Means Broken, Cut, Pierced, Or Torn To Permit Material Flow To Or From Body Patents (Class 604/200)
- Septum flexed toward conduit to force conduit therethrough (Class 604/202)
- Septum pierced is piston head (Class 604/203)
- Septum within collapsible material reservoir (Class 604/204)
- Septum piercing conduit separate from body entering conduit (Class 604/205)
- Septum piercing conduit attached to injector by turning one component relative to another (e.g., thread, bayonet type connector, etc.) (Class 604/206)
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Publication number: 20130184677Abstract: A multiple dose syringe has a first valve defining a first valve opening pressure and a second valve defining a second valve opening pressure. A storage chamber in fluid communication with the second valve stores multiple doses of a substance therein and includes an outlet for dispensing multiple doses of the stored substance therethrough. A compression surface is movable between first and second positions and defines a compression chamber between the compression surface and the first valve. Movement of the compression surface in a direction from the first position toward the second position dispenses substance in the compression chamber through the first valve and out of the syringe. Movement of the compression surface in a direction from the second position toward the first position causes substance to flow from the storage chamber through the second valve and into the compression chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2013Publication date: July 18, 2013Inventor: Daniel Py
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Patent number: 8486501Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a plastic ampule capable of suppressing volatilization and scattering of a drug solution and elution of plastic compounding ingredients into the drug solution, as well as suppressing whisker formation and deformation and damage of an opening when the plastic ampule is opened. A plastic ampule 10 according to the present invention includes a drug solution storage part 11 for storing a drug solution, a drug solution discharge tube 12 in communication with the drug solution storage part 11 and extending toward one side, and a top part 13 closing an end at the one side of the drug solution discharge tube 12, and the drug solution discharge tube 12 includes a fragile part 14 formed to have a thin thickness along a circumferential direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2008Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory, Inc.Inventors: Yuki Manabe, Tadaaki Inoue, Hideshi Okamoto, Keiichi Kawakami, Koichi Takeda
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Patent number: 8480651Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cannula useful for introducing a thermally responsive polymer in situ. In embodiments, the cannula possesses more than one cannula, with the thermally responsive polymer introduced in one cannula, and a material such as a coolant in a second cannula which prevents premature gelling of the thermally responsive polymer.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2008Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Ferass Abuzaina, Ahmad Robert Hadba
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Publication number: 20130116617Abstract: In one aspect of the invention, a needle assembly is provided, including: a body having a proximal end, a distal end, and a channel located therebetween, the body being configured to be mounted to an injector; a needle fixed to the body, the needle having proximal and distal ends, the distal end extending distally from the distal end of the body and being formed for insertion into a patient, the proximal end of the needle being in communication with the channel; and, a filter disposed in the channel proximally of the proximal end of the needle. Advantageously, a needle assembly is provided which permits mixing of at least two substances in preparation for injection, without modification to the associated injector.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2010Publication date: May 9, 2013Applicant: BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANYInventors: Frank Martin, Richard J. Klug, M. Ishaq Haider
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Publication number: 20130102972Abstract: The present invention relates to a cartridge holder for a drug delivery device and to a corresponding drug delivery device, wherein the cartridge holder comprises: a proximal portion (36) for receiving a cartridge (12) filled with a medicinal fluid to be dispensed by the drug delivery device, a distal portion (34) comprising a mount for a piercing assembly (24, 25, 30), wherein the piercing assembly is adapted to provide a fluid-transferring connection with the inner volume of the cartridge (12) by way of a piercing element (30) pointing in distal direction with a pointed free end section; and retaining means (40; 42; 44) adapted to substantially prevent the cartridge (12) from displacing in proximal direction with respect to the proximal portion (36) and/or distal portion (34).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2010Publication date: April 25, 2013Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Michael Jugl, Axel Teucher, Kerstine Hemmann
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Patent number: 8414541Abstract: An actuating mechanism for a hypodermic syringe comprises a flexible tongue (48) allowing the actuating mechanism to be bent to receive a cartridge (10) of injectant closed at its forward end with a septum (14) and at its rearward end with a slidable bung (18). The forward end of the cartridge (10) is fitted into a socket (36) wherein the tail (34a) of a hypodermic needle (34) pierces the septum (14) to access the injectant. With the cartridge (10) fitted, the tongue (48) is straightened, and a spring clip (50) holds the cartridge (10) in position. A plunger (38) can then be depressed, though a guide (42), to drive the bung (18) forward and make the injection. The cartridge (10), which may be a conventional cartridge of any kind, keeps the assembly rigid in use, and the whole assembly is disposed of after a single use, without dismantling.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2006Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Inventor: Leonard Morris Spofforth
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Patent number: 8377029Abstract: A drug solution filling plastic ampoule having gas, steam and light ray barrier properties, a drug permeation preventing capability and an absorption/adsorption preventing capability, and a production method for the plastic ampoule. The drug solution filling plastic ampoule includes a container body, a fusion-bonded portion which seals a mouth of the container body, and a wrench-off holder tab connected to the fusion-bonded portion. The ampoule is formed from a parison including two or more layers, at least one of which is a functional layer having at least one characteristic property selected from the group consisting of a gas permeation preventing capability, a steam permeation preventing capability, a light ray permeation preventing capability, a drug permeation preventing capability and a drug absorption/adsorption preventing capability.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2004Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory, Inc.Inventors: Katsuyoshi Nagao, Hideshi Okamoto, Masamitsu Izumi, Keiichi Kawakami, Fujio Inoue
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Patent number: 8377009Abstract: Intranasal delivery devices include dosage forms containing medical compositions for use in the intranasal devices, and methods of delivering medical compositions to the nasal mucosa of users. The devices dispense a predetermined quantity of fluid into the nasal passage of a user, in which the predetermined quantity of fluid is contained in, or produced in a dosage form or blister that is crushed by a plunger with sufficient force to drive the dosage form against a piercing mechanism, piercing the dosage form and forcing the liquid contents from the dosage form and through a delivery channel into a spray to be directed into the nasal passage of a user. The plunger is connected to a trigger device by a linkage that confers a mechanical advantage to the trigger mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2008Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Mystic Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Timothy R. Sullivan, Jeffrey Nelson, Allen Brandenburg
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Publication number: 20130035666Abstract: An elastomeric stopper that can be partially inserted in a rear opening of a glass carpule and that also serves, when fully inserted in the carpule, as a plunger for forcing fluid inside the carpule out through a front opening thereof. The stopper has a thin central portion at its front end that can be readily pierced by a pointed hollow rod of a syringe. When the hollow rod is removed, the elastomeric material of the thin central portion will “seal itself” around the puncture hole. The stopper also has a retractable lip at its rear end that allows the entirety of the stopper to be pushed down and into a fluid-containing glass carpule, thereby acting as a plunger and ejecting fluid from the front opening of the carpule.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2011Publication date: February 7, 2013Applicant: SYNCHROJET LLCInventors: Steven Schulhof, Bruce Freund, Mark Foyil
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Patent number: 8366666Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to equalizing pressure in a reservoir containing fluidic media, possibly due to imperfect installation of the reservoir or an external influence such as an altitude or a temperature change. In various embodiments, fluidic media may be expelled from the reservoir through a needle and contained in an interior volume of a pierceable member before the needle pierces the pierceable member to establish a flow path to a user. In other embodiments, fluidic media may be expelled through a port of the reservoir into a chamber. In further embodiments, fluidic media may be expelled through a channel in a plunger head and out a passage in the reservoir when the channel and passage are aligned. In other embodiments, fluidic media may be expelled through a valve, and the valve may be pierceable by a needle to establish a flow path to the user.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2012Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.Inventors: Colin A. Chong, Julian D. Kavazov, Eric M. Lorenzen
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Patent number: 8366674Abstract: Apparatus for accessing a bodily passageway, the apparatus comprising: a flexible tube having a distal end and a proximal end, a longitudinal axis extending between the distal end and the proximal end, and a lumen extending from the distal end to the proximal end, the lumen being sized to receive matter to be transported through the bodily passageway; and an external thread disposed over the distal end of the tube, the external thread having a sufficient structural integrity, and a sufficient surface profile, such that when the tube is disposed in a bodily passageway, rotation of the tube about the longitudinal axis will result in longitudinal motion of the tube along said bodily passageway.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2010Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Olympus Endo Technology America Inc.Inventors: James J. Frassica, Robert E. Ailinger
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Patent number: 8348895Abstract: The tamper evident cap assembly is structured for protective connection to a syringe of the type having a nozzle and a discharge port, wherein the cap assembly includes a body configured to receive and access to the nozzle. A flow restricting member is connected to the body to at least initially define a one piece construction. The flow restricting member is disposed in flow restricting relation to the discharge port of the nozzle. An attachment assembly interconnects the body and the flow restricting member and is structured, such as by being frangible to facilitate detachment of the body from the flow restricting member upon the body being removed from the syringe. A connecting assembly is structured for a snap-fit connection to the nozzle and retains the flow restricting member thereon upon removal of the body from the syringe.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2010Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Medical Device Engineering, LLC.Inventor: Jonathan Vitello
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Publication number: 20120296278Abstract: A needle tip assembly includes a needle tip, a needle tip cover structured and arranged to facilitate installation of the needle tip onto at least one of a pen needle, a pre-loaded syringe, and an injection device, and a slot arranged on a sidewall of a body of the needle tip. This Abstract is not intended to define the invention disclosed in the specification, nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2012Publication date: November 22, 2012Applicant: STAT MEDICAL DEVICES, INC.Inventor: Steven SCHRAGA
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Patent number: 8313467Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to equalizing pressure in a reservoir containing fluidic media, possibly due to imperfect installation of the reservoir or an external influence such as an altitude or a temperature change. In various embodiments, fluidic media may be expelled from the reservoir through a needle and contained in an interior volume of a pierceable member before the needle pierces the pierceable member to establish a flow path to a user. In other embodiments, fluidic media may be expelled through a port of the reservoir into a chamber. In further embodiments, fluidic media may be expelled through a channel in a plunger head and out a passage in the reservoir when the channel and passage are aligned. In other embodiments, fluidic media may be expelled through a valve, and the valve may be pierceable by a needle to establish a flow path to the user.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2007Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.Inventors: Colin A. Chong, Rafael Bikovsky, Julian D. Kavazov, Eric M. Lorenzen, Bradley J. Sargent, Andrew J. Scherer, Rex O. Bare
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Patent number: 8303549Abstract: The application relates to a device for an intermittent or continuous administration of a therapeutical substance, such as insulin, including a base part to which an injection part and a delivery part are fastened. The delivery part includes a reservoir and a pump, and the injection part includes base plate, a cannula part with a body with a through-going opening, and at least one cannula having a proximal end protruding from the lower side of the body and an adhesive portion for fastening the base plate to the skin of the user. The delivery part and the injection part are assembled through a connector having a fluid path leading fluid from the reservoir to the through-going opening in the cannula part.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2006Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Unomedical A/SInventors: Signe Thorning Mejlhede, Lasse W. Mogensen, Steffen Gyrn, Elo Hørdum
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Patent number: 8287551Abstract: A medical device removal system includes a vessel filter repositioning or removal device to remove and/or reposition a medical device, such as a vessel filter. The system includes a gripper to grip a medical device that is located within a body vessel, and a detector, linked to the gripper, to detect the proximity of the medical device to the gripper. The system may also include an output to indicate a signal from the detector.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2011Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: C. R. Bard, Inc.Inventor: Charles M. McCartney
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Publication number: 20120259287Abstract: A needle and receiver assembly for use with a syringe cartridge filled with medicine. The assembly includes a cartridge receiver having a hollow interior, an open end sized for receiving at least part of the syringe cartridge, and a closed end opposite the open end. The assembly includes a needle mounted on the receiver having a fluid passage extending between a sharp delivery tip at a distal end of the needle and a sharp access tip at a proximal end of the needle opposite the delivery tip, the needle extending through the closed end of the receiver so the access tip is positioned inside the hollow interior of the receiver and the delivery tip is positioned outside the receiver. The assembly includes a cutter movably mounted in the hollow interior of the receiver for cutting the diaphragm of the cartridge when received in the hollow interior of the receiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2012Publication date: October 11, 2012Applicant: TYCO HEALTHCARE GROUP LPInventors: David M. Selvitelli, Melvin A. Finke, Kathleen Tremblay
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Patent number: 8241257Abstract: A pen needle assembly is provided herein for use with a medical injector containing an injector body and a reservoir sealed by a septum encased in the injector body. The pen needle assembly includes a hub and a needle fixed to the hub. The hub is formed to be telescopingly mounted onto a distal end of the injector body using a track that accommodates a guide key. When mounting the hub of the pen needle assembly onto the injector body, a first portion of the track is configured to receive the guide key and to guide the guide key in a straight line across sufficient distance to permit a proximal end of the needle to fully pierce through the septum, without rotation of the needle. A second portion of the track is configured to permit the pen needle assembly to be turned with the proximal end of the needle being located proximally of the septum.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2009Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventor: Min Wei
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Publication number: 20120197210Abstract: A cannula assembly (10) comprising a hub (76) and a cannula (12) mounted in the hub (76). The cannula defines an inner space (36). The cannula comprises a distal end (16) and a proximal end (18). A first medicament (40) is provided in the inner space of the cannula. In one arrangement, the hub of the cannula assembly is configured to be coupled to an injection device (26). The cannula assembly may be removably or permanently coupled to the injection device containing a second medicament (17).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2010Publication date: August 2, 2012Applicant: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbHInventors: Bernd Kuhn, Gerrit Hauck
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Patent number: 8216193Abstract: A plurality of dosage-control members are detachably connected to the plunger rod of a multi-dose syringe along two opposing sides of the rod. Each dosage-control member has a cut in which the external diameter of the top rim of the syringe fits to prevent forward and reverse movement of the rod. Removal of one dosage-control member from one of the two opposing sides of the rod permits forward movement of the rod and plunger until the top rim snaps into the cut of another dosage-control member. Flexible salient arms extend obliquely from the rod in one-to-one correspondence with the dosage-control members to prevent reverse movement of the rod.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2006Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Inventor: Jose Santiago Rolla
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Publication number: 20120150126Abstract: The present invention relates to a cartridge holder for a drug delivery device comprising: a distal portion for receiving a cartridge filled with a medicament to be dispensed by the drug delivery device, wherein the distal portion comprises a mount for a piercing assembly, a proximal portion adapted to at least partially receive a drive mechanism having a piston rod to become operably engaged with a piston of the cartridge for expelling a dose of the medicament from the cartridge, wherein the drive mechanism comprises at least first fixing means corresponding with fixing means of the drive mechanism for directly interconnecting cartridge holder and drive mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2011Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventor: Michael Helmer
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Patent number: 8177758Abstract: This document discloses, among other things, an air-powered auto-injector device for subcutaneous delivery of a rescue drug. The device is configured for self-administered treatment of anaphylactic shock. Air is compressed by relative movement of a piston and a cylinder and released to subcutaneously drive an hypodermic needle.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2009Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Rochester Area Consulting Engineers (RACE)Inventors: William Woodrow Brooks, Jr., Donald John Wanek
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Patent number: 8172804Abstract: An infusion medium delivery system, device and method for delivering an infusion medium to a patient-user, includes a needle inserter device and method for inserting a needle and/or cannula into a patient-user to convey the infusion medium to the patient-user. The needle inserter device and method operate to insert a needle and cannula into a patient-user's skin and automatically withdraw the needle from the patient-user, leaving the cannula in place and in fluid flow communication with a reservoir. The delivery device may include a base portion and a durable portion connectable to the base portion, and wherein the base portion can be separated from the durable portion and disposed of after one or more specified number of uses. The base portion supports the reservoir and the needle inserter device, while the durable portion supports a drive device for selectively driving the infusion medium out of the reservoir and into the needle and/or cannula.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2008Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.Inventor: Rafael Bikovsky
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Publication number: 20120083744Abstract: A syringe assembly includes a syringe body including a distal end. The syringe body defines a fluid chamber therein. The fluid chamber includes a lower end. A septum is disposed at the distal end of the syringe body and is configured to sealingly close the lower end of the fluid chamber. The syringe body and the septum are formed as a single, molded piece.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2010Publication date: April 5, 2012Applicant: TYCO HEALTHCARE GROUP LPInventors: Melvin Finke, Jonathan G. Parker, John K. Foster, Ellen Morefield
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Patent number: 8118788Abstract: A pre-filled hypodermic syringe includes a tubular body having two open ends and containing a fluid to be administered to a patient; a plunger which, having at one of its ends a piston mounted to slide in the tubular body, passes through the opening of the first end of the tubular body; a tip for connection in the form of a cone of the Luer or Luer-Lock type, for example for connecting to a needle or to a drip, intended to pass the fluid that is to be administered and comprising a tubular part communicating with the opening of the second end; the tip comprising an obturator connected by a frangible region to the free end of its tubular part, the syringe being made of a synthetic material and obtained by molding, the obturator being molded as one piece with the tip and the tubular body.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2007Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: Laboratoire AguettantInventor: Pierre Frezza
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Publication number: 20120041383Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for storing and changing needles for a medicament delivery device having a medicament container, including a fixed mount for connecting the apparatus with the medicament delivery device, a needle holder displaceable along a circuitous path and connecting a plurality of needles displaceably disposed thereon, and a guide member for guiding displacement of the needle holder, the guide member being disposed about the fixed mount. The apparatus also includes a user interface rotatably disposed about the fixed mount and having at least one internal engaging structure for displacing the needle holder along the circuitous path.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2011Publication date: February 16, 2012Inventors: Michel Bruehwiler, Cole Constantineau, Ryan Schoonmaker, James Bates, Margaret Taylor, Robert Banik
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Publication number: 20120041384Abstract: A syringe for administering medicament from a cartridge. The syringe includes a sleeve having an interior for receiving the cartridge extending between a distal hub and a proximal opening. The syringe has a cap selectively covering the proximal opening for retaining the cartridge in the interior of the sleeve. The cap includes a finger grip extending outward from the sleeve for engaging fingers of a user. The syringe also has a plunger rod movably connected to the cap. The plunger rod has a distal connector for selectively connecting the rod to the cartridge plunger when the cartridge is received in the interior of the sleeve to push medicament from the cartridge reservoir as the plunger rod moves with respect to the cap.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2011Publication date: February 16, 2012Applicant: TYCO HEALTHCARE GROUP LPInventors: Melvin A. Finke, David Selvitelli, Kathleen Tremblay, John K. Foster, Carl Strickland
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Publication number: 20120041379Abstract: A single-use cartridge for a medication delivery device, comprises a body element (1) having a proximal end and a distal end, a dispensing means (5), and a deformable capsule (3) containing medication. The capsule (3) is disposed inside the body element (1) and has a skin which encases the medication. The capsule (3) is configured to be pushed in the distal direction against the dispensing means (4) so that the content of the capsule (3) is dispensed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2010Publication date: February 16, 2012Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Ross Macarthur, Graham Jay, Christopher James Smith
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Publication number: 20120035538Abstract: The present invention relates to a medicament delivery device comprising a generally elongated housing comprising a proximal part (10) and a distal part (12); a medicament cartridge (18) comprising a proximal opening closed by a septum (30), an axially movable distal stopper (26), and a first enclosure (20) wherein a liquid and a gaseous fluid are enclosed; a medicament delivery member (36) attachable to said proximal part (10) and having a non-delivery end (34); a medicament cartridge holder (16) wherein the medicament cartridge is coaxially arranged, said cartridge holder being arranged coaxially movable inside said proximal part and comprising holding means (38, 40) capable of holding said medicament cartridge holder (16) in a non-activated position in which said cartridge holder is releasebly engaged to said proximal part and in which a predetermined distance is present between the septum and the non delivery end; a manual pressure mechanism arranged to be moved from a non-pressure position to a pressureType: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2010Publication date: February 9, 2012Applicant: SHL GROUP ABInventors: Gunnar Elmén, Sebastian Karlsson
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Publication number: 20110301548Abstract: A device for storing and administering drug includes a housing, a sealing element (3) and a separate low friction plunger (4) which is substantially-permeable to gas over time. The sealing element (3) is typically broken to allow delivery of the drug. The housing (2) may be filled with the drug through an opening other than the opening through which the pusher (13) enters the housing to move the plunger so as to expel the drug during administration to a patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2010Publication date: December 8, 2011Applicant: OVAL MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDInventor: Matthew Young
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Publication number: 20110272310Abstract: A syringe device having a syringe barrel and a syringe piston having a container housing. At least a portion of the container housing is insertable within an internal chamber of the syringe barrel. A fluid passageway extends from the container housing through a piston stem. A method of protecting a syringe handler including providing the components of a syringe device and encasing the components in a protective film. The protective film is loose to allow manipulation of the syringe components relative to one another without opening or puncturing the film. Protective syringe device packaging that includes a laminate film of material sealed to encase the components of a syringe device containing a potentially harmful agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2011Publication date: November 10, 2011Inventor: Patrick O. Tennican
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Publication number: 20110264037Abstract: A device for mixing and transferring is described. The device comprises a housing having open ends, a container accessing member having at least one fluid conduit therethrough, the container accessing member extending generally outwardly from one end of the housing. The device comprises a fluid delivery device accessing member having at least one fluid conduit therethrough, the fluid delivery device accessing member extending generally outwardly from the other end of the housing having the container accessing member, the fluid delivery device accessing member and the container accessing member in fluid communication therewith.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2008Publication date: October 27, 2011Inventors: David L. Foshee, Theodore J. Mosler, Bryan J. Peters, Nicholas J. Jardine, Todd M. Korogi
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Patent number: 8025668Abstract: A medical device removal system includes a vessel filter repositioning or removal device to remove and/or reposition a medical device, such as a vessel filter. The system includes a gripper to grip a medical device that is located within a body vessel, and a detector, linked to the gripper, to detect the proximity of the medical device to the gripper. The system may also include an output to indicate a signal from the detector.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2005Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: C. R. Bard, Inc.Inventor: Charles M. McCartney
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Patent number: 8007469Abstract: A catheter system for positioning an instrument within a body that includes a hub defining a lumen therethrough for passage of the instrument toward the body. The catheter system also includes an elongate tubular member defining a lumen therethrough. The lumen of the elongate tubular member is in communication with the lumen of the hub for further passage of the instrument toward the body. The system also includes a slitter member that is coupled to the hub. The slitter member is disposed to slit the elongate tubular member as the elongate tubular member moves relative to the hub.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2008Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventor: Niall Duffy
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Patent number: 7988678Abstract: A needle mounting assembly for mounting a pen needle in fluid communication with a medication cartridge. A collet defines an opening in which is slidably fittable the outlet end of the cartridge. The collet is shiftable relative to the cartridge outlet end. When the collet is disposed in a first axial position, a plurality of fingers of the collet extend forward of the cartridge outlet end and are disposed in a first radial arrangement in which a needle hub of the pen needle can be freely axially placed onto and freely axially removed from the plurality of fingers. When the collet is moved to a second position, the plurality of fingers are shifted by engagement with the cartridge outlet end to operationally secure the needle hub. When the collet is moved back to the first position, the plurality of fingers shift back for free axial removal of the needle hub from the mounting assembly.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2007Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: Eli Lilly and CompanyInventors: Rodney Hal Monson, Travis Schultz Lee, Kenneth Alan Ritsher
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Publication number: 20110160664Abstract: A device for applying a lock solution in a catheter or other access system comprises a syringe (302) having an expulsion arrangement (305, 311) for expelling the lock solution from the device, said expulsion arrangement including a plunger (305) arranged in a housing (304), further comprising a sterile connector (303) for connecting the syringe (302) to the catheter. The connector (303) is arranged to engage a tip (307) of the expulsion arrangement (305, 311) tightly when the syringe (302) is inserted in the connector (303). The connector (303) is arranged to prevent the tip (307) of the expulsion arrangement (305, 311) from entering the catheter. The tip (307) is frangible. A method of applying a lock solution in a catheter or other access system is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2005Publication date: June 30, 2011Inventors: Reinhold Deppisch, Werner Beck, Ruth Dietrich, Björn Frederik Seidler, Andrea Schnell, Claudia Hildwein
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Publication number: 20110130743Abstract: An injection device having a first sub-assembly comprises a housing and a chamber. The chamber is disposed within the housing and has proximal and distal ends, an inner surface and an exit aperture. The sub-assembly comprises a stopper movably disposed within the chamber. The stopper has an outer surface substantially in contact with the inner surface about its perimeter. The sub-assembly comprises a port adapted to receive a container containing a fluid. The stopper is fixed with respect to the housing and movement of the port causes movement of the exit aperture in relation to the stopper.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2009Publication date: June 2, 2011Inventors: Douglas Ivan Jennings, Rosemary Louise Burnell
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Patent number: 7947018Abstract: A medical device having a vascular access device including a rotationally activated flow control valve having, a body including a distal adapter and a proximal adapter defining a lumen extending therethrough and a septum. A method of use in which the connection of first and second medical devices results in the automatic activation of the rotational flow control valve.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2008Date of Patent: May 24, 2011Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventor: Austin Jason McKinnon
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Publication number: 20110098657Abstract: An injection device comprises a first sub-assembly. The first sub-assembly comprises a chamber for holding a fluid. The chamber comprises an inner surface and an exit aperture. The first sub-assembly comprises a stopper movably disposed within the chamber and having an outer surface substantially in contact with the inner surface about its perimeter. The first sub-assembly comprises an adapter adapted to transfer fluid into the chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2009Publication date: April 28, 2011Inventor: Douglas Ivan Jennings
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Publication number: 20110092954Abstract: An injection device comprises a first sub-assembly comprising a chamber for holding a fluid and a transfer assembly moveably disposed within the chamber. The chamber comprises an exit aperture and an inner surface and the transfer assembly has an outer surface substantially in contact with the inner surface about its perimeter. The transfer assembly is adapted to transfer fluid into the chamber when the transfer assembly is moved within the chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2009Publication date: April 21, 2011Inventor: Douglas Ivan Jennings
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Patent number: 7909800Abstract: Ophthalmic drug delivery devices useful for delivery of pharmaceutically active agents to the posterior segment of the eye are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2010Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: Alcon Research, Ltd.Inventor: Karl Cazzini
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Patent number: 7892211Abstract: The disposable unit dose pharmaceutical delivery system may be used by trained medical personnel for intradermal or subcutaneous injections in applications currently being serviced by conventional pre-filled syringes. The delivery system may also be used by personnel with little or no medical training for mass immunizations in underdeveloped parts of the world, insulin injections, and/or emergency epinephrine injections. The delivery system includes an envelope with a tear-away section and a dispensing section. When the tear-away section has been removed, a needle is exposed and is ready for insertion in the patient. The dispensing portion is squeezed between the thumb and forefinger to inject the pharmaceutical into the patient. The exterior surface of the envelope may be used for advertising by a pharmaceutical producer, a supplier or otherwise.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2009Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignee: Seratouch, L.L.C.Inventors: James Stanley McCulloch, Steven Dale Kelly
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Patent number: 7837657Abstract: A drug-injecting device with a traveling hypodermic or intramuscular needle. The drug-injecting device includes a syringe body which has a base and a top opening into a hollow interior. A membrane is attached across the base of the syringe body, hermetically sealing the reservoir of the syringe from the environment. A plunger is situated within the hollow interior of the syringe body, so that one end of the plunger projects outward through the top of the syringe body. A piston is attached to the other end of the plunger. The plunger is configured to travel back and forth within the hollow interior of the syringe body between a first position and a second position. A needle is attached to the piston so that the needle travels with the plunger when the plunger is moved between the first and second positions.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2006Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Inventors: George Mazidji, Vera M. Mansour
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Publication number: 20100292656Abstract: A drug delivery device is provided herein, the device including a reservoir for containing a medicament. The medicament includes a suspension of solids in a liquid carrier. The device also includes a needle having a distal end for injection into a patient, a proximal end in communication with the reservoir, and a lumen extending between the distal and proximal ends. A path is defined from the reservoir to the distal end of the needle through the lumen, the path having an inner diameter that decreases in the proximal to distal direction along at least a portion thereof. Advantageously, with the subject invention, a flow path may be defined which provides a more gradual transition in diameter from the reservoir to the distal tip of a needle. In this manner, changes in velocity of the suspension may be less abrupt than in the prior art, thus better maintaining solid particles in the suspension.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2009Publication date: November 18, 2010Applicant: BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANYInventors: Roger Groskopf, Behzad D. Mottahed
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Publication number: 20100262082Abstract: This document discloses, among other things, an air-powered auto-injector device for subcutaneous delivery of a rescue drug. The device is configured for self-administered treatment of anaphylactic shock. Air is compressed by relative movement of a piston and a cylinder and released to subcutaneously drive an hypodermic needle.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2009Publication date: October 14, 2010Applicant: Rochester Area Consulting Engineers (RACE)Inventors: William Woodrow Brooks, JR., Donald John Wanek
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Patent number: 7780650Abstract: A camera assembly for positioning within a bodily passageway, including a camera, a catheter adapted to retain the camera, and a rotary coupling interconnecting the catheter and the camera. The catheter is provided with helically-wound threads thereon. The rotary coupling permits the catheter to rotate and thereby move axially while the camera remains rotationally stationary.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2006Date of Patent: August 24, 2010Assignee: Spirus Medical, Inc.Inventors: James J. Frassica, Robert E. Ailinger
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Patent number: 7780636Abstract: The present invention relates to medical devices which are adapted for application to a skin surface of a user and comprise a transcutaneous device which is supplied in a sterile condition. Thus, a medical device is provided, comprising a mounting surface adapted for application to the skin of a subject, a first portion having a first end adapted to penetrate the skin of the subject, and a second portion in fluid communication with the first portion and having a second end. The device further comprises enclosure means being transformable from an initial configuration encapsulating the first and second portions in an initial aseptic state, to a second configuration in which the ends of the first and second portions are allowed to communicate with the exterior through the enclosure means, wherein the enclosure means does not enclose the mounting surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2006Date of Patent: August 24, 2010Assignee: Novo Nordisk A/SInventors: Jim Radmer, Henrik Sonderskov Klint
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Publication number: 20100211042Abstract: Embodiments of the invention generally provide a device and method for minimizing injection pain and preventing needle clogging during injection of a drug formulation into skin. Generally, the invention provides a device comprising a needle having a point to penetrate skin on one end, a hub having a diameter larger than that of the needle attached to the opposite end of the needle and connectable to a housing defining a chamber for receiving a formulation, and a polymer wrap attached to the hub, wherein the polymer wrap is tapered to the needle so as to pass through skin when the point is inserted into the skin, and wherein a space between the needle and the polymer wrap lies in a flow path of the formulation into the skin, such that formulation is injected through the space between the needle and the polymer wrap.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2008Publication date: August 19, 2010Applicant: AMYLIN PHARMACEUTICALS, INCInventor: Bill Casey
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Publication number: 20100168678Abstract: A syringe or carpule is proposed with A cylinder (1) that surrounds a cavity and comprises an end (3) that has an access to the cavity, A membrane (5) that seals the access and a puncture area (18) that can be punctured by a needle, A two-part cap (15) having a predetermined breaking line (31) and spanning the membrane and with A cover device that covers the puncture area (18) of the membrane (5) in a sterile manner and that comprises a sealing area spanning the puncture area (18), that is characterized in that The sealing area covers the puncture area (18) in a sterile manner regardless of axial forces to be applied in the area of the predetermined breaking line (31).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2007Publication date: July 1, 2010Applicant: ARZNEIMITTEL GMBH APOTHEKER VETTERInventor: Joachim Glocker
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Patent number: 7744556Abstract: A delivery tube assembly is provided, the delivery tube assembly including a delivery tube including a delivery tube attachment end, an open delivery tube second end opposite the delivery tube attachment end, an outer surface, and an inner surface defining a delivery tube cavity; and a dosage form including a therapeutic agent, wherein the dosage form is positioned within the delivery tube cavity. The assembly may also include an engagement mechanism positioned at the delivery tube attachment end. The assembly may also include a containment seal coupled to the delivery tube second end. The assembly may also include an inner containment seal positioned within the delivery tube cavity to seal the dosage form within the delivery tube cavity.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2005Date of Patent: June 29, 2010Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Daniel J. Heuer, Gregory J. Rajala, Steven C. Gehling, Joyce A. Damico