Unitary Reciprocating Patents (Class 222/137)
  • Patent number: 11596972
    Abstract: A coaxial cartridge for multi-component materials includes a head part having an outlet, an inner tube forming a first storage compartment configured to store a first component inner tube forms part of the outlet, and an outer tube. The inner tube is arranged within the outer tube at a longitudinal axis that is common to both the inner tube and the outer tube. A space formed between the outer tube and the inner tube forms a second storage compartment configured to store a second component. The outer tube forms a further part of the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: MEDMIX SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Ralf Grünenfelder, Eberhard Remo, Hayden Turner
  • Patent number: 11471600
    Abstract: An injector for injecting a medicament in a patient. The injector includes a container comprising a fluid chamber containing a first volume of a medicament, and an injection conduit associated with the fluid chamber for defining a fluid pathway therefrom to inject the medicament from the fluid chamber through the injection conduit to an injection location. The injector also includes a firing mechanism associated with the fluid chamber for expelling the medicament from the fluid chamber through the injection conduit, and a volume-control mechanism operable to control a fraction of the first volume of medicament that is injected when the firing mechanism is actuated to inject the medicament.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Antares Pharma, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul R. Lesch, Matthew H. Rust, Thomas E. Kramer
  • Patent number: 11440033
    Abstract: A mixer for mixing multi-component materials includes a mixing element and an inlet. The mixing element is arranged at a longitudinal axis of the mixer for mixing multi-component materials. The inlet section is arranged at the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: MEDMIX SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventor: Joachim Schoeck
  • Patent number: 11433409
    Abstract: A dispensing container capable of changing the ratio between the amounts of two kinds of contents to be dispensed, includes two container bodies, two pumps including two stems, an adjusting member configured to press the stems and to be rotatable about an axis extending in a substantially vertical direction, and a pressing head configured to, in response to a depressing operation, rotate about an axis extending in a substantially horizontal direction, to thereby depress the stems via the adjusting member. The adjusting member includes a plurality of pressing portions against which the stems are pressed, and when the adjusting member is rotated about the axis, a depressing stroke of the one of the plurality of pressing portions on the side of one of the stems becomes shorter, and a depressing stroke of the other one of the plurality of pressing portions on the side of the other stem becomes longer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignees: SHISEIDO COMPANY, LTD., YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Sasaki, Hiromichi Saito, Toru Toma
  • Patent number: 11419991
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system for injecting includes a syringe body having proximal and distal ends, a syringe interior, and a syringe flange at the proximal end thereof. The system also includes an injectable fluid disposed in the syringe interior. The system further includes a stopper member disposed in the syringe interior. Moreover, the system includes a plunger member coupled to the stopper member. In addition, the system includes a finger flange removably coupled to the syringe flange, the finger flange including a proximally directed screw. The system also includes a rotatable member disposed on the proximally directed screw, the rotatable member defining a rotatable member opening through which the plunger member is disposed and having an elastic latch disposed adjacent the rotatable member opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: CREDENCE MEDSYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen H. Diaz, Alan E. Shluzas
  • Patent number: 11395643
    Abstract: A liquid applicator (1) for holding and discharging a curable liquid composition, comprises a receiver body (2) for holding a curable liquid composition, a discharge tip (20;30;40) having a longitudinal axis and further having a distal end remote from the receiver body (2) from which the liquid composition is discharged, and a discharge mechanism (5) for transferring liquid composition held by the applicator (1) to the tip (20;30;40) for discharge of the composition. The tip (20;30;40) comprises an outlet section (21d;31d;44d) having at least one groove formation (26;38;48) extending along the tip (20;30;40) to the distal end thereof. The applicator may be a surgical adhesive applicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: ADVANCED MEDICAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Guy Stephen Miller, Nithinkrishnan Gopalakrishnan, Simon Mark Parish
  • Patent number: 11389815
    Abstract: A dispensing container capable of changing the ratio between the amounts of two kinds of contents to be dispensed, includes two container bodies, two pumps including two stems, an adjusting member configured to press the stems and to be rotatable about an axis extending in a substantially vertical direction, and a pressing head configured to, in response to a depressing operation, rotate about an axis extending in a substantially horizontal direction, to thereby depress the stems via the adjusting member. The adjusting member includes a plurality of pressing portions against which the stems are pressed, and when the adjusting member is rotated about the axis, a depressing stroke of the one of the plurality of pressing portions on the side of one of the stems becomes shorter, and a depressing stroke of the other one of the plurality of pressing portions on the side of the other stem becomes longer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignees: SHISEIDO COMPANY, LTD., YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Sasaki, Hiromichi Saito, Toru Toma
  • Patent number: 11298471
    Abstract: The technical problem of the present invention to provide a medical device, which exhibits an increased safety of the device and facilitates a safe use is solved by medical device for delivering at least one drug agent, comprising a sensor, a control unit and an attachable dispense assembly, wherein the sensor is configured to detect attachment of the dispense assembly to the medical device, wherein the control unit is configured to determine at least based on a signal from the sensor whether the end of life of the dispense assembly is reached and wherein the medical device is configured to indicate the end of life of the dispense assembly. The technical problem is further solved by a method according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Caspers, Ilona Eggert
  • Patent number: 11168821
    Abstract: An adapter for connecting a separated-outlet fluid cartridge to a single-inlet static mixer includes a locking portion and a connecting portion. The locking portion has at least one locking element to lockingly engage the mixer housing so as to inhibit rotation between the locking portion and the housing. The connecting portion is received within the locking portion and has first and second fluid inlet members to be coupled to respective first and second fluid outlets of the cartridge for receiving fluid from the cartridge, and a fluid outlet member is sealingly coupled to the mixer for directing fluid into the mixer. The locking portion is selectively rotatable about the connecting portion between unlocked and locked positions relative to the cartridge when the connecting portion is coupled to the cartridge. Consequently, the adapter advantageously enables dispensing with a separated-outlet fluid cartridge in combination with a single-inlet static mixer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Nordson Corporation
    Inventor: Matthew E. Pappalardo
  • Patent number: 11090677
    Abstract: A method of delivering a glutinous substance from a cartridge to an applicator comprises receiving the cartridge inside a sleeve through an inlet of the sleeve when a pressure cap, coupled to the sleeve proximate the inlet, is in an open position. The method additionally comprises moving the pressure cap into a closed position to sealingly couple the pressure cap with a trailing end of the cartridge. The method also comprises selectively causing an automated coupler to automatically sealingly couple the applicator with a leading end of the cartridge when the cartridge is inside the sleeve and the pressure cap is in the closed position. The method further comprises applying pressure to the glutinous substance in the cartridge through a first pressure input of the pressure cap to urge the glutinous substance from the cartridge into the applicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: John W. Pringle, IV, John J. Brown, Angelica Davancens, Frederick B. Frontiera, Martin Guirguis, Raul Tomuta, Richard P. Topf, Don D. Trend, Jake B. Weinmann, Thomas C. Hanson
  • Patent number: 11084008
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, devices and systems for mixing and dispensing multi-component materials. The mixing and dispensing may be performed using a mobile, enclosed dispenser that can be used to supply a mixed multi-component material at the point of use. In some embodiments, the components to be mixed into the multi-component material may be supplied in cartridges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Janssen, Mark F. Schulz, Scott D. Gullicks, Dennis R. Keicher, Bruce R. Broyles, Ryan P. Simmers, Jameel R. Qiblawi
  • Patent number: 11077021
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a two-chamber carpule comprising two-chambers adapted to be joined together. Each chamber is adapted to contain a medicament component. The carpule further comprises a bevel arranged on a circumference of at least one of the chambers in a transition area. The bevel extends from one chamber to the other chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: Bernd Kühn, Jörn Möckel, Werner Seiferlein
  • Patent number: 11045821
    Abstract: A trigger type liquid ejector includes an ejector main body having a vertical supply pipe, an ejection barrel, a trigger mechanism having a main piston and a main cylinder, a reservoir cylinder, a reservoir plunger, a first check valve configured to block communication between a container body and the vertical supply pipe when the main cylinder is pressurized and allow communication when the main cylinder is decompressed, and a second check valve configured to allow communication between an ejection hole and the vertical supply pipe when the main cylinder is pressurized and block communication when the main cylinder is decompressed, and a communication path is provided between the main piston and the main cylinder and is configured to bring the main cylinder in communication with the container body when the main piston is moved to a position deviated rearward from a frontmost position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki Kakuta
  • Patent number: 11033141
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for preparing baby food, in particular baby formula or baby purees. The invention also relates to the use of a corresponding device for preparing a solution or suspension, or baby food, and to a metering and sterilizing pouch and a preparation unit for a corresponding device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: SMIICS GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Schlack
  • Patent number: 11020160
    Abstract: A surgical injection device includes at least one tubular element defining a passageway. The passageway is configured for disposal of a selected volume of an agent and an evacuator disposed within the passageway. An actuator is engageable with the evacuator to entirely expel the selected volume of the agent from the passageway to a selected site. Spinal constructs, implants, systems and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan M. Dewey, Anthony J. Melkent, William D. Armstrong, Daniel A. Shimko
  • Patent number: 11014057
    Abstract: A caulk tube adapter for allowing mixing of coloring compositions into caulk is provided. The caulk tube includes baffles on the inside surface of the tube for facilitating mixing of the caulk and coloring composition. An adapter for allowing the caulk tubes to be positioned into a paint mixer is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: The Sherwin-Williams Company
    Inventor: Richard D. Hudson
  • Patent number: 10918790
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to multi-liquid loading and delivery kits comprising a first storage vessel for a first active component, a second storage vessel for a second active component, at least two transfer syringes, at least two vial adaptors, at least two cannulas with a through lumen and a multi-liquid delivery device. The delivery device has dual hollow cartridges, each with at least one throughbore at one end and plunger access at the opposing end, a kick stand, a removable dual feed funnel, a spray or drip manifold and at least one spray or drip tip assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignees: Guangzhou Bioseal Biotech Co., Ltd., Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Trezza, John Goodman
  • Patent number: 10918806
    Abstract: A safe syringe includes a barrel, a needle seat and a plunger, wherein the needle seat has a hook rod, a linkage deformation portion and a barrel clamping portion; and the plunger has a rod body, and a hook insertion hole which can be sleeved with the hook rod of the needle seat and compress the linkage deformation portion for elastic deformation such that the barrel clamping portion of the needle seat is not clamped into the seat clamping slot of the barrel, and the hook insertion hole can hook the hook rod of the needle seat to move the needle seat. The safe syringe can allow stable positioning and quick pullback of the needle seat and effectively reduce liquid medicine residue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Inventor: Wen-Chin Lu
  • Patent number: 10874489
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a tissue management impression material and a method of application into the sulcus of a patient, whereby the tissue management impression material is a part of the final dental impression made when manufacturing a dental device, such as a crown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: DENTSPLY SIRONA INC.
    Inventors: Paul Richard Pierson, Fuming Sun, Richard James Bennett, Robert J. Pieroni
  • Patent number: 10874999
    Abstract: The mixing device of cell printing composition according to the present disclosure comprises a first syringe comprising a first container for containing first liquid, a first moving element discharging the first liquid contained in the first container; a second syringe comprising a second container for containing second liquid, a second moving element discharging the second liquid contained in the second container; a mixing container which comprises a rotating mixing unit and receives the discharged first liquid and the discharged second liquids; a power transmission unit for driving the first moving element, the second moving element and the mixing unit; a first threaded guide where the first moving element is movably connected; a second threaded guide where the second moving element is movably connected; and a rod for rotating the mixing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignees: T&R BIOFAB CO., LTD., Korea Polytechnic University Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Geunseon Ahn, Jinhyung Shim, Jeongseok Lee, Ingyu Lee, Kyunghyun Min, Songwan Jin, Wonsoo Yun
  • Patent number: 10828016
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, the present subject matter describes a device for delivery of one or more fluids in to a target site. The fluid delivery device (100) includes a housing (105, 205), a shaft (110), which may 125 be disposed inside the housing (105, 205) to form at least one fluid chamber (115, 210) therebetween. Further, the fluid chamber (115, 210) is adapted to receive the one or more fluids. The fluid delivery device (100) further includes a plunger (120, 225) provided at a first end (125) of the housing (105, 205). The plunger (120, 225) may be coupled to the shaft (110) and may be adapted to move inside the housing (105, 205) to deliver the one or more fluids to the target site (405).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Secretary, Department of Biotechnology
    Inventors: Siraj Bagwan, Jonathan Pillai, Hanish Sharma, Pramod Garg, Govind Makharia
  • Patent number: 10786333
    Abstract: A system which has a static mixer and which contains a dental material. The static mixer has a mixing barrel that extends along a longitudinal axis and, accommodated therein, a cascade of mixing elements. Mixing elements have an outer diameter D of between 1.5 mm and 1.6 mm. The barrel has an inner diameter corresponding to the outer diameter of the mixing elements. The system helps minimizing any residual dental material in the mixer and minimizing forces for extruding the dental material through the mixer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventor: Andreas J. Boehm
  • Patent number: 10751106
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrosurgical instrument, especially for argon plasma coagulation, with a handle (10), an outer shaft (12) that surrounds an electrode and/or an inner shaft (11, 111) and is held in the handle (10), and an actuation mechanism (13) on the handle (10) to move the outer shaft (12) in the axial direction relative to the electrode/to the inner shaft (11, 111). The invention is characterized in that the inner shaft and/or the electrode (11, 111) are mechanically connected with one another in a distal end area (65) of the outer shaft (12) in such a way that the inner shaft and/or the electrode (11, 111) can be bent by moving the outer shaft (12) relative to the inner shaft and/or to the electrode (11, 111).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Staneker, Thorsten Rombach, Udo Kirstgen
  • Patent number: 10625263
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments related to an apparatus and methods for biological sample processing enabling isolation and concentration of microbial or pathogenic constituents from the sample. Sample may be obtained directly from a specimen container, such as a vacutainer, and processed directly without risk of user exposure. The disclosed methods and apparatus provide a convenient and inexpensive solution for rapid sample preparation compatible with downstream analysis techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Tangen Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: John Richard Nobile, John F. Davidson
  • Patent number: 10589312
    Abstract: A housing for a dispenser includes two non-metal half shells forming respective sides of at least a front part of the housing, with the front part of the housing including a cartridge receptacle, and with the two non-metal half shells being connected to one another. The housing further includes a reinforcing plate forming at least part of a front end of the cartridge receptacle, with the reinforcing plate being received between the two non-metal half shells and including a retainer configured to connect the two non-metal half shells at the front end of the cartridge receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: SULZER MIXPAC AG
    Inventor: Martin Grontved
  • Patent number: 10518289
    Abstract: An apparatus for delivering a glutinous substance from a cartridge to an applicator comprises a sleeve and a pressure-cap assembly. The pressure-cap assembly comprises a pressure cap, proximate an inlet of the sleeve. The pressure-cap assembly also comprises an actuator, coupled to the pressure cap and to the sleeve. The apparatus further comprises an automated coupler, configured to automatically reversibly sealingly couple the applicator with the leading end of the cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: John W. Pringle, IV, John J. Brown, Angelica Davancens, Frederick B. Frontiera, Martin Guirguis, Raul Tomuta, Richard P. Topf, Don D. Trend, Jake B. Weinmann, Thomas C. Hanson
  • Patent number: 10486116
    Abstract: An extrusion system that is operable to facilitate the extrusion of a solution through manipulation of a first syringe and a second syringe. The extrusion system includes a tubing network wherein the tubing network includes a first portion coupled to a first port of an extrusion cartridge and a second portion coupled to a second portion of an extrusion cartridge. The first portion of the tubing network includes an inlet line having an inlet valve coupled therewith and a first syringe. A purge line and purge line clamp are further included in the first portion. The second portion includes a second syringe, an exit line and an exit line clamp. The extrusion system utilizes reciprocating movements of the plungers of the first syringe and second syringe to facilitate the passing of the solution through the extrusion cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Inventors: Graham Jeffrey Taylor, Nima Tamaddoni Jahromi
  • Patent number: 10463413
    Abstract: Storage and mixing systems for pasty two-component polymethyl methacrylate bone cements comprise a tubular cartridge having a cylindrical inner chamber, a cartridge head, which closes one end of the tubular cartridge at the front side, a partition that is disposed axially in the cylindrical inner chamber of the cartridge. The partition divides the cylindrical inner chamber of the cartridge bounded by the cartridge head into two cavities that are spatially separated from one another, wherein a first pasty cement component is present in the first cavity and a second pasty cement component is present in the separate second cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: HERAEUS MEDICAL GMBH
    Inventors: Sebastian Vogt, Thomas Kluge
  • Patent number: 10464086
    Abstract: A metering and mixing device contains a multichamber cartridge and a cartridge holder having a reception container for the multichamber cartridge and a compressed air connection and a connection for an application device. The reception container has an internal tube arranged coaxially to the walls of the cartridge holder and equipped with static mixing elements. The multichamber cartridge contains an upper portion having a directional valve, a middle portion configured as a tubular empty space surrounded by at least two chambers arranged tubularly in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the cartridge, and a lower portion having a piston for each chamber. The multichamber cartridge is arranged in the cartridge holder such that the inner wall of the inner tube of the multichamber cartridge bears, leak-tight, against the outer wall of the tube of the cartridge holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: BASF Coatings GmbH
    Inventors: Sibylle Schoeps, Thomas Krueger, Joachim Vosskuhl, Roland Andreas Meisner, Ernst Schneider
  • Patent number: 10456804
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an application device for multi-component substances, in particular multi-component adhesives or multi-component sealants, including: at least two cartridge receiving devices for receiving replaceable cartridges with substance components that are to be mixed; a discharging device for discharging the substance components from the cartridges; a mixing device for mixing the substance components, wherein the mixing device includes a rotary mixer which is driven via a drive shaft, the drive shaft having at least one flexible portion with a first end and a second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG
    Inventor: Pascal Tanner
  • Patent number: 10413925
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fluid dispensing devices for use in dispensing different liquids (e.g., bleach and bleach activator) from a bottle having first and second compartments. To minimize the presence of mixed composition residually present within the fluid dispensing device, it may be helpful to delay mixing. Separate dip tubes may be provided to pull liquid from the separate compartments, each with its own separate pump. Each pump may deliver the separate compositions to a spray nozzle of the device through separate delivery tubes (e.g., from the pumps to the nozzle). In other embodiments, a single delivery tube, and/or a single pump may be provided, e.g., where the volume of mixed composition that may be present in such pump and/or delivery tube may be sufficiently small so as to still provide overall desired efficacy characteristics. Dual delivery tube configurations may eliminate any need to prime the device by spraying out old, residual mixed composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventors: German R. Gonzalez, Ricardo Alluigi
  • Patent number: 10413926
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fluid dispensing devices for use in dispensing different liquids (e.g., bleach and bleach activator) from a bottle having first and second compartments. To minimize the presence of mixed composition residually present within the fluid dispensing device, it may be helpful to delay mixing. Separate dip tubes may be provided to pull liquid from the separate compartments, each with its own separate pump. Each pump may deliver the separate compositions to a spray nozzle of the device through separate delivery tubes (e.g., from the pumps to the nozzle). In other embodiments, a single delivery tube, and/or a single pump may be provided, e.g., where the volume of mixed composition that may be present in such pump and/or delivery tube may be sufficiently small so as to still provide overall desired efficacy characteristics. Dual delivery tube configurations may eliminate any need to prime the device by spraying out old, residual mixed composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventors: German R. Gonzalez, Riccardo Alluigi
  • Patent number: 10335818
    Abstract: A dual dispenser having two pumps and an outlet channel that is fed with the fluids coming from both pumps. The two pumps include respective actuator rods that are movable axially over strokes of different lengths, namely a first actuator rod having a long stroke, and a second actuator rod having a short stroke. The common dispenser head includes a pivot member that forms two bearing elements that are constrained to move together, so as to move both actuator rods simultaneously over an axial height that corresponds to the short stroke, with one bearing element then continuing its movement so as to terminate its long stroke by pivoting and turning the pivot member about the bearing element that is blocked in position as a result of the second actuator rod already being fully depressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Yannick Pointel, Alex Milian
  • Patent number: 10286370
    Abstract: A storage and mixing system, for pasty two-component polymethyl methacrylate bone cements, comprises a cartridge with a cylindrical interior, a cartridge head that closes an end of said cartridge, a partition wall axially disposed in the cylindrical interior of the cartridge, wherein said partition wall is connected to the circumferential surface of the cylindrical interior of the cartridge and divides the cylindrical interior of the cartridge delimited by the cartridge head into two spatially separate cavities. The first cavity includes a first pasty cement component and the separate second cavity includes a second pasty cement component, two delivery plungers close the two cavities on the side of the cavities opposite the cartridge head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: HERAEUS MEDICAL GMBH
    Inventors: Sebastian Vogt, Thomas Kluge
  • Patent number: 10272457
    Abstract: The sprayer includes a housing defining a chamber, and a cylinder within the chamber. The cylinder defines more than one discharge tube positioned in a longitudinal direction within the housing, the cylinder being selectively rotatable within the chamber. More than one suction tube extends from a lower portion of the housing. The more than one suction tube is in selective fluid communication with the more than one discharge tube of the cylinder, as the cylinder is rotated within the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Inventor: Joseph A. McDonnell
  • Patent number: 10258399
    Abstract: Paste application system having a two-component cartridge with two axially shiftable feed plungers; one hollow cylinder with an open front face and an at least partially closed front face, an axially mobile first plunger situated therein with two pestles attached to it; another hollow cylinder that contains a manually shiftable second plunger; and a liquid container, whereby the second hollow cylinder is connected or connectable to the liquid container in liquid-permeable manner by a first conduit means and a first non-return valve, and the first hollow cylinder is connected or connectable to the second hollow cylinder in liquid-permeable manner by a second conduit means and a second non-return valve; whereby the two-component cartridge and the first hollow cylinder, arranged axially adjacent, with the axially mobile pestles are arranged in a pressure container; and the paste application system contains a hollow space and liquid is present in said space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: HERAEUS MEDICAL GMBH
    Inventors: Sebastian Vogt, Clemens Greiner
  • Patent number: 10173232
    Abstract: A spray system includes a fluid source, a sprayer, a pump cylinder, a plunger, a pump motor, first and second inlet and outlet valves, a plurality of valve seals, a seal lubricant reservoir, and gravity fed seal lubricant lines. The pump cylinder is disposed fluidly between the fluid source and the sprayer. The plunger is situated within the pump cylinder and positioned by a displacement rod. The pump motor is configured to drive the displacement rod so as to reciprocate the plunger within the pump cylinder. The valve seals are disposed about the each of the first and second inlet and outlet valves. The lubricant seal lines carry seal lubricant from the reservoir to each of the valve seals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.
    Inventor: Dennis J. Van Keulen
  • Patent number: 10092280
    Abstract: A spray assembly for dispensing a mixture is provided. The spray assembly includes a connector configured for operable engagement with a first and second source of component and a source of pressurized fluid, and a tip operably connected to the connector. The tip includes an opening and defines a mixing chamber between the connector and the opening of the tip, and an insert member configured to be received in the mixing chamber. The insert member includes a plurality of radially extending slots on at least one end of the insert. The plurality of radially extending slots is configured to mix the first and second components prior to the mixture exiting the opening in the tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Confluent Surgical, Inc.
    Inventors: Les Hull, Jason Fortier
  • Patent number: 10086394
    Abstract: A discharge device having an actuating handle, a first pump system for conveying a first medium and a second pump system for conveying a second medium. The actuating handle can be moved between an initial position and an end position. The first pump system includes a first pump chamber and a first piston arranged in a displaceable manner in the first pump chamber. The second pump system includes a second pump chamber and a second piston arranged in a displaceable manner in the second pump chamber. The first piston and the second piston can be displaced via the actuating handle in the direction of actuation, and the actuating handle and the first piston are coupled to each other such that the actuating handle and the first piston can be displaced relative to each other in a direction of actuation via a free travel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: APTAR RADOLFZELL GMBH
    Inventor: Thomas Bruder
  • Patent number: 10086143
    Abstract: A perimeter fill syringe is disclosed, wherein the syringe includes a solid core, allowing fluid to fill an area around the perimeter of the syringe barrel, enabling a wider diameter for the barrel thus increasing the visibility of the markings and ease of handling by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventor: Kyle Emerson Hultgren
  • Patent number: 10058649
    Abstract: A packaging device for packaging a fluid dispenser (200), said dispenser comprising at least one reservoir (210) containing fluid, and a dispenser unit (220) that is actuated manually so as to dispense said fluid, said packaging device comprising a casing (100) that is provided with a base body (110) and with a cover (120) that is separable from said base body (110), starting from a closed position in which said dispenser (200) is packaged in said casing (100) and going to an open position in which said dispenser (200) may be removed from said casing (100), said casing (100) including at least one projection (130) that is adapted to co-operate with said dispenser (200) at least in the closed position of the cover (120), so as to block said dispenser unit (220) and prevent it from being actuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventor: François Le Maner
  • Patent number: 10045806
    Abstract: Device for the mixing of polymethylmethacrylate bone cement and for storing a monomer liquid and a cement powder as starting components of the bone cement, comprising a cartridge having an internal space closed on one side by a mobile dispensing plunger; a monomer container for a monomer liquid and/or a connector for attachment of a monomer container which can be opened in the device so that the monomer liquid flows from the monomer container into the device; and a connecting conduit through which the monomer liquid can be guided into the internal space of the cartridge; having a pumping plunger that can be shifted axially in the hollow cylinder arranged in the hollow cylinder, which can be used to push monomer liquid from the hollow cylinder through the connecting conduit into the internal space of the cartridge by actuating the pumping plunger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: HERAEUS MEDICAL GMBH
    Inventors: Sebastian Vogt, Thomas Kluge
  • Patent number: 10022741
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a selectively actuated fluid system having a plurality of selected fluid reservoirs, for example replaceable cartridge-type fluid reservoirs. A first subset of the reservoirs can be selectively actuated to dispense an individual fluid from the selected reservoir. A second subset of the reservoirs can be simultaneously actuated to dispense two or more fluids in mixed form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: NSE Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Gregory Fuller, Oliver Brian Godbold, Rebecca Ann Wilkins, Henry Charles Innes, Carl Gordon Hewett, Iain Ansell
  • Patent number: 10016240
    Abstract: The invention relates to an instrument (30) with an elongated first shaft (42), an end effector which is arranged on a distal end of the first shaft (42) and an actuation unit (19) arranged on the proximal end of the first shaft, wherein the actuation unit (19) comprises a first wheel (32) which is connected non-rotatably with the first shaft (42). The first shaft (42) is axially displaceable in relation to the first wheel (32) and is in threaded engagement with a second wheel (33) which is axially immovable in relation to the first wheel (32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: gomtec GmbH
    Inventors: Patrick Rothfuss, Bernd Gombert, Bartolomiej Stanczyk
  • Patent number: 10016526
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a paste-powder binary bone cement used in arthroplasty or vertebroplasty, and, more particularly, to a paste-powder binary bone cement which can be directly used at a site to be treated without additionally waiting it to the site by dissolving predetermined chemically-unreactive powdered compositions in a liquid monomer to form paste having high viscosity and then mixing other powdered components with the paste in a minimum amount of air, and to an apparatus for injecting the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: INJECTA INC.
    Inventor: Jae Bum Shim
  • Patent number: 9999410
    Abstract: A sealant delivery device includes a delivery tube, a bioadhesive container, and an adapter. The delivery tube includes proximal and distal ends. The bioadhesive container holds a sealant activator and a sealant precursor separated from each other. The adapter is interposed between the delivery tube and the bioadhesive container. The adapter includes a first channel member that couples a first lumen of the delivery tube to the sealant activator, and a second channel member that couples the first lumen to the sealant precursor. The adapter provides separation of the sealant activator and the sealant precursor until a position distal of the bioadhesive container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical Puerto Rico LLC
    Inventors: Edward E. Parsonage, Zachary J. Tegels, Martha Escobar, Russell D. Terwey, Troy T. White, Bernhard Kaeferlein, Timothy M. McGlinch
  • Patent number: 9968959
    Abstract: A dispensing apparatus includes two cylindrical sleeves, two flexible film pack bags disposed within the sleeves, the two film pack bags having an integrally formed rigid face plate bonded therewith, the face plate having a discharge nosepiece integrally formed therewith, the discharge nosepiece having a partition internally configured to maintain separate flow streams from the film pack bags. Two shuttles are slidingly disposed in the sleeves. Push rods are disposed in operable communication with the shuttles. At least one piston is disposed in operable communication with the push rods, the piston configured to drive the push rods. A holder is disposed proximate a front end of the sleeves, the holder configured to restrain the face plate during dispensing of a flowable material. A mixer is configured to be in fluid communication with flow streams from the film pack bags. A material applicator is disposed in fluid communication with the mixer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Nordson Corporation
    Inventor: Charles M. Frey
  • Patent number: 9925550
    Abstract: A dispenser comprising a first reservoir in liquid communication with a first pump; a second reservoir in liquid communication with a second pump; exit orifice; and an actuator; wherein the first and second pumps are in liquid communication with the exit orifice; wherein the second pump is in liquid communication with the exit orifice; wherein said first and second pumps are in communication with the actuator; wherein the first reservoir comprises a first composition, comprising a volatile solvent and a first fragrance; wherein the second reservoir comprises a second composition, comprising a carrier and a plurality of microcapsules; wherein the exit orifice dispenses a first dose of the first composition and a second dose of the second composition; wherein the microcapsules have a volume weighted fracture strength from about 0.1 Mpa to about 25 Mpa, and a median volume-weighted particle size from about 2 microns to about 80 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Neil Charles Dring, Lee Burrowes, Elaine Alice Marie Baxter, Madhuri Jayant Khanolkar, Julien Claude Plos, Alastair Robert Edward MacGregor, Jiten Odhavji Dihora, Adam Gaszton Horvath, Zerlina Guzdar Dubois
  • Patent number: 9907705
    Abstract: A method of dispensing adhesive onto a stretched elastic strand includes applying a first volume of adhesive onto a first portion of the elastic strand, applying a second volume of adhesive onto a second portion of the elastic strand, and applying a third volume of adhesive onto a third portion of the elastic strand. The second volume is less than the first and third volumes. When the elastic strand is adhesively secured to a substrate to form a personal disposable hygiene product, the first and third portions of the elastic strand define opposing ends of the elastic strand, which are adhered with a larger amount of adhesive capable of limiting movement of the strand at the opposing ends, thereby maintaining the integrity of the bond between the substrate and the elastic strand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Nordson Corporation
    Inventors: Michael W. Harris, Joel E. Saine
  • Patent number: 9901419
    Abstract: The invention relates to a syringe, in particular for dispensing flowable dental materials, comprising a syringe housing, at least two storage chambers (12 and 14) for dental materials, which lie transversely adjacent to each other as viewed in the dispensing direction, and a mixing device (36), which has two mixing channels (54, 56, 58, and 60), wherein each mixing channel is connected to the outlet of a storage chamber (12 and 14). The mixing device (36) has a mixing zone (80), which is connected to a pre-mixing zone (64). The pre-mixing zone (64) has two inlets, one for each of the dental materials to be mixed, and an outlet, wherein the inlets point toward each other. The outlet of the pre-mixing zone (64) extends perpendicularly to the inlets. The inlet of the mixing zone (80) is connected to the outlet of the pre-mixing zone (64). The mixing zone (80) has an impact element for deflecting the pre-mixed flow of the dental materials to an outlet of the mixing zone (80).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Frank Müller, Lutz Vocke