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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8398583 | Method and apparatus for extraction of a sample from a sample source The present invention relate to a method and corresponding apparatus for extraction of a sample from a sample source. A fluid is injected into the sample source and the sample source is vibrated. A sample is withdrawn from the vibrated sample source and the sample s... | 03/19/2013 |
| 8372030 | Apparatus for an improved high pressure medicinal dispenser An apparatus for an improved high pressure medicinal dispenser is disclosed. The high pressure dispenser may include a handle (26), a chamber (18), a threaded region, a threaded rod (14), and a knob (20). The high pressure dispenser may h... | 02/12/2013 |
| 8343094 | Universal syringe with retractable needle This invention relates to medical devices useful for infusion therapy and, more particularly, to a syringe that can be selectively used with a retractable needle or with frontal attachment devices such as luer hubs, valves or other connectors in needleless systems. | 01/01/2013 |
| 8333730 | Single-use injector having a flexurally elastic metal housing A single-use injector comprising a housing (200) accommodating a mechanical spring energy reservoir (50), a cylinder/piston unit (100), a piston-actuating ram (60) and a trigger unit (80), the spring-loaded piston-actuating ram bei... | 12/18/2012 |
| 8328755 | Controlled needle-free transport 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 communicat... | 12/11/2012 |
| RE43824 | Needleless syringe A method of distributing particles in a flow of gas and a needleless syringe for use in the needleless injection of particles into the skin or mucosa of a vertebrate subject are disclosed. The syringe includes a convergence which reduces pressure of the gas flowing ... | 11/20/2012 |
| 8287490 | Disposable injector provided with high injector safety The invention relates to a needle-less, disposable injector comprising a housing (10), which has at least one compression bar, a cylinder-piston unit (100), a plunger-actuating ram (60), a trigger unit (80) and a spring energy reservoir (... | 10/16/2012 |
| 8287489 | Device for readying a needle free injector for delivery A needle-free injector device comprising a latch having a safe position which disables the triggering of the device, and a ready position which restrains movement of a dispensing member but enables triggering and a triggered position which permits movement of the di... | 10/16/2012 |
| 8262604 | Single-use injector with at least one draw hook A single-use injector is disclosed comprising a housing (10), arranged in which are at least one mechanical spring energy store (50), at least one piston-cylinder unit (100), which can be effectively filled at least for a certain time, at least ... | 09/11/2012 |
| 8241243 | Needleless injector drug capsule and a method for filling thereof A method for filling needleless injector capsules with liquid drug, whereby dissolved gas within the drug is replaced by a less soluble gas in order to reduce the inclusion of gas bubbles, or to prevent the growth of bubbles during storage and thereby prevent breaka... | 08/14/2012 |
| 8172790 | Needle-free injector device with autoloading capability A needle-free transdermal transport device includes a chamber (900) for holding the substance to be injected, a nozzle (910) in fluid communication with the chamber, and a drug reservoir (950) for storing the substance to be transferred to the c... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8142391 | Electrostatic transcutaneous hypodermic spray (electrostatic hypospray) A method and apparatus for delivering therapeutic or diagnostic agents as a low pressure high velocity spray into tissue. According to the particular desired spray characteristics, the spray may be generated via the combined use of pressure atomization and electrost... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8105271 | Single-use injector having a flexurally elastic housing A housing of the injector is made from a thin-walled sheet-metal part. The sheet-metal part has at least two branches or legs. Each branch has, at the free end thereof, an angled retaining element or a recess as a means of receiving the cylinder of a cylinder/piston... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8100853 | Methodology for drug delivery device with sliding valve Drug delivery devices adapted to receive liquid medication vials to fill a reservoir, utilize sliding through valves that are closed except when driven by force of liquid medication pushed by a plunger to an open position to feed the medication via needle to a patie... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8092419 | Disposable injector with at least one support rod A disposable injector with a housing (10) in which are arranged at least one mechanical spring energy reservoir (50), at least cylinder/piston unit (100) filled with an injection solution, at least one piston-actuating ram, and at least one trig... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8083711 | Injection device with internal dose indicator The present invention relates to an injection device comprising a housing, a resilient member adapted to provide a force in the axial direction of the injection device for ejecting a dose from the injection device. The injection device further comprises a dose setti... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8075515 | Disposable injector with at least one compression bar and a closure cap A disposable injector with a housing that has at least one compression hook, which has at least one support surface respectively in the region of its free end. A piston-actuating plunger rests on the support surface. The locking position of the compression hook is s... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8070713 | Disposable injector with at least one drawer hook which can be forcibly decoupled A disposable injector with a housing (10) in which at least one mechanical spring energy accumulator (50), at least one cylinder-piston unit (100), at least one piston-actuating ram and at least one release unit are arranged. The housing has at ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8066661 | Viscous formulations and their use in needle-free injection Formulations are described that are viscous and will benefit from needle-free delivery at high driving pressures. Conventional delivery of these viscous formulations by hypodermic syringes is inconvenient as well as painful. Formulations include those which have a v... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8021323 | Soft tissue augmentation by needle-free injection The invention relates to needle-free apparatus that can be used to augment soft tissue. More specifically, the needle-free injectors of the present invention allow injection of more viscous materials such as collagen, hyaluronic acid, and other polymers that are use... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7993301 | Drive mechanisms suitable for use in drug delivery devices The present invention relates to drive mechanisms suitable for use in drug delivery devices, in particular pen-type injectors, wherein a number of pre-set doses of medicinal product can be administered. In particular, the present invention relates to such drug deliv... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7976494 | Device for the dosed administration of a fluid product, adapted for the replacement of a container A device for administering a fluid product, the device including a first housing part provided with a receiver for the product, a second housing part detachably connectable to the first housing part, a piston rod held such that it can be displaced for the exertion o... | 07/12/2011 |
| RE42463 | Single-use needle-less hypodermic jet injection apparatus and method A gas-powered, single-use, needle-less hypodermic jet injection device includes a hand-held injector, and a drug injection cartridge which provides a cylinder of liquid medication to be injected, an injection orifice, and an injection piston. Forceful movement of th... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7959599 | Disposable injector with dual-piston dual-chamber system The invention relates to a disposable injector with a housing, an injector-side, first cylinder-piston unit—at least intermittently fillable—arranged thereon and an upstream detachable container adapter, wherein the container adapter bears a likewise at least in... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7942845 | Needle-free injector and process for providing serial injections Needle-free injection devices having a drive assembly to provide an operative force to effect an injection and a dosing assembly to prepare the device for a subsequent injection. In some embodiments, the dosing assembly is configured to transfer injectate from an in... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7931614 | Injection systems The invention in general relates to various injection systems and devices that can be used, for example, in needleless injection systems for human, and for domestic and farm animals. In certain embodiments, the invention provides an injection system comprising: an i... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7909793 | Silencing device and method for needleless syringe The invention provides a silencer and silencing method which ensures adequate silencing with no deleterious increase in back pressure (which creates a lift-off force) or decrease in device performance. Pressurized gas is supplied to a driver chamber by a bleed-hole ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7887506 | Safety mechanism to prevent accidental patient injection and methods of same Disclosed is a medical injection assembly in which the assembly is adapted to reduce the risk of accidental injection of a patient and prevent cross contamination of patients or injectors. ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7833189 | Controlled needle-free transport 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 communicat... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7824360 | Intradermal needles injection device A needle-less fluid injection device, including, a nozzle head with an injection hole for accepting a dose of fluid to be injected into the skin of a patient, a fluid capsule that is connected to said nozzle head and provides the nozzle head with one or more doses o... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7803129 | Needleless syringe for the subcutaneous injection of droplets of liquid substances Described are a method and device for needleless injection of a liquid substance in the skin or other target tissue of a patient, in which droplets of the liquid substance are produced, and the droplets of liquid substance are directed toward the surface of the pati... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7798989 | Needleless syringe provided with a damping injector receptacle The invention relates to needleless syringe for injecting an active liquid principle. The inventive syringe comprises a container (3) closed by a movable shutter and containing the injectable liquid. Said container is initially insulated from an injector-rece... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7776007 | Device for readying a needle free injector for delivery A needle-free injector device comprising a latch having a safe position which disables the triggering of the device, and a ready position which restrains movement of a dispensing member but enables triggering and a triggered position which permits movement of the di... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7749187 | Needleless injection device and cartridges A needleless injection device with a lower part receiving the agent cartridge and an upper part providing the energy needed for injection. The upper part contains energy store units capable of elastic form-change. Rotating the lower part in relation to the upper par... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7744562 | Devices and methods for interstitial injection of biologic agents into tissue Apparatus and methods for injecting biological agents into tissue. Devices are provided having elongate shafts and distal injection heads for transversely driving needles into tissue and injecting medical agents into the tissue through the needles. A longitudinal fo... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7744563 | Needle-free injection devices and drug delivery systems therefor Needle-free injection devices and drug delivery systems are disclosed. The needle-free injection devices may include a drug delivery system, a power source, an activation system, and a disabling element. The drug delivery system may include a needle-free syringe and... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7744561 | Needleless injection device A needleless injection device comprising a cylinder for medicine having an injection nozzle at a forward end thereof and an opening at its rearward end; a piston sliding in the cylinder through said open end, in use, to drive the medicine through the nozzle; a ram t... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7740607 | Modular units for use in an injection device Injection devices comprising multiple sections, e.g., modular components, are disclosed. In some embodiments the injection system comprises an upper section comprising a compressed gas reservoir, and one or more lower sections, e.g., modular components, containing o... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7717874 | Needle-free injection system A needle-free injection device in which a gas cartridge or other source of pressurized gas is used to advance a piston and forcibly expel injectable fluid out through an injection orifice. When a gas cartridge is used, the gas cartridge may be moveable from an initi... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7699802 | Needle-less injector A needle-less injector device that includes an outer housing and an inner housing that is slideably supported from the outer housing is disclosed. The inner housing supporting a vial that includes a nozzle for delivering a fluid held within the vial. A spring powere... | 04/20/2010 |
