of the fitting grooves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicants: SHOFU INC., PENTEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsukasa Sasaki, Ryouji Takei, Toshiyuki Nakatsuka, Shuji Sakamoto, Satoshi Takano, Satoshi Kawahara
  • Patent number: 8991596
    Abstract: A cap assembly mounted on a neck of a container for containing an ingredient different from that accommodated in the container includes a cap body having an inner housing formed with a chamber for storage of the ingredient and a working member adapted to open a lower end opening of the chamber to allow the ingredient in the chamber of the inner housing to be mixed with a primary ingredient in the container. The mixed ingredients may be discharged through the lower end opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Inventors: Jeong-Min Lee, Seong-Jae Lee
  • Patent number: 8985323
    Abstract: Articles having a plurality of pouches present in a single article, the pouches separately containing chemical materials which are capable of providing a reactive mixture mixed, that cures over time to provide a polymeric coating in certain embodiments. The chemical materials are maintained in separate pouches that are separated by one or more frangible seals. When a frangible seal is broken, such as by application of pressure to the article, the chemical materials in the separate pouches come into contact with one another and may be mixed together. Subsequent to their mixing, the mixture formed is removed from the article, such as by cutting the article with scissors, and applied to any substrate that is desired to be coated, when the chemical materials are selected to be capable of forming a cured coating subsequent to their mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Citadel Restoration and Repair, Inc.
    Inventor: Patrick Ilfrey
  • Publication number: 20150071572
    Abstract: Pouches, for example pouches that contain one or more active agents, such as a fabric care active agent or dishwashing active agent and/or detergent compositions, and more particularly pouches employing a water-soluble fibrous wall material, pouches employing a fibrous wall material that ruptures during use, and methods for making same, are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Andreas Josef DREHER, Mark Robert SIVIK, Gregory Charles GORDON, Hailing BAO, Paul Dennis TROKHAN, Paul Thomas WEISMAN
  • Patent number: 8973749
    Abstract: A reagent preparation assembly includes a body and a reaction chamber adjacent the body, the reaction chamber includes a reagent therein, such as a lyophilized reagent. An access port extends into the reaction chamber, and the access port is configured to receive an instrument. A seal extends across a portion of the reaction chamber and the access port. A reconstitution assembly is movably coupled with the body. The reconstitution assembly includes a plunger, a syringe and a piston. The plunger is movably coupled with the body. The syringe is selectively engaged with the plunger. The syringe includes a solution reservoir containing a solution, and movement of the syringe pierces the seal. The piston is selectively engaged with the plunger, and the piston is movably coupled within the syringe. Movement of the piston pushes the solution into the reaction chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Biolyph, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Timothy Pearcy, James G. Skakoon
  • Patent number: 8974594
    Abstract: Corrosion control in reinforced concrete is generally disclosed. Some example embodiments may include concrete including aggregate, cement, and/or microcapsules distributed within the cement, where the individual microcapsules may include a high pH salt substantially contained within an acid-soluble shell. If the pH of the concrete decreases, the acid soluble shell may swell and/or dissolve, such as below a pH of about 11, which may release the high pH salt. The high pH salt may locally increase the pH of the concrete. By increasing the pH above about pH 11, corrosion of steel rebar may be prevented and/or reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC
    Inventors: Seth Miller, Thomas A. Yager
  • Publication number: 20150060312
    Abstract: Use of a ?-phosphorylated nitroxide radical as an inhibitor for resin mixtures and reactive resin mortars, each based on radically curable compounds. The pot life of mortar compounds can be adjusted in a targeted manner with the ?-phosphorylated nitroxide radical for resin mixtures and reactive resin mortars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Buergel, Armin Pfeil
  • Patent number: 8967412
    Abstract: A drinking cup that has a lid with a receiving portion is provided. The receiving portion may have a flow control engagement surface. A flow control element that may be configured for releasable attachment with the lid may be included and can have an attachment portion. The attachment portion may have a lid engagement surface. When the flow control element and the lid are attached, the flow control engagement surface engages the lid engagement surface. At least one of the flow control engagement surface and the lid engagement surface may have a concave shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Inventor: James A Loging
  • Patent number: 8967374
    Abstract: A device and method are provided for storing medicaments and foods and/or beverages separately during shelf life, and for mixing the medicaments and foods and/or beverages when ready for use. A body of the device defines a plurality of first chambers for receiving a medicament, and a plurality of second chambers for receiving a food and/or beverage. A first sealing portion is located between the first and second chambers and is movable between a closed position preventing fluid communication between the chambers, and an open position permitting fluid communication between the first and second chambers for mixing the medicament and the food and/or beverage when ready for use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Dr. Py Institute LLC
    Inventor: Daniel Py
  • Patent number: 8960423
    Abstract: A fillable closure is used to initiate emptying of a separately fillable capsule molded into this closure. The capsule is made oxygen-impermeable on the inside or outside with a vapor-deposited layer of silicon dioxide or metal. The volume of the capsule can be reduced through pressurization from the top, through deformation of its side walls, for cutting or rupturing a sealing foil. The capsule has an asymmetric push button with a pusher surface, a deformable front and side wall and a stable rear wall. The upper end of the rear wall forms a stationary edge, on which the pusher surface can be pivoted downward through deformation of the front and side wall. On the bottom of the pusher surface, a triangle-shaped blade is formed, which ends in a tip, and its triangle edge forming a cutting edge for piercing and cutting the sealing foil on the bottom of the capsule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Bevaswiss AG
    Inventor: Fritz Seelhofer
  • Patent number: 8960424
    Abstract: A dispensing capsule has a cap body having an internal recess; a chamber removably snapped into the internal recess of the cap body, the chamber including a flexible actuator and a sealing member sealing a lower portion of the chamber; and a hollow plunger slidingly disposed within the chamber, wherein a top portion of the hollow plunger engages the flexible actuator of the chamber. The flexible actuator is configured to deform and engage the hollow plunger, causing a distal end of the hollow plunger to puncture the sealing member, dispensing an ingredient stored in the chamber. The distal end of the plunger may have a beveled cutting surface. The chamber includes two circumferentially disposed races defining an annular groove, wherein an annular protrusion in the internal recess of the cap body removably engages the annular groove of the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Inventor: Michael R. Anderson
  • Publication number: 20150034505
    Abstract: Cups that color liquid contents and methods of manufacturing the same are disclosed herein. The cups include an inner wall with a colorant disposed and affixed therein. The colorant is predisposed (i.e., affixed) before the introduction of a liquid, and remains affixed until a liquid is introduced into the cup. The colorant can be disposed within a recess. The colorant can also be affixed to a first cup such that stacking an identical cup within the first cup does not result in the colorant touching the identical cup.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Brian McCormick, Brannon McKay
  • Patent number: 8936795
    Abstract: A liquid embolic material may include a mixture of a first solution comprising between about 1.2% and about 2.5% weight per volume (w/v) carboxymethyl chitosan (CCN) in a first solvent and a second solution comprising between about 1.2% and about 2.5% w/v oxidized carboxymethyl cellulose (OCMC) in a second solvent. The liquid embolic material may be used to embolize a targeted embolization location by mixing the first solution and the second solution to form a liquid embolic material (or hydrogel precursor material), introducing the hydrogel precursor material to a targeted embolization location within a body of a patient, and allowing the CCN and the OCMC to react to form the hydrogel material and embolize the targeted embolization location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Jafar Golzarian, Lihui Weng
  • Patent number: 8931634
    Abstract: A drinking straw that can be used to dispense a substance such as vitamins, pharmaceuticals, or diet supplements that is stored inside of the straw body. The straw includes a one-way liquid flow valve at one end of straw that prevents drawn liquid and any of the dissolved materials from returning to the initial liquid source that is drawn through the straw when the straw is not in use. The straw may include a one-way valve or crimp for acting as a one-way valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Inventor: Michael R. Anderson
  • Patent number: 8919608
    Abstract: A container for dispensing a two-component liquid comprises an outer resilient container for containing one component with a neck defining an opening and an inner tubular container. The inner container contains a piston slidably received within it. A closure member extends over the entire area of the inner container and closes its lower end. The piston and the inner container define a reservoir for containing a second component. The neck carries a closure cap which affords a liquid dispensing opening. A first non-return valve communicates with the liquid dispensing opening and with the interior of the inner container. An airflow path extends through the closure cap and the piston and includes a second non-return valve. The first non-return valve is arranged to permit liquid to flow from the inner container to the liquid dispensing opening and the second non-return valve is arranged to permit air to flow through the airflow path into the inner container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Carbonite Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Eric Smith, Karl Mondszein
  • Publication number: 20140377196
    Abstract: A user controlled, customizable topical skin care product comprising a topical skin care product, at least one separate ingredient that may be combined with said product, and a means for combining said product and said ingredient. This device allows users to customize the skin care product's product-to-ingredient ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventor: Rizwan Watto
  • Publication number: 20140374286
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an apparatus including a first chamber containing an eye-mountable device. The apparatus may also include a second chamber containing an aqueous solution. The apparatus may also include a membrane positioned between the first chamber and the second chamber. The membrane may be configured to rupture based on application of a force to the apparatus. The ruptured membrane may allow the aqueous solution to engage with the eye-mountable device. The apparatus may also include a lid to seal one or more of the first chamber and the second chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Jeffrey George Linhardt, Daniel Barrows
  • Patent number: 8910832
    Abstract: Device for the preservation of substances to be kept separate until their application includes a container (2), which is provided with an at least partially deformable body (6), and a delivery mouth (4), on which there is provided a delivery element for delivering the mixture. A watertight chamber (5) is arranged between the delivery mouth and the body of the container and is provided with a connection mouth (12) for the connection to the body (6), which is closed by cap means (20). A component of the substance to be delivered is contained in the watertight chamber (5), whereas another component is contained in the body (6). The communication between the two components is established by removing said cap, by interference between the walls of the cap and the walls of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Inge S.p.A.
    Inventor: Alessio Nobbio
  • Patent number: 8899412
    Abstract: A multicomponent cartridge designed for single use includes a first storage chamber for a first component and a second storage chamber for a second component. The first storage chamber being separate from the second storage chamber. The first storage chamber is arranged coaxially around the second storage chamber and forms a ring space, with a first piston being movably received in the first storage chamber and a second piston being movably received in the second storage chamber. The first and second pistons are movable by means of a plunger to dispense the two components simultaneously. The plunger is held in a housing element (and a guide element is provided to guide the first piston in the first storage chamber and to guide the second piston in the second storage chamber, with the housing element including an engagement element which can be brought into engagement with the guide element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Sulzer Mixpac AG
    Inventor: Percy Leue
  • Patent number: 8899427
    Abstract: A baby bottle including a nipple and separable compartments for holding powdered formula and water. By sliding or rotating a knob to a pre-selected mix position, apertures in the separable compartments are aligned thereby allowing mixture of the powdered formula from an upper compartment into a lower compartment containing the water. The bottle is shaken to thoroughly mix the formula and the water, after which, the bottle and formula mix are ready to use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Inventor: LaShana M. Harris
  • Publication number: 20140346063
    Abstract: The invention relates to liquid containers comprising a plurality of sealed additive chambers in communication with a vessel tillable with a liquid. The additive chambers comprise independently selected additives that may be added to a liquid in the container at the option of the user. The user can manually open the additive chambers of their choice and release the additive into a liquid in the vessel without destroying the integrity of the container. In this manner, the liquid containers are programmable by the users and various aspects of the liquid in the container, such as color and/or flavor, is controlled by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Tod M. WOOLF, Andrew S. Marks, Glenn Wachler, Scott Woolf
  • Publication number: 20140350482
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for reconstituting and relates to reconstitution devices suitable for reconstituting many different materials. Furthermore, the present invention includes methods of treatment and methods of use related to a reconstitution device or apparatus. Some embodiments are suitable for reconstituting small amounts of a pharmaceutical compositions and using the pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of sexual dysfunction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Bassam B. Damaj, Richard Martin, Michael Mueller, Daniel W. Frank
  • Publication number: 20140346062
    Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a container with luminescence capable of being selectively engaged by a user. In one embodiment of the present invention, the luminescence may be the result of a chemical reaction between two different chemicals initially isolated from one another and always isolated from the beverage contained therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Faizaan Bukhari, Mahavir Y. Shah, Saboor Ismail
  • Patent number: 8893728
    Abstract: A quick and convenient method for coloring hair is disclosed. According to an embodiment, a hair dye applicator is provided. The hair dye applicator includes two containers that can be locked together prior to use. Each container can include at least one hair dye component. In one embodiment, a first container can include a hair color component while the second container can include a developer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Inventor: Tina Wright-Frohnhoefer
  • Patent number: 8887905
    Abstract: In a plastic closure (1), preferably configured as a screw cap, a capsule having a chamber (3) is formed with a capsule wall (2), wherein said capsule is closed both by means of a flexible membrane (6) and by means of a film (4) which seals the chamber (3). An active ingredient B to be dispensed is accommodated in the chamber (3). The sealing film (4) can be destroyed or pushed away by means of a piercing member (7). The piercing member (7) is configured to be replaceable. As a result the plastic closure (1) itself can be produced as standard, and the piercing member (7) can be produced customer-specifically for the respective application. The connection between the piercing member (7) and the convex membrane (6) preferably takes place by means of a coupling part (8) which is formed on the lower face of the convex membrane and on which the piercing member (7) having a cup-shaped coupling attachment receptacle (74) can be fitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Muhlemann IP GmbH
    Inventor: Rolf Muhlemann
  • Patent number: 8887904
    Abstract: A container for storing and dispensing a substance including a deformable nipple having an open end, a feeding tip and a storage cavity; a lid adapted to releasably engage the open end of the nipple; and a (optionally) a tether having resilient properties, the tether connecting the nipple to the lid; wherein, in a storage position the substance, when placed within the storage cavity of the nipple, is contained; wherein in a mixing position, the substance is released from the storage cavity of the nipple; and wherein the container transitions from the storage position to the mixing position upon application of an external force to the nipple, causing the nipple to deform and the lid to disengage the open end of the nipple.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Inventor: Henry Alfonso Gutierrez
  • Patent number: 8887942
    Abstract: A collapsible drinking cup assembly having a plurality of annular ring segments each flexibly coupled together, end-to-end. An upper drinking lip segment of the ring segments includes an interior and exterior sidewall such that the drinking lip segment tapers inwardly from a lower base portion to an annular upper distal edge thereof. A support floor of the cup apparatus includes an annular bottom flange extending radially beyond an exterior wall of the bottom ring segment. Atop lid member extends over an opening into the cup apparatus, and includes a pair of opposed, inner and outer contact walls that collectively define an annular receiving groove therebetween. The cup apparatus can be expanded from a collapsed position to an expanded position when both the annular bottom flange and the lid member are radially gripped and axially pulled apart longitudinally thereof before separation of the lid member from the drinking lip segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Humangear, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher A. Miksovsky, Clint N. Slone
  • Publication number: 20140336610
    Abstract: Methods and devices for delivering variable amounts of a drug formulation directly from a drug delivery device without requiring point of use reconstitution as a separate mixing step are described herein. These methods and devices increase the convenience, speed and simplicity of administration of drug formulations. The devices mix two or more components in a constant mixing ratio effectively simultaneous to administration, and allow for variable doses while retaining the desired ratio of the components in each dose. The devices are particularly useful for administering drug formulations that are unstable at room temperature in liquid form. The methods described herein generally use conventional devices that have been modified to administer an unstable compound and provide acceptable storage stability. Typical devices include infusion sets, pump reservoirs, syringes, pens, vials and cartridges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Gerard Michel, Robert Feldstein, Bryan Wilson, Jake Ganem
  • Publication number: 20140335198
    Abstract: The invention relates to a stable bicarbonate ion-containing drug solution, particularly a bicarbonate-containing drug solution for dialysis in which the stability has been improved by the presence of a phosphate ion. Further, the invention relates to a drug solution for acute blood purification, particularly a dialysate and a substitution liquid for acute blood purification to be mixed before use containing the drug solution. Still further, the invention relates to a dialysate and a substitution liquid for acute blood purification to be mixed before use in which the formation of insoluble fine particles or precipitates is prevented for a long time after mixing and with which hypokalemeia and hypophosphatemia are not caused.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicants: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION CHIBA UNIVERSITY, FUSO PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeto ODA, Tomohito SADAHIRO, Masataka NAKAMURA, Syuichi TANAKA, Shogo TOKUOKA, Hiroya OTANI
  • Patent number: 8881894
    Abstract: A multiple-compartment ascorbic acid delivery unit is provided. The first compartment is impermeable to oxygen and ultraviolet light and contains a solid vitamin-containing composition comprising ascorbic acid or its pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters. The second compartment is liquid impermeable and contains a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier system. The first compartment is entirely enclosed within said second compartment or vice versa. An opening is formed in the inner compartment in order to combine the contents of the two compartments to form an ascorbic acid carrier composition prior to delivery to the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Sonovia Holdings LLC
    Inventors: John C. Castel, R. Patrick Abergel
  • Patent number: 8881892
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an apparatus including a first chamber containing an eye-mountable device. The apparatus may also include a second chamber containing an aqueous solution. The apparatus may also include a membrane positioned between the first chamber and the second chamber. The membrane may be configured to rupture based on application of a force to the apparatus. The ruptured membrane may allow the aqueous solution to engage with the eye-mountable device. The apparatus may also include a lid to seal one or more of the first chamber and the second chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey George Linhardt, Daniel Barrows
  • Publication number: 20140326750
    Abstract: A beverage dispensing system comprises a container, an attachment mechanism, and a cartridge. The container may hold a mixing solution or liquid, such as water, to be mixed with the contents of the cartridge. The attachment mechanism is generally located within the container. The attachment mechanism may comprise an engagement assembly, a piercing portion, and a valve assembly. The engagement assembly may generally receive the cartridge within the attachment mechanism. The piercing portion may generally pierce the cartridge, thereby releasing the contents of the cartridge into the container. The valve assembly may generally open upon engagement of the cartridge with the attachment mechanism. The cartridge generally engages with the attachment mechanism to open the cartridge to be dispensed into the container, thereby combining the contents of the cartridge with the liquid within the container to create a drinkable beverage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: PepsiCo, Inc.
    Inventors: Carlos Hernan Marina, Ricardo Ruiz de Gopegui, Agnete Enga, Vincent Faivre d'Arcier, Tim Connelly, Jonathan Cedar, Tucker Fort
  • Patent number: 8875926
    Abstract: Container for beverages, liquids and other fluid substances which includes a plurality of sealed chambers, sealed openings in coplanar walls of the chambers, a stationary cover plate with openings in registration with the sealed openings, an opener movably mounted on the cover plate for selective engagement with seals for the openings in the walls, and a selector plate operatively connected to the opener with an opening in the selector plate that can be moved into and out of registration with the openings in the chamber walls and cover plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Inventor: Valon Grajqevci
  • Patent number: 8875874
    Abstract: A mixing container including an outer vessel, one or more inner vessels, and a lid. The outer vessel has a bottom, an open mouth and a peripheral sidewall between the open mouth and the bottom. The one or more inner vessels each have an end, an open mouth and a peripheral sidewall between the end and the open mouth. The lid is configured to be removably coupled to the open mouth of the outer vessel and the lid is characterized as having an outer surface and an inner surface coupled to the ends of the one or more inner vessels. A seal is formed between the open mouth of each one of the one or more inner vessels and the bottom of the outer vessel when the lid is coupled to the open mouth of the outer vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Biosphere Spirits, LLC
    Inventor: Elie Helou, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20140318995
    Abstract: A medical device (1) comprising a frame (2, 3, 6) defining an interior, a barrier element (58) arranged to fluidly divide at least a portion of the interior, and barrier removal means (30) connected with the barrier element and operable from an exterior of the frame to remove the barrier element from the interior through an opening (99) in the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: NOVO NORDISK HEALTHCARE AG
    Inventor: Lars Eilertsen
  • Patent number: 8871285
    Abstract: A method is provided for forming a two component beverage using a container having two compartments, an upper compartment and a lower compartment, each containing a beverage ingredient. The upper compartment contains a first beverage ingredient, such as powdered milk, and the lower compartment 8 contains a second beverage ingredient, such as instant coffee. The upper compartment can be stacked above the lower compartment such that access to the lower compartment is through the upper compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC
    Inventors: Shelley Markoulis, Piaras Valdis de Cleir, Paul Edward Doll, Niketa Mohler, Stuart Leslie, Diya Sen, Jason Billig
  • Publication number: 20140314938
    Abstract: A capsule for storing a fixed amount of syrup. The capsule includes a housing to store the fixed amount of syrup and is shaped to sit on the rim of a bottle of carbonated water. The capsule also includes a release mechanism to release the syrup in a controlled manner into the bottle. The capsule is shaped so that excess gas is released into the atmosphere between at least one of the outside walls of the capsule and the inner wall of the opening of the bottle of carbonated water. The invention includes a method for releasing syrup from a capsule into a bottle of carbonated water. The method includes the capsule being placed on a rim of the bottle and the capsule receiving a downward force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Yaron KOPEL, Allan RING, Avi COHEN, Hagai HARDUFF, Doron KROM, Amit AVIGDOR, Eyal FENDELL