Needleless Hypodermic Injector Patents (Class 604/68)
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Patent number: 12070435Abstract: A trigger point and acupoint stimulator (1) for connecting to a fluid ejection device (900). The trigger point and acupoint stimulator (1) comprises: a base (10) and a least one contact member (201). The base (10) has a transmission channel (CL1, CL1?). The contact member (201) is movably provided on the base (10) and has an ejection channel (CL2, CL2?). A tail end of the contact member (201) directly contacts a skin surface, and the contact member (201) can switch between a closed position and a communicated position to eject a fluid provided by the fluid ejection device (900) and to cause the pressurized fluid to directly act on the skin surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2019Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Inventor: Guo-Luen Huang
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Patent number: 12064604Abstract: A device for administering a fluid is provided, with a cylinder, a piston, a piston rod, a receiving block (10), a nonreturn valve, a tensioning device, a ramp, a motor (12) a ramp track, a roller and a driver (50).Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2019Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: INTERVET INC.Inventors: Frank Altermann, Dominic Kamenzin, Manuel Mattes, Robin Sauter, Thomas Schmidt, Daniel Seeh
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Patent number: 12048833Abstract: An instrument head including an exit opening (23), a first feed line (11) for feeding a first fluid, a second feed line (12) for feeding a second fluid, and a reservoir (24) for storing the second fluid fed via the second feed line (12) is disclosed. The reservoir (24) is in fluid communication with the first feed line (11) and/or is adapted to be brought in fluid communication with the first feed line (11) via at least a valve (25) arranged in the instrument head, to deliver the second fluid stored in the reservoir (24) via the exit opening (23).Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2019Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignee: ERBE ELEKTROMEDIZIN GMBHInventors: Andreas Fech, Klaus Fischer, Lars Blobel, Waldemar Wandel, Markus Enderle
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Patent number: 12011960Abstract: A kinetic energy shock absorber is shown and described. The kinetic energy shock absorber is comprised of a sleeve that has a first closed end and a second opened end. A piston is sized to fit within the sleeve and has at least one dosed end. The closed end of the sleeve has a protrusion attached to the closed end, wherein the protrusion has an aperture located therethrough. The dosed end of the piston has a protrusion, wherein the protrusion has an aperture therein. The piston will create electric energy when it enters the sleeve via an electric generation device. The kinetic energy shock absorber is a device that may be attached to an existing vehicle shock. The kinetic, energy shock absorber may also be used as a replacement shock for a motor vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2021Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Inventor: Francis Walls
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Patent number: 11878147Abstract: A method and system of providing a needle-less injector specifically configured to the needs of a user. The method includes assembling a needle-less injector by positioning an inner housing within the outer housing such that the inner housing is axially movable within the outer housing between a ready position and a firing position. The method further includes receiving a user selection of a delivery spring weight from a plurality of available delivery spring weights. Then a delivery spring having the selected spring weight is placed within the inner housing. The completed needle-less injector having a delivery spring with the selected weigh may then be delivered to the user. In alternative injector configurations, the user may also select one or more of a skin tensioning spring weight or a hammer length along with or instead of the delivery spring weight.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: PharmaJet Inc.Inventors: John Bingham, Robert Steinway
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Patent number: 11806511Abstract: Aspects of an auto injector device are provided which allow for increased reusability, portability and convenience, thermal insulation, and safety. The auto injector device is encapsulated in a case for a mobile communications device and includes a cartridge, an outer casing fixed to the case and attached to the cartridge and including a piston, and a sensor attached to the case. The cartridge is configured to contain a fluid and includes a needle. The piston is configured to pump the fluid in the cartridge through the needle in response to application of a force during injection of the auto injector device. The cartridge is detachable from the outer casing. The sensor is in wireless communication with an emergency alert system, and the sensor is configured to sense movement of the needle and to communicate with the emergency alert system in response to application of the force during the injection.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Inventors: Amana Fujikawa, Erika Robottom, Emi Sun, Debangi Mohanta, Sofyani Tatipamula
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Patent number: 11779535Abstract: Pre-filled syringes, pharmaceutical compositions, and kits and methods relating to same allow for emergency administration of one or more drugs from prefilled glass syringes to a patient via a needleless connector. In preferred embodiments, the prefilled glass syringe has a drug volume of at least 5 mL, has a Luer-lock, and has a syringe tip with an internal channel that has a diameter of about 1.7 mm. Such syringes advantageously allow storage of emergency drugs without leaching of plastic materials and degradation, and substantially improve the safety profile where the syringe is attached to an IV line via a needleless connector.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: NEVAKAR INJECTABLES INC.Inventors: Kumaresh Soppimath, Prem Sagar Akasapu
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Patent number: 11752269Abstract: Disclosed is a fluid injection device for a needle free syringe is provided that is spring-loadable and comprises a trigger positioned within the housing and actuated by depression of a push-button disposed opposite the dispensing end at an external actuation surface disposed transverse to the injection axis. The trigger has a trigger latch configured to release a trigger catch as heaving part of the spring-loaded piston of the device. The trigger catch is configured to urge the trigger latch in a direction transverse to the injection axis when the piston moves from the unloaded position to the loaded position. The compression spring is retained around the piston and retained within the housing by a piston head. The device further comprises a syringe adapter and a safety cap which prevents accidental triggering.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: INTEGRIMEDICAL LLCInventor: Hassan Salari
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Patent number: 11684718Abstract: A device for repetitive needleless injection including a handheld unit having at least a cell fillable with a liquid, and a propulsion mechanism to apply a sequence of pressure pulses to the liquid to eject a micro-jet of the liquid from the cell via an orifice with a velocity that is sufficient to enable the micro-jet to penetrate into the surface; a reservoir that is connected to the cell by a conduit to enable the liquid to flow from the reservoir to the cell; a controller that is configured to operate the propulsion mechanism repeatedly; and a unidirectional valve to enable flow of the liquid from the reservoir to the cell and to prevent backflow. The propulsion mechanism includes an impulse generator configured to displace an actuation surface to generate the pulse; a plunger to transmit the pulse to the cell, and a restoration mechanism to retract the plunger.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2020Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: KOLORPEN LTD.Inventor: Reuven Gamliel
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Patent number: 11672911Abstract: A needleless injector pressurizes a substance to be injected having an ejection pressure defined as a pressure of the substance to be injected ejected through an ejection port. The ejection pressure is raised to a first peak pressure after pressurizing is started, is lowered to a pressure lower than the first peak pressure afterward, and then is raised to a second peak pressure again. An on-completion reached depth that is an on-completion reached depth of the substance when the pressurizing portion completes pressurizing is adjustable, the on-completion reached depth being increased along with increase of the first peak pressure and being increased along with reduction of a length between peaks from a first timing at which the ejection pressure reaches the first peak pressure to a second timing at which the ejection pressure reaches the second peak pressure.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2018Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Daicel CorporationInventors: Takamasa Suzuki, Shingo Atobe, Hiroshi Miyazaki, Hiromitsu Iga, Katsuya Miki
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Patent number: 11540698Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of endoscopy. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to delivery systems and methods for coagulating sites of bleeding within mucosal tissues, and in particular, for eradicating esophageal varices.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.Inventors: Fergal Horgan, Marie Turkington, Martyn Folan, Thomas Keating
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Patent number: 11542490Abstract: The present invention relates to an RNA encoding a therapeutic protein, in particular a collagenase, growth factor, cytokine, receptor, chaperone or signal transduction inhibitor. In particular, the present invention relates to RNA suitable for treatment of wounds, specifically for promoting wound healing. The present invention concerns such RNA as well as pharmaceutical compositions and kits and combinations comprising the RNA. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the RNA, pharmaceutical compositions, kits as disclosed herein for use in the treatment of wounds, specifically for promoting wound healing.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2017Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: CureVac SEInventors: Nigel Horscroft, Marion Pönisch, Christine Weinl-Tenbruck
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Patent number: 11472131Abstract: A material for an injection nozzle is molded into a form that includes a sacrificial tip around the nozzle exit orifice. The sacrificial tip is then machined away using any suitable machining process to expose the exit orifice. In this manner, an injection nozzle can be fabricated with favorable geometric characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: PORTAL INSTRUMENTS, INC.Inventor: Andrew Owen Coats
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Patent number: 11400263Abstract: A treatment system includes a guide sheath, and a catheter provided with a pressure-controlled element. The pressure-control element preferably includes an expanded configuration adapted to extend across a small feeder vessel branching from the splenic vein. The pressure-control element is positioned with the feeder vessel, and a therapeutic agent is delivered under pressure directly into the feeder vessel, where it is forced to penetrate deep into tissue. Pressure responsive elements for monitoring intravascular pressure are also provided to time delivery of the therapeutic agent for maximum uptake by the target organ. Methods for treating tissues and organs via vascular pathways are provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2018Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: TriSalus Life Sciences, Inc.Inventors: Aravind Arepally, James E. Chomas, Bryan Pinchuk, David Benjamin Jaroch
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Patent number: 11185642Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure can provide an injector including a trigger mechanism, an energy source, and a user-operable firing-initiation member. The trigger member can include a trigger member having a retainer portion, and a ram assembly having a ram configured to pressurize a medicament container for expelling a medicament therefrom and a trigger engagement member configured to engage the retainer portion of the trigger member in a pre-firing condition. The energy source can be associated with the ram for powering the ram to expel the medicament, and the user-operable firing-initiation member can be operable for causing an axial rotation between the trigger engagement member and the retainer portion from the pre-firing condition to a firing condition in which the trigger engagement member is released from the retainer portion to allow the energy source to fire the ram.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2019Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: Antares Pharma, Inc.Inventors: Thomas E. Kramer, Matthew H. Rust, Paul M. Goudreau, Peter A. Hoeft, Julius C. Sund, Peter L. Sadowski
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Patent number: 11173253Abstract: Single and dual packaging for fill needles and safety needles are described herein. Such packaging can include hard packaging or blister packs. Such packaging can include a premature activation prevention element disposed on an inner sidewall of a compartment of the packaging to nest within a recess of a tether of a safety needle device to prevent accidental activation of the safety needle device prior to use by the user.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2020Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Laurie Sanders, Edward P. Browka, Peter Smith, Adam Kristopher Brakoniecki, Alice Wong, Regina Haywood
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Patent number: 11154659Abstract: A needle-free injection device suitable for delivering a therapeutic substance into the intradermal space of a patient. The needle-free injection device includes an injector body defining a syringe end. The device also includes a first handle attached with a hinge to the injector body such that the first handle pivots between an open and a closed position and remains attached to the injector body during an injection, a main spring positioned within the injector body, a return sleeve engaged with the main spring, and a first linkage between the first handle and the return sleeve. The first linkage causes the return sleeve to move away from the syringe end of the injector body when the first handle is moved from the open position to the closed position, thereby compressing the main spring. Needle-free injection systems and methods of operating a needle-free injection device are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2019Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: PharmaJet Inc.Inventors: Chris Cappello, Matt Wixey, John W. Bingham
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Patent number: 11134578Abstract: A locking device includes a housing, a first linking member, a second linking member, a push-pull member, and a stopper. The push-pull member defines a first sliding groove. A first end portion of the first linking member is slidably received in the first sliding groove, and a second end portion of the first linking member is rotationally fixed on the housing. The housing defines a second sliding groove. The stopper is slidably received in the second sliding groove. A second end portion of the second linking member is rotationally mounted on the first linking member. The first end portion of the first linking member is driven by the push-pull member to move along the first sliding groove, which drives the second linking member to rotate, which drives the stopper to move along the second sliding groove.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2020Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: HONGFUJIN PRECISION ELECTRONICS(TIANJIN)CO., LTD.Inventors: Chieh-Hsiang Lin, Wen-Chen Wang, Jia-Feng Lin
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Patent number: 11110223Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a supplementary device (1) configured to be mounted to a medicament delivery device (1), wherein the supplementary device comprises a casing (3), a button (5) configured to be received by the casing (3) and configured to actuate a trigger (6) of a medicament delivery device (2), wherein the button (5) is configured to be displaceable from an initial retracted position to an extended position relative to the casing (3), and a button locking member (7) configured to lock the button (5) in the retracted position of the button (5) to prevent displacement of the button (5) from the retracted position to the extended position, wherein the button locking member (7) is configured to release button (5) when the supplementary device (1) is mounted to a medicament delivery device (2), thereby enabling displacement of the button (5) from the retracted position to the extended position.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2017Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: SHL MEDICAL AGInventors: Daniel Säll, Anders Holmqvist
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Patent number: 11060624Abstract: A valve includes a valve body having an inlet for fluid communication with a space or source containing pressurised gas, and at least one outlet. A membrane is arranged between the inlet and the at least one outlet. A membrane puncturing element is arranged for movement between a retracted, inoperative position and an extended position in which it punctures the membrane. An actuating piston is operatively coupled to the membrane puncturing element for moving the membrane puncturing element between its retracted and its extended positions, the actuating piston being received in a piston bore of the valve body. The valve body also includes a cartridge receiving chamber for receiving a sealed actuating gas cartridge. A cartridge puncturing device is provided for puncturing the actuating gas cartridge. An actuating gas flow passage communicates actuating gas released from the actuating gas cartridge to the actuating piston bore upon puncturing the actuating gas.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2019Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATIONInventor: Kamil Czechowski
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Patent number: 10973987Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a drug delivery device, including: a body adapted to retain a medicament cartridge, a cap attachable to a distal end of the body to cover an opening thereof, an activation mechanism arranged within the body, wherein the cap includes an activation feature adapted to be inserted into an activation opening of the body in order to actuate the activation mechanism or allow actuation thereof.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2017Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Stefan Wendland, Michael Harms
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Patent number: 10946136Abstract: A delivery device for delivering a medication to a patient includes a catheter with a catheter insertion mechanism, a housing, and a base with a surface for supporting a pump mechanism. A noise dampening member in or on the device inhibits noise and vibrations from the pump mechanism from transferring through the base and housing. The noise dampening member can be an elastomer that is coated on or adhered to the base. The noise dampening member can be molded in or on the base in a suitable location to dampen noise produced by the mechanical component. The noise dampening member can be between the base and the mechanical component or spaced from the mechanical component. The noise dampening member can be molded in a recessed area formed in the base and can have a top face that is recessed, aligned with or project from the top face of the base.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2018Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: John Prudden, Andrew Allegretti, Jean-Pierre Raphael Karam
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Patent number: 10918851Abstract: A valve connector for infusion medical lines includes an outer tubular body, an inner hollow spike and an intermediate sealing member formed by an elastic hollow element including a head with a pre-slit normally closed. The elastic hollow element has a base part substantially generally barrel-shaped and a wall having a differentiated radial thickness.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2016Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: INDUSTRIE BORLA S.P.A.Inventor: Gianni Guala
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Patent number: 10912888Abstract: The driving configuration for a drug delivery device comprises an energy storing member (2) providing a force suitable for driving a bung (1) arranged in a container (3), the bung being movable relative to the container. The energy storing member (2) is loaded by an alteration of its mechanical state with respect to a mounting element (5), which is relocatable in such a manner that a force provided by the energy storing member when it is loaded is reduced by a relocation of the mounting element.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2014Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: SanofiInventors: Tom Oakley, Stuart Milne
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Patent number: 10806903Abstract: A handheld vascular access device for gaining access to a patient's vessel includes a hub, a plurality of access needles and a manifold. The hub has an inner wall and side walls that define a plurality of ports. Each of the plurality of ports has a proximal port end and a distal port end. The proximal port ends define a proximal cross-sectional area and the distal port ends define a distal cross-sectional area. The proximal cross-sectional areas are greater than the distal cross-sectional areas. Each of the plurality of ports taper from the proximal port end to the distal port end. The plurality of hollow access needles is arranged along a plane and fixedly coupled to the distal end of the hub. Each of the plurality of needles has a tip. The manifold removably engages the hub at the proximal end of the hub.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2017Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: PRYTIME MEDICAL DEVICES, INC.Inventors: Curtis J. Franklin, Luke William Fisher, Elijah Atkinson, Todd J. Krummenacher, Jonathan L. Eliason
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Patent number: 10780250Abstract: A treatment system includes a guide sheath, and a catheter provided with a pressure-controlled element. The pressure-control element preferably includes an expanded configuration adapted to extend across a small feeder vessel branching from the splenic vein. The pressure-control element is positioned with the feeder vessel, and a therapeutic agent is delivered under pressure directly into the feeder vessel, where it is forced to penetrate deep into tissue. Pressure responsive elements for monitoring intravascular pressure are also provided to time delivery of the therapeutic agent for maximum uptake by the target organ.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2017Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: Surefire Medical, Inc.Inventors: Aravind Arepally, David Benjamin Jaroch, Bryan Pinchuk, James E. Chomas
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Patent number: 10722454Abstract: Pre-filled syringes, pharmaceutical compositions, and kits and methods relating to same allow for emergency administration of one or more drugs from prefilled glass syringes to a patient via a needleless connector. In preferred embodiments, the prefilled glass syringe has a drug volume of at least 5 mL, has a Luer-lock, and has a syringe tip with an internal channel that has a diameter of about 1.7 mm. Such syringes advantageously allow storage of emergency drugs without leaching of plastic materials and degradation, and substantially improve the safety profile where the syringe is attached to an IV line via a needleless connector.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2020Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: NEVAKAR INC.Inventors: Kumaresh Soppimath, Prem Sagar Akasapu
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Patent number: 10722453Abstract: Pre-filled syringes, pharmaceutical compositions, and kits and methods relating to same allow for emergency administration of one or more drugs from prefilled glass syringes to a patient via a needleless connector. In preferred embodiments, the prefilled glass syringe has a drug volume of at least 5 mL, has a Luer-lock, and has a syringe tip with an internal channel that has a diameter of about 1.7 mm. Such syringes advantageously allow storage of emergency drugs without leaching of plastic materials and degradation, and substantially improve the safety profile where the syringe is attached to an IV line via a needleless connector.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2020Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: NEVAKAR INC.Inventors: Kumaresh Soppimath, Prem Sagar Akasapu
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Patent number: 10722455Abstract: Pre-filled syringes, pharmaceutical compositions, and kits and methods relating to same allow for emergency administration of one or more drugs from prefilled glass syringes to a patient via a needleless connector. In preferred embodiments, the prefilled glass syringe has a drug volume of at least 5 mL, has a Luer-lock, and has a syringe tip with an internal channel that has a diameter of about 1.7 mm. Such syringes advantageously allow storage of emergency drugs without leaching of plastic materials and degradation, and substantially improve the safety profile where the syringe is attached to an IV line via a needleless connector.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2020Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: NEVAKAR INC.Inventors: Kumaresh Soppimath, Prem Sagar Akasapu
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Patent number: 10709843Abstract: A device for repetitive needleless injection of a liquid into a surface includes a handheld unit that includes at least a cell that is fillable with the liquid. A propulsion mechanism is configured to apply a sequence of pressure pulses to the liquid. Each pulse ejects a micro jet of the liquid from the cell via an orifice between the cell and the exterior of the handheld unit with a velocity that is sufficient to enable the micro-jet to penetrate into the surface. A reservoir is connected to the cell by a conduit to enable the liquid to flow from the reservoir to the cell to replace the liquid that is ejected in the micro-jet. A controller is configured to operate the propulsion mechanism repeatedly so as to eject the sequence of the micro-jets.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2016Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: KOLORPEN LTD.Inventor: Reuven Gamliel
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Patent number: 10695498Abstract: A method of manually charging a subcutaneous jet injector includes shifting a piston arranged within a pressure chamber portion of the subcutaneous jet injector, forcing a fluid through a one-way valve with the piston into a chamber of the subcutaneous jet injector, pressurizing the fluid in the chamber creating a pressurized fluid, forcing the pressurized fluid in the chamber into another chamber including a bolus dose of injectable fluid, and directing the bolus dose of injectable fluid from the subcutaneous jet injector with the pressurized fluid.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2017Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Andrew C. Hicks, Alex M. Hytha
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Patent number: 10682308Abstract: Pre-filled syringes, pharmaceutical compositions, and kits and methods relating to same allow for emergency administration of one or more drugs from prefilled glass syringes to a patient via a needleless connector. In preferred embodiments, the prefilled glass syringe has a drug volume of at least 5 mL, has a Luer-lock, and has a syringe tip with an internal channel that has a diameter of about 1.7 mm. Such syringes advantageously allow storage of emergency drugs without leaching of plastic materials and degradation, and substantially improve the safety profile where the syringe is attached to an IV line via a needleless connector.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2019Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: Nevakar Inc.Inventors: Kumaresh Soppimath, Prem Sagar Akasapu
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Patent number: 10682459Abstract: The disclosure relates to a drug delivery device having a drive unit includes a stator comprising a plurality of coils consecutively arranged in an axial direction, and an armature axially movable within the stator, the armature including a number of magnets and pole shoes consecutively arranged in the axial direction. A respective pole shoe is arranged between respectively neighbouring magnets. At least one axial end of the armature comprises a terminal pole shoe.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Christian Nessel, René Richter, Robert Witt, Richard Guenther
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Patent number: 10675414Abstract: A syringe is provided that includes a tubular body having a top end and a bottom end; a barrel portion having an orifice at a top end of the barrel portion for dispensing a fluid, the tubular body rotatably coupled to the top end of the tubular body; and a plunger body disposed within a bore of the barrel portion and within the tubular body, the plunger body includes a threaded portion that engages threads within the tubular body that cause the plunger body to move vertically within the bore of the barrel between a retracted position and a fully extended position with a twisting of the barrel portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2017Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Inventor: Ross Kirsh
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Patent number: 10661008Abstract: Some embodiments of an infusion pump system include a pump device with a drive system that is configured to attach with a medicine cartridge in manner that reduces the likelihood of dosage inaccuracies. In one example, the drive system of the pump device can be equipped with a plunger engagement device that is configured to mechanically anchor into a plunger of the medicine cartridge, and then to bias the plunger of the medicine cartridge in a direction toward a piston rod of the drive system.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2018Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Bigfoot Biomedical, Inc.Inventors: Tracy Brewer, Wenkang Qi
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Patent number: 10625020Abstract: An injection guide globally aligns an injector to an angle selected for consistent subcutaneous delivery of an injectate, while locally aligning a patient's skin normal to the injection path at the location where the injection pierces the skin. This arrangement advantageously maintains controlled contact between an injector and a subject's skin in order to deliver the full, intended volume of injectate into the patient's subcutaneous layer while avoiding misdelivery into adjacent layers such as the patient's dermis or muscle.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2016Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Portal Instruments, Inc.Inventors: Pragun Goyal, Nikola Kojic
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Patent number: 10588729Abstract: An apparatus for injecting a liquid into live animals, comprising a cradle plate (18) having a cradle (24) for accommodating at least a part of an animal, sensors (20-1, 20-2, 20-3) for detecting a force acting upon the cradle plate, an injection mechanism (16) for injecting liquid into the animal, and a control unit (38) for triggering the injection mechanism (16) in response to signals received from the sensors, wherein at least three sensors (20-1-, 20-2, 20-3) are arranged for measuring forces with which the cradle plate (18) is pressed against a base (12) in at least three non-aligned positions, and the control unit (38) is adapted to trigger the injection mechanism (16) when the forces measured by the sensors are distributed according to a predetermined pattern.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2014Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Intervet Inc.Inventor: Mathias Theodorus Maria Moons
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Patent number: 10569020Abstract: A method of administering subcutaneous treatment to a patient is provided. The method includes delivering, by a needle-free injection device, a first volume of a treatment at a first location on a surface of a body of the patient; detecting a movement of the needle-free injection device relative to the first location; determining, from the movement of the needle-free injection device relative to the first location, a second location of the needle-free injection device relative to the first location; determining a second volume of the treatment to deliver at the surface of the body of the patient at the second location; and delivering, by the needle-free injection device, the second volume of the treatment at the second location on the surface of the body of the patient.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: PORTAL INSTRUMENTS, INC.Inventors: Patrick Anquetil, Ian Hunter
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Patent number: 10434634Abstract: A fastening tool which controls the return behavior of a driver blade by using a blade stop and/or a bumper. The fastening tool can remove the driver blade from the drive path upon its return after driving a fastener into a workpiece and bring the driver blade to a resting state by using a bumper to orient the driver blade out of alignment with the drive path and into contact the driver blade stop.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2014Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: Black & Decker, Inc.Inventor: Stuart E. Garber
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Patent number: 10413670Abstract: A needleless syringe comprises an enclosing unit for an injection objective substance, a pressurizing unit for the injection objective substance, a discharge unit having a flow passage for allowing the injection objective substance to flow therethrough so that the injection objective substance is discharged from an open end of the flow passage to an injection target area, the open end being formed so that an area thereof is smaller than a flow passage area of the enclosing unit, and a minute pore unit including a minute pore having a flow passage area smaller than the area of the open end of the discharge unit and which is arranged on an outer side of the open end so that the injection objective substance discharged from the open end passes through the minute pore and arrives at a side of the injection target area.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2012Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Daicel CorporationInventor: Masatake Kudoh
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Patent number: 10384012Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for delivering therapeutic particles are disclosed. In one variation, a device for delivering particles includes a gas supply configured for supplying gas under pressure, a particle cassette comprising the particles, a cassette housing, and a cassette membrane. The cassette housing can comprise an Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA) copolymer of 18% to 28% by weight of Vinyl Acetate (VA). The device can also include a safety interlock to prevent or minimize the risk that the device will be unintentionally activated. The device can also have a silencer.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2016Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Powder Pharmaceuticals IncorporatedInventor: Victor K. Tsui
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Patent number: 10350361Abstract: The fluid delivery pen of the present invention has a reduced dose setting friction mechanism which may produce a sound of higher audibility for each click corresponding to one unit dose set using a dose setting mechanism and also produces a sound of lower audibility than the former for each click when the set dose is reduced using the dose setting mechanism. The fluid delivery pen driving mechanism of the present invention has an indication to an end of dose of fluid in a cartridge.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2015Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: WOCKHARDT LIMITEDInventors: Matthew Stephenson, Barry Knight, Stephen Knowles, Umesh Joshi, Ashok Tyagi
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Patent number: 10326347Abstract: A needle-free transdermal transport device for transferring a substance across a surface of a biological body includes a reservoir for storing the substance, a nozzle in fluid communication with the reservoir and a controllable electromagnetic actuator in communication with the reservoir. The actuator, referred to as a Lorentz force actuator, includes a stationary magnet assembly and a moving coil assembly. The coil assembly moves a piston having an end portion positioned within the reservoir. The actuator receives an electrical input and generates in response a corresponding force acting on the piston and causing a needle-free transfer of the substance between the reservoir and the biological body. The magnitude, direction and duration of the force are dynamically controlled (e.g., servo-controlled) by the electrical input and can be altered during the course of an actuation cycle. Beneficially, the actuator can be moved in different directions according to the electrical input.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2016Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: Ian W. Hunter, Andrew J. Taberner, Brian D. Hemond, Dawn M. Wendell, Nora Catherine Hogan, Nathan B. Ball
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Patent number: 10322238Abstract: A needle-free injection device suitable for delivering a therapeutic substance into the intradermal space of a patient. The needle-free injection device includes an injector body defining a syringe end. The device also includes a first handle attached with a hinge to the injector body such that the first handle pivots between an open and a closed position and remains attached to the injector body during an injection, a main spring positioned within the injector body, a return sleeve engaged with the main spring, and a first linkage between the first handle and the return sleeve. The first linkage causes the return sleeve to move away from the syringe end of the injector body when the first handle is moved from the open position to the closed position, thereby compressing the main spring. Needle-free injection systems and methods of operating a needle-free injection device are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2017Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: PharmaJet, Inc.Inventors: Chris Cappello, Matt Wixey, John W. Bingham
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Patent number: 10322240Abstract: A medicament delivery device includes a proximal sub-assembly and a distal sub-assembly configured to be connected to each other. The proximal sub-assembly includes a key member, and the distal sub-assembly includes a power pack unit having a lock mechanism for locking the power pack unit such that unintentional activation of the power pack unit during transportation is avoided. The key member is configured to interact with the lock mechanism during assembling of the proximal and distal sub-assemblies such that the lock mechanism is released.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2014Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: SHL Medical AGInventor: Stefan Morén
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Patent number: 10314977Abstract: An apparatus includes a housing, a medicament container, an actuator, and a biasing member. The actuator is configured to move the medicament container within the housing when the actuator is moved from a first configuration to a second configuration. The actuator includes a gas container and a puncturer. When the actuator is in the first configuration, a portion of the puncturer is disposed apart from the gas container. When the actuator is in the second configuration, the portion of the puncturer is disposed within the gas container. The gas container has a longitudinal axis offset from a longitudinal axis of the medicament container. The biasing member is configured to bias the actuator toward the second configuration.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2017Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: kaleo, Inc.Inventors: Eric S. Edwards, Evan T. Edwards
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Patent number: 10279131Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure can provide an injector including a trigger mechanism, an energy source, and a user-operable firing-initiation member. The trigger member can include a trigger member having a retainer portion, and a ram assembly having a ram configured to pressurize a medicament container for expelling a medicament therefrom and a trigger engagement member configured to engage the retainer portion of the trigger member in a pre-firing condition. The energy source can be associated with the ram for powering the ram to expel the medicament, and the user-operable firing-initiation member can be operable for causing an axial rotation between the trigger engagement member and the retainer portion from the pre-firing condition to a firing condition in which the trigger engagement member is released from the retainer portion to allow the energy source to fire the ram.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2016Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: Antares Pharma, Inc.Inventors: Thomas E. Kramer, Matthew H. Rust, Paul M. Goudreau, Peter A. Hoeft, Julius C. Sund, Peter L. Sadowski
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Patent number: 10201663Abstract: An assembly for a drug delivery device is provided, the assembly having an actuator which is configured to perform a setting movement in a proximal direction in order to set a dose of a drug, and which is configured to perform a dispense movement in a distal direction in order to dispense a dose of a drug. The assembly further having a stop mechanism acting after a maximum amount of a drug has been delivered, which is configured to axially constrain the setting movement of the actuator such that the setting of a dose is inhibited, wherein a limited axial movement of the actuator is allowed.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2014Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: David Aubrey Plumptre, Robert Frederick Veasey
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Patent number: 10099011Abstract: A needle-less injector device for delivering a dose of fluid intradermally, subcutaneously or intramuscularly to an animal or human. The device includes an inner housing having opposed ends. A syringe is disposed in one end of the inner housing. The syringe includes a nozzle for delivering a dose of fluid held within the syringe. A plunger is movably disposed within the syringe. A spring powered hammer is movably disposed within the inner housing. The hammer cooperates with the plunger to drive the dose of medicament from the nozzle. An injection delivery spring for powering the hammer is positioned and compressed between the other end of the inner housing and the spring powered hammer. An outer housing slideably supports the inner housing. A skin tensioning spring is mounted between the inner housing and the outer housing, the skin tensioning spring biasing the nozzle of the syringe against the animal or human.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2016Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: PharmaJet, Inc.Inventors: John Bingham, Robert Steinway
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Patent number: 10098891Abstract: A method for treating pain, inflammation, fever and respiratory complaints in mammals comprising administering by needleless injection to a mammal in need of such treatment an aqueous cyclodextrin-free solution of meloxicam containing a pharmacologically acceptable meloxicam salt of an organic or inorganic base.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2013Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM VETMEDICA GMBHInventors: Martin A. Folger, Stefan Henke, Bernhard Hassel, Bernd Zierenberg