Part Of Cartridge Or Removable Container Patents (Class 222/327)
  • Patent number: 11904147
    Abstract: A pneumatic driver for a syringe is provided. The syringe has an elongated barrel with a cap secured to the proximal end that has a through bore. A filter is secured to the cap interior of the barrel that covers an opening in the through bore interior of the barrel. The pneumatic driver includes a source of pressurized air; a support for receiving and locating the syringe; and a supply block configured to receive pressurized air from the source and having an outlet for delivery of pressurized air. The supply block is movable between a first position spaced apart from the cap of the syringe and a second position in contact with the cap with fluid communication being established between the outlet of the supply block and the through-bore in the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Fenwal, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Wegener, Alexandra Salomon, Bret M. Olson, Keith Grider, Tom Matusaitis
  • Patent number: 11896109
    Abstract: The present application relates to the design of a class of beauty products that facilitates personalized replenishment. The physical product is a new type of dispenser comprising a pump assembly and a sleeve or housing for containing a replaceable cartridge of a specific type of product, such as a foundation. The cartridge is an air-less cartridge that may be releasably secured to the dispenser or pump assembly such that a user may remove the cartridge from the dispenser or pump and replace the cartridge with another cartridge containing the same or a different product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: IM Pro Makeup NY LP
    Inventors: Oran Holtzman, Maayan Gianella
  • Patent number: 11780668
    Abstract: A refillable solution dispenser including a dispenser housing having a base with a plurality of sidewalls defining an interior volume of the housing. A lid defining the top of the housing located on the top of the sidewalls is movably secured to allow access to the interior of the housing. An actuator mechanism is disposed through a top of the housing. At least one dispensing device is moveably connected within the housing. The dispensing device includes a pressure system connected to the actuator mechanism. The pressure system will move a pressure apparatus located within the housing forcing a solution from a solution reservoir through a dispensing passageway and out of the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Inventor: Robert Wise
  • Patent number: 11697250
    Abstract: An example method of joining a first structure and a second structure is described that includes forming a bond cavity between a first structure and a second structure, placing a semi-permeable breather material at one or more exits of the bond cavity, placing a vacuum bag around the bond cavity and the semi-permeable breather material, evacuating the bond cavity via a vacuum port and forcing adhesive into the bond cavity via an adhesive port while the bond cavity is evacuated, and curing the adhesive via one or more heaters to bond the first structure to the second structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Joseph L. Hafenrichter, Gary E. Georgeson
  • Patent number: 11642462
    Abstract: An injection device comprising a housing in which can be mounted a syringe comprising a barrel for holding a volume of medicament, a needle at one end of the barrel and a plunger axially-moveable in the barrel to a forwardmost position, the injection device further comprising a syringe support means for supporting the barrel at an axial location at or forward of the forwardmost position of the plunger and having a reaction surface for the syringe, whereby in use said reaction surface provides an axial compressive force on said barrel when a forward axial force is applied to the plunger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SHL MEDICAL AG
    Inventor: Kevin Stamp
  • Patent number: 11583889
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for application of a line of resin along a crease line of a garment for increasing the life of the crease line. The apparatus in one embodiment allows a simultaneous application of lines of resin along respective crease lines of one or more garments to provide an increase in productivity. The apparatus and method allows the operation of a source of a pressurised fluid source used in dispensing of the resin from one or more cartridges held on mounting apparatus to be achieved by an operator's hand which, at the same time, is used to hold gripping portion on the mounting apparatus to move the cartridges and mounting apparatus with respect to the crease line to apply the resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Supercrease Limited
    Inventors: Kenneth Houlbrook, Shaun Carter
  • Patent number: 11446444
    Abstract: An injection device comprises a housing having a first longitudinal axis (L). The injection device further comprises a medicament cartridge holder and a drive assembly including a drive shaft. The drive shaft is arranged around the first longitudinal axis. The drive assembly is capable of providing an axial force for ejecting a dose of medicament from the injection device. The medicament cartridge holder and at least part of said drive assembly are arranged around a second longitudinal axis (LC) which is substantially parallel to but offset from the first longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Norton Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Karl James Hewson, George Bostock, George Robert Michael Savell
  • Patent number: 11390452
    Abstract: A portable food carrier is disclosed, including a flexible, compressible outer container body and an internal lift having a tapered bottom. The tapered bottom of the lift is particularly configured to allow a user to grasp the carrier and squeeze the container body at the location of the taper, causing the lift to move upward in the container, in turn pushing food product located above the lift toward an open, top mouth of the container, where the user may then access and eat the food product. The lift is configured to interact with the interior of the container in such a way so as to assist the user in maintaining smooth movement as the user squeezes the outside of the container, thus making it optimized for use with only one hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Inventor: Joel Shalowitz
  • Patent number: 11383968
    Abstract: Disclosed is a portable container with a refill structure, which includes: first and second containers that are open towards each other and form a contents receptacle space by being inserted in a watertight and variable way and communicating with each other; a one-way valve attached to the first container to allow the contents to be introduced; and a pump unit attached to the second container to release the contents held in the receptacle space through a nozzle. A negative pressure is generated in the receptacle space by pulling out the first and second containers in a watertight way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: PANGRAM CO., LTD
    Inventors: Nam Joo Park, Jae Sang Park
  • Patent number: 11370597
    Abstract: A piston for a reservoir of a dispenser of a fluid product without air intake, and presenting a central axis X includes both sealing means and also guiding means. The sealing means extend in a plane orthogonal to the axis X and define a single external sealing line in a closed loop, distal from the axis X, capable of coming into contact with an inner wall of the reservoir 10. The guiding means include a base from which extends one or more tabs with free ends defining external guide points, distal from the axis X, capable of coming into contact with the inner wall of the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Inventors: Eric Rossignol, Emir Ezzina, Etienne Briere
  • Patent number: 11324893
    Abstract: An injection device comprises a dose selector, rotatable by a user to set a dose to be ejected from the injection device and a drive assembly including a drive shaft (140) and a plunger element (145), the drive assembly being capable of providing an axial force for ejecting a dose of medicament from a medicament container. A dose limit nut (141) is provided which is rotationally coupled to but not axially coupled to said drive shaft. The plunger element is threaded so that the dose limit nut is engaged with said plunger element via said thread, in order to guide relative axial movement between the dose limit nut and the plunger element. The dose limit nut is provided with dose limiting endstops which are capable of limiting axial travel of said dose limit nut with respect to said plunger element, so as to limit maximum and minimum doses of medicament which can be set by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Norton Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Karl James Hewson, George Bostock, George Robert Michael Savell
  • Patent number: 11253887
    Abstract: A caulking gun is provided, including: a gun body, including a main body, a push mechanism, a driving member movably disposed within the main body and a lever rotatably mounted to the main body to drive the driving member, the push mechanism including a restriction member swingably disposed on the main body and a push rod movably disposed on the main body and disposed through the restriction member; and an adjustment mechanism, mounted to the gun body, being movable to be located in a first position or at least two different other positions; wherein when the adjustment mechanism is located in the first position, the adjustment mechanism contacts the restriction member or the driving member; the adjustment mechanism is distanced by different distances from the restriction member or from the driving member when the adjustment mechanism is located in the at least two different other positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: SIANG SYUAN FU ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chen-Hsuan Hung
  • Patent number: 11236862
    Abstract: A lubricant cartridge container includes a cylindrical member, and a moving member moving inside the cylindrical member toward a lubricant inflow portion side as a fluid lubricant flows toward the lubricant inflow portion side when subjected to a suction force from a lubricating pump side. The moving member has a first moving main body portion moving inside the cylindrical member and contacting with a shoulder portion, and a second moving main body portion contacting with the lubricant inflow portion after the first moving main body portion comes in contact with the shoulder portion. The second moving main body portion has a center portion contacting with the lubricant inflow portion, and a step portion connecting the center portion and the first moving main body portion. The center portion has a recess recessed in a polygonal shape formed by connecting a plurality of apexes in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: LUBE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Keizo Saito
  • Patent number: 11194151
    Abstract: The present specification describes a novel system for dynamically modifying the magnification power of optical devices used in high performance and critical applications such as medical procedures. The present specification describes an optical imaging system having a magnification control system connected to a sensor device for enabling movement of sensor device with respect to a lens assembly of the imaging system, wherein distance between the sensor device and the lens assembly is altered to enable different levels of magnification capability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: EndoChoice, Inc.
    Inventors: Amram Aizenfeld, Leonid Krivopisk
  • Patent number: 11130150
    Abstract: An electrically powered handheld dispensing device used to dispense viscous materials from a cartridge in a drip-free manner. The dispensing device having a cartridge locking mechanism that affirmatively locks a material cartridge in place, limiting its axial motion in the cartridge holder. The dispensing device having a plunger assembly containing dogs that bite into the inner surface of the material cartridge piston after a plunger makes contact with the material cartridge piston. The dispensing device having a motor control circuit that automatically reverses the drive motor at high speed to reverse the piston inside the material cartridge to a predetermined distance when the user releases the trigger control, which may also suck material back from the cartridge nozzle tip preventing drips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: WELSHIRE HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventor: John W. Welch
  • Patent number: 11109849
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a container adapted to dispense its content under pressure. The container of the present invention consists of two separate compartments separated from one another by a slidable piston. The container of the present invention contains a haemostatic paste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: FERROSAN MEDICAL DEVICES A/S
    Inventors: Mette Krog Jensen, Kristian Larsen
  • Patent number: 11052421
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a glue-saving mechanism, a glue gun handle, a glue gun and a use method thereof, and relates to the technical field of gluing tools, wherein the glue-saving mechanism is applicable to the glue gun and includes a body and a locking piece; a top end of the locking piece is connected with a rear end of the body, the locking piece is provided with a assembling hole for glue gun ejector rod penetrating the locking piece, and the angle between a front surface of the locking piece and the horizontal direction is greater than 0° and smaller than 90° when a length extension direction of a glue gun ejector rod in a working condition that the glue gun ejector rod is assembled to the glue gun is regarded as a horizontal direction; a guiding structure is provided on the body, and the guiding structure is used for guiding the body to slide forward and backward relative to a glue gun handle in a working condition that the glue-saving mechanism is assembled at a top end of the glue gun handle;
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: TIANJIN JINMAO GROUP CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jie Li, Qi Zhu, Shengjiang Wang
  • Patent number: 11027295
    Abstract: A spray applicator assembly discharges distributable product from a cartridge using low air pressure. The cartridge is held captive between a piston advancing from the rear to expel contents and a nozzle snugly attached at the front to receive expelled contents and to convert the contents into droplets by subjecting the contents to an array of focused high velocity air streams. The nozzle has an open barrel design and is able to discharge a variety of liquid or viscous distributable product without readjustment, other than resetting a proportioning valve in the low pressure air feed line. An air chamber immediately in front of the cartridge nose provides constant backpressure, which dominates to cleanly stop flow of distributable product into the nozzle whenever the piston stops advancing. When the piston resumes advancement, the flow restarts cleanly. Clean stopping and starting saves distributable product from waste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Inventor: David T. Gunn
  • Patent number: 10947027
    Abstract: A dosing dispenser for a flowable composition includes a housing, a traveler, a plunger, and a driver. The housing defines a chamber, and the plunger is movable within the chamber. The traveler is at least partially within the chamber and configured to selectively position the plunger. The driver is at least partially within the chamber and configured to movably position the traveler relative to the driver. The driver is engaged with the traveler within the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: DOSELOGIX, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Gayle Phipps, Saundra D. Naughton, Craig Jay Cochran, John Britton S. Mockridge, Daniel Lee DeYoung, Dale Melton Coker
  • Patent number: 10894000
    Abstract: In a method and a corresponding device for producing an extrudate, starting products are introduced into an extrusion container, heated, and homogeneously intermixed by dual asymmetric centrifugation of the extrusion container. The extrusion container is rotated about a primary rotation axis that extends outside the extrusion container, and is simultaneously rotated about a secondary rotation axis that extends through the extrusion container and is situated at an acute angle with respect to the primary rotation axis. Lastly, the intermixed starting products are jointly extruded from the extrusion container. The method and the corresponding device are particularly suitable for processing small and very small substance quantities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Chemspeed Technologies AG
    Inventor: Rolf Gueller
  • Patent number: 10864540
    Abstract: A control assembly for a material dispenser includes a plunger movably located within a bore of the assembly, the plunger having first and second ends, the first end having an abutment for moveably retaining the plunger within the bore and the second end for engaging a switch during operation of the material dispenser to cease operation. A biasing member located within the bore, the biasing member engaging the first end of the plunger, the biasing member allowing for the manual movement of the plunger without harm to the switch of the material dispenser during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Inventors: Timm Randal Herman, Brent Michael Findlay, Mason S. James
  • Patent number: 10821469
    Abstract: A two-component dispenser includes first and second push rods guided within the two-component dispenser, first and second drive plate assemblies respectively associated with and embodied for engaging with the first and second push rods, and an actuation mechanism symmetrically arranged with respect to the first and second push rods and with respect to the first and second drive plate assemblies. The actuation mechanism displaceable in a linear manner between a release position and a plurality of dispensing positions and engaging the first and second drive plate assemblies in the dispensing positions to lock the first and second push rods by engagement with the first and second drive plate assemblies and to entrain the first and second push rods in a dispensing direction of the two-component dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: SULZER MIXPAC AG
    Inventor: Martin Grontved
  • Patent number: 10814347
    Abstract: A caulking gun includes a push disk, a push rod, an adhesive cartridge compartment, a trigger and a gun body; the trigger is hingedly coupled to the middle part of the gun body; the rear end of the push rod is outside the gun body and provided with a braking device; the front end is in the adhesive cartridge compartment through the gun body and provided with a push disk; a push piece for driving the push rod is mounted in the gun body; the front end of the push piece is provided with a return spring; the trigger is provided with a pin position switching device for adjusting the propulsion ratio by adjusting the contact position of the push piece; adjustment of different propulsion ratios enables the caulking gun to be multifunctional to meet the construction requirements of different adhesives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG VOLCANO MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Le Xia, Suhua Zhang, Weidong Shen
  • Patent number: 10746951
    Abstract: A tool device for installing an optical fiber inside a user premises includes a neck, a coupling joined to the neck for attachment to a leading end of an adhesive syringe or an extension pole, and a head joined to a leading portion of the neck. The head has a leading edge of a certain width, and a passageway for receiving an optical fiber and guiding the fiber to a position proximate to the leading edge. The width of the leading edge is such that when the edge is held transversely across a structural corner containing an adhesive bead, and an optical fiber is received in the passageway in the head and directed ahead of the leading edge, the edge embeds the fiber in the bead when the edge is swept along the corner with the optical fiber positioned between the edge and the adhesive bead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: OFS FITEL, LLC
    Inventors: Kelvin B Bradley, Denis E Burek, Xavier Chiron, Jimmy Joy
  • Patent number: 10687880
    Abstract: A bone material dispensing device is provided. The bone material dispensing device comprises a housing having a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis. The proximal end having a first opening and the distal end having a second opening. The first opening and the second opening configured to slidably receive at least a portion of a plunger. A locking member is provided that is pivotably connected to an upper surface of the housing and extends adjacent to the upper surface of the housing. The locking member comprises a locking surface extending adjacent to the distal end of the housing configured to engage a portion of a tubular member, a funnel, or a combination thereof. The locking member is movable in a locking position to lock the portion of the tubular member, the funnel, or the combination thereof with the housing. A bone material dispensing system and a method of implanting bone material with the bone material dispensing system are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven D. Deridder, Ralph D. Goosby, Erick Vasquez, Jonathan M. Dewey
  • Patent number: 10682666
    Abstract: A dispensing apparatus having various features is described. The dispensing apparatus can receive a cartridge having a movable plunger configured to direct the fluid through a dispensing valve. The plunger can be movable under a force applied by air pressure. The cartridge can be inserted in the dispensing apparatus using a clamping and sealing mechanism and can be released using a cartridge ejector. The dispensing apparatus can include a ball valve having a ball defining an internal passageway that selectively aligns with a second internal passageway outside of the ball, a brush mounted via an elongating mechanism, and/or a gear train transmitting power from the elongating mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Nordson Corporation
    Inventors: Jerry R. Routen, William C. Paetow, II, Jeffry J. Grana, Justin E. Hall, Thomas R. Tudor
  • Patent number: 10639670
    Abstract: A caulking gun for dispensing viscous material does not have any freeloop. A brake device is in the first and in the second position inclined relative to the axis of the push rod and a release device pushes the brake device in a third, essentially perpendicular position relative to the axis of the push rod in order to disengage the push rod from the brake device for pulling back the push rod and for acting simultaneously on the push device in order to disengage the push rod. Because the brake device is inclined in the first and in the second position due to the action of a spring acting on one end of the brake device and clamps the rod so that any freeloop (because the brake device does not clamp the rod in the upright position) is avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Altachem N.V.
    Inventors: Lieven Sichien, Jean-Marie Poppe
  • Patent number: 10634900
    Abstract: The present specification describes a novel system for dynamically modifying the magnification power of optical devices used in high performance and critical applications such as medical procedures. The present specification describes an optical imaging system having a magnification control system connected to a sensor device for enabling movement of sensor device with respect to a lens assembly of the imaging system, wherein distance between the sensor device and the lens assembly is altered to enable different levels of magnification capability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: EndoChoice, Inc.
    Inventors: Amram Aizenfeld, Leonid Krivopisk
  • Patent number: 10618075
    Abstract: A piston for dispensing a flowable component from a cartridge includes a piston having a base body and a venting element. The base body has a passage connecting a component side and an actuation side and has a passage opening. The venting element has an internal connection element and a pin which is partly arranged in the passage opening of the base body. The internal connection element and the pin are connected by a spring element. The pin of the venting element can adopt a sealing position and an aerating position. To enable a secure sealing, the spring element is configured such that it includes an angle of a maximum of 80° with the axial direction in the sealing position of the pin at a connection line to the internal connection element in the direction of an actuation side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: SULZER MIXPAC AG
    Inventor: Ralf Seifer
  • Patent number: 10543506
    Abstract: A dispensing apparatus having various features is described. The dispensing apparatus can receive a cartridge having a movable plunger configured to direct the fluid through a dispensing valve. The plunger can be movable under a force applied by air pressure. The cartridge can be inserted in the dispensing apparatus using a clamping and sealing mechanism and can be released using a cartridge ejector. The dispensing apparatus can include a ball valve having a ball defining an internal passageway that selectively aligns with a second internal passageway outside of the ball, a brush mounted via an elongating mechanism, and/or a gear train transmitting power from the elongating mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Nordson Corporation
    Inventors: Jerry R. Routen, William C. Paetow, II, Jeffry J. Grana, Justin E. Hall, Thomas R. Tudor
  • Patent number: 10434258
    Abstract: Described is a syringe carrier comprising a body adapted to receive a barrel of a syringe. The body includes two sections having distal ends with shoulder sections. The shoulder sections are adapted to engage a circumferential gap between the barrel of the syringe and a needle shield covering a needle of the syringe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: Yannick Hourmand, Douglas Ivan Jennings, Matthew Ekman
  • Patent number: 10206430
    Abstract: A capsule for an aerosol-generating device is provided, including a shell including a base and at least one side wall extending from the base, the shell containing an aerosol-forming substrate; and a lid sealed on the at least one side wall for forming a sealed capsule, wherein the base includes a recess extending into said shell along the longitudinal axis for receiving a heater of an aerosol-generating device. An aerosol-generating device is also provided, including a power supply; at least one heater; a cavity for receiving the capsule containing the aerosol-forming substrate; and a mouthpiece including a piercing element for piercing the lid of the capsule, wherein the at least one heater is configured to be insertable into a recess of the capsule. An aerosol-generating system including the aerosol-generating device and the capsule is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Oleg Mironov, Michel Thorens, Rui Nuno Batista
  • Patent number: 10201662
    Abstract: An injection device includes a housing containing a cartridge containing a medicament and a movable bung. The housing includes an inner thread. The injection device includes a piston rod for moving the bung during dose dispensing. The piston rod includes an outer thread engaging the inner thread of the housing a bearing at its end facing the bung. The injection device further includes a driver coupled to the piston rod for driving the piston rod during dose dispensing. In the unused delivery state of the device, the bearing abuts the bung. The invention further refers to an assembly method for such an injection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Anthony Paul Morris, William Marsh, Matthew Jones, Joseph Butler, David Aubrey Plumptre, Robert Veasey
  • Patent number: 10118192
    Abstract: A caulking cannon having a motorized plunger-moving component configured to drive a plunger shaft along an axis that is substantially parallel to a caulking-cannon longitudinal axis; a cartridge-holding barrel component coupled to the motorized plunger-moving component; a handle coupled to the cartridge-holding barrel component; a caulk exit-port component coupled to the cartridge-holding barrel component; wherein the plunger shaft is configured to move in a first direction parallel to a caulking-cannon longitudinal axis and thereby enter into a volume of space within the cartridge-holding barrel component; wherein the cartridge-holding barrel component is configured to hold a caulk cartridge having a fluid-chamber volume of at least three-fourths of a gallon; wherein the motorized plunger-moving component has a hand grip; and wherein the caulk exit-port component is configured to channel caulk fluid flow from the caulk cartridge to an exit orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Inventor: Rodney Hoover
  • Patent number: 10078207
    Abstract: The present specification describes a novel system for dynamically modifying the magnification power of optical devices used in high performance and critical applications such as medical procedures. The present specification describes an optical imaging system having a magnification control system connected to a sensor device for enabling movement of sensor device with respect to a lens assembly of the imaging system, wherein distance between the sensor device and the lens assembly is altered to enable different levels of magnification capability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: EndoChoice, Inc.
    Inventors: Amram Aizenfeld, Leonid Krivopisk
  • Patent number: 10046355
    Abstract: A dispenser for a fluid material includes a handle portion and a cartridge having the material to be dispensed. The cartridge is easily mounted to the handle portion or removed, whereby the handle portion may be used with a variety of cartridges, each of which may contain a selected material. The handle portion includes a plunger that is moved linearly by actuation of a trigger mechanism, which is engaged by a user's finger. The trigger mechanism is configured to release pressure applied to the plunger quickly upon release of pressure on the trigger and to allow the plunger to move away from the cartridge to ensure release of pressure in the material to be dispensed to prevent dripping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Adhesive Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard A. Belanger, Peter S. Melendy
  • Patent number: 10035312
    Abstract: A damaged glass surface restoring tool comprises a replaceable, hermetically sealed container of glass fluid restoring substance aligned within a vacuum chamber perpendicularly to the glass surface. A method of restoring a damaged glass surface creates a vacuum in a chamber aligned over a crack in the glass and applying to the crack a glass restoring substance there before unexposed to air in a straight line path of application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Inventor: Charles Brian Lemon
  • Patent number: 9981233
    Abstract: A portable mixer for medication and/or dental impression material includes a gear assembly and an upper lid. The gear assembly comprises a helical gear with a bidirectional bearing, a clutch shell with a unidirectional bearing meshing with the helical gear, a spring positioned between the helical gear and the clutch shell, two pinions respectively positioned beside the clutch shell and the helical gear, and a shifting shaft mounted transversely through each of the two pinions, the helical gear, the bidirectional bearing, the spring, the unidirectional bearing, and the clutch shell. The upper lid comprises a fastener and a switch cover co-acted with the fastener and detachably contacting the helical gear and the clutch shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Phillip Phung-I HO
    Inventor: Phillip Phung-I Ho
  • Patent number: 9956350
    Abstract: A handheld injection device comprising a housing, a piston rod defining a first longitudinal axis and located within the housing, a driver coupled to the piston rod, a dose setting means, which is rotatable about a second longitudinal axis during dose setting, and optionally a power reservoir for driving the driver and/or a release clutch preventing rotation of the driver during dose setting and allowing rotation of the driver during dose dispensing. The first longitudinal axis is spaced from the second longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Anthony Paul Morris, William Marsh, Matthew Jones, Joseph Butler
  • Patent number: 9932743
    Abstract: A dampening mechanism in combination with a compound applicator. The combination includes a compound applicator which further includes an incrementally iterative advancement mechanism for urging a plunger along a tube reservoir in preselected incremental strokes. The plunger urges compound along the tube reservoir and out through an applicator head. The compound applicator includes a device for dampening pressure spikes created in the tube reservoir during an incremental stroke of the plunger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Inventor: Jamie Pentland
  • Patent number: 9913946
    Abstract: A dose setting mechanism for a medicament delivery device is presented having a pinion mounted to a locking member where the axis of rotation of the pinion is offset and parallel to the longitudinal axis of the housing containing the dose setting components. Primary and secondary dose members are engaged with the pinion to indicate a set dose of medicament. A resetting mechanism is also presented where nut segments are threadedly engaged with an outer surface of a lead screw when in the locked position and are disengaged from the lead screw when the nut segments are in the unlocked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: SHL GROUP AB
    Inventors: Lucio Giambattista, Antonio Bendek
  • Patent number: 9901462
    Abstract: A femoral component instrument includes a rotatable locking mechanism such as a post and is capable of interchangeable use between posterior stabilizing (“PS”) and cruciate retaining (“CR”) femoral component types via the locking mechanism. The instrument further includes a modular pad so that a pad specific to the prosthesis type may be chosen. Each pad of a particular femoral component type is useable with a variety of sizes of that femoral component type. The locking mechanism of the instrument is alternatively useable with a variety of femoral component types. The locking end of the post keys to a pad aperture to rotatably align the post to an appropriate securement position. If a femoral component is not locked to the pad, the post of the instrument moves from an exposed position proximal to the proximal pad surface to a retracted position distal to the proximal pad surface, thereby permitting impaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Zimmer, Inc.
    Inventors: Nolan C. Jones, Jeffery A. VanDiepenbos
  • Patent number: 9901946
    Abstract: A cartridge is proposed having at least one reception chamber (2), which extends in the longitudinal direction, for a medium to be dispensed, having a head part (4) and a cartridge wall (3) which bound the reception chamber (2), wherein a piston (8) is provided which can be introduced into the reception chamber (2) at the end remote from the head part (4) and which is sealingly displaceable along the cartridge wall (3) in the longitudinal direction, and wherein the cartridge wall (3) is manufactured from a cardboard and is sealingly connected to the head part (4). A multicomponent cartridge is furthermore provided by the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: SULZER MIXPAC AG
    Inventor: Josef Ettlin
  • Patent number: 9889465
    Abstract: A discharging device simultaneously delivers at least two flowable components of a multi-component compound from different storage volumes. The discharging device includes at least two pistons which are movable along an extension direction thereof to deliver the components from the at least two storage volumes, and an advancing unit for moving the pistons along the extension direction thereof. The advancing unit has at least one energy storage element, which is provided for supplying a force for moving the pistons and at least one release element, which is provided for releasing the movement of the pistons by the at least one storage element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: SULZER MIXPAC AG
    Inventor: Josef Ettlin
  • Patent number: 9861758
    Abstract: A drug delivery device for dispensing a dose of a medicament includes an elongated housing extending in an axial direction, and a piston rod to operably engage with a piston of a cartridge to displace the piston in a distal axial direction. The drug delivery device further includes a drive sleeve extending in an axial direction and being rotatable against the action of a spring during a dose setting procedure and a dispensing sleeve rotatably engaged with the piston rod and being displaceable in an axial direction relative to the drive sleeve to engage with the drive sleeve in a torque transmissive way during a dose dispensing procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Stefan Bayer, Daniel Berning, Philippe Blank, Wolfgang Pelzer, Michael Pfoser, Björn Wilden
  • Patent number: 9795985
    Abstract: A dispensing device for dental material, which includes a planetary gear drive with at least three planet gears in engagement with an annulus gear. The annulus gear is radial float-mounted relative to the planet gears. A radial force applied on the annulus gear urges the annulus gear into an off-center relationship with respect to an imaginary circle on which the planet gears are arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Inventors: Emir Jelovac, Jens Gramann, Korbinian Schepke-Gerlach
  • Patent number: 9713678
    Abstract: Described is a syringe carrier comprising a body adapted to receive a barrel of a syringe. The body includes a longitudinal slot and a distal end having resilient distal clamps with shoulder sections. The shoulder sections are adapted to engage a circumferential gap between the barrel of the syringe and a needle shield covering a needle of the syringe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: Yannick Hourmand, Douglas Ivan Jennings, Matthew Ekman
  • Patent number: 9687617
    Abstract: A nebulizer for a fluid, particularly for medical aerosol treatment is proposed. To allow easier operation and confer improved operational reliability a sealed container holding the fluid is already arranged in the nebulizer when it is supplied and the nebulizer is constructed so that the container is opened inside the nebulizer before or during the first use of the nebulizer. For this purpose, a transportation lock is provided for the sealed container which, in the delivery state, is in engagement with the sealed container in a manner preventing the sealed container from moving axially in the nebulizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Georg Böck, Florian Witte, Ralf Thömmes, Christian Golberg, Timo von Brunn, Andreas Fiol
  • Patent number: 9642776
    Abstract: A compounding dispensing gun includes a pawl-spring assembly and a hand-housing assembly. The hand-housing assembly is coupled to the pawl-spring assembly. The hand-housing assembly has a handle. A plunger assembly extends through the hand-housing assembly and includes a push rod and a push rod head removably coupled to the push rod. The push rod has a plurality of first notches and a plurality of second notches formed thereon. The push rod selectively cooperates with the pawl-spring assembly to advance the push rod and the push rod head during a dispensing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Medisca Pharmaceutique, Inc.
    Inventors: Sarah Nyat Peng Wong, Dajun Yuan, Wenxiong Li
  • Patent number: 9598223
    Abstract: A plunger is fittable within a cylinder of a pneumatic dispenser that discharges a viscous material. The plunger has a first portion located at the front, and a second portion located at the rear. The second portion is a hollow structure and has a circumferential wall. An inner circumferential surface of this circumferential wall has a tapered surface. The circumferential wall has a thickness dimension that decreases in the axial direction moving away from the first portion. Therefore, the circumferential wall easily displaces in the radial direction, because the bending stiffness decreases in the axial direction moving away from the first portion. The first portion is a solid structure that is more rigid than the second portion. The first portion also has a partition wall surface that separates the inner chamber of the second portion from the solid section of the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: KAGA WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Mizoguchi, Hitoshi Tsujikawa, Kyota Imai