Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8187220 | Seal structures for wet/dry automatic injectors An automatic medicament injector has a first compartment for a first medicament component and a second compartment for a second medicament component. The two compartments are separated by a seal structure that converts from a sealing condition to a mixing condition ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8167834 | Injection device A pen injection device designed for use with dual or multi-chamber cartridges (14), is provided with an extended length plunger (24) having a non-drive portion (24′) on its forward end and the usual screw-threaded drive portion (24′) ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167835 | Single chamber device for drawing in and dispensing components A single chamber device for drawing in and dispensing components comprising a syringe housing, a piston that is actuatable by a plunger unit, and a mixing assembly whose rod is guided through the piston and operatively connected to the plunger unit. The plunger unit... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8137307 | Syringe devices, components of syringe devices, and methods of forming components and syringe devices A syringe device includes a syringe barrel and piston having a fluid passageway extending from a vial port. Another syringe device includes a syringe barrel, a piston sleeve and an insert. A channel extends along a side of the insert. A valve controls fluid communic... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8092421 | Dual-chamber carpule The invention relates to a dual-chamber carpule having (1) a first partial cylinder comprising a sealing cap, a bypass, and an intermediate stopper, (2), an optional sealing element, and (3) a second partial cylinder comprising an end stopper and, optionally, a stop... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8092420 | Automatic reconstitution injector device The present invention is directed to an automatic reconstitution drug delivery device. The inventive device effects simple and automatic reconstitution of a dry drug. To effect reconstitution, a user displaces a release button which causes first and second chambers ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8092422 | Dual-chamber carpule with attachment The invention relates to a dual-chamber carpule comprising a cylinder (1) comprising a bypass (3), a central plug (6) and an end plug (10), and an attachment; the invention further relates to a method for producing and filling said dual-c... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8066663 | Slide valves equipped in a syringe and thus equipped syringe There are provided an intermediate slide valve as well as a plunger slide valve equipped in a syringe in direct contact with injection liquids and a syringe equipped with such slide valves, the injection liquids nor valves being not affected with each other. ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8057427 | Drug delivery system with a small amount of a therapeutic agent A drug delivery system includes an automatic injector that can deliver a small, precise amount of a therapeutic agent. The automatic injector includes a chamber for containing a liquid component and a thin porous member that carries thereon and/or therein the small,... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8021325 | Liquid drug medical device The present invention relates to liquid drug medical devices for enabling the administration of liquid drugs, and also a needle shield removal device for safely removing needle shields. ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8002737 | Mixing/administration syringe devices, protective packaging and methods of protecting syringe handlers 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 pist... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7967779 | Powder and liquid mixing syringe A mixing syringe having a first sealed chamber containing a powder (powder housing) and a second sealed chamber containing a liquid (liquid housing). When the user needs to inject a patient, he or she holds the mixing syringe approximately upright and depresses a pl... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7959600 | Container closure delivery system A container closure delivery system that is suitable for lyophilized pharmaceutical injectable powder products is disclosed. The system comprises storage stable powder formulations and a container closure assembly design wherein the formulation can be filled and lyo... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7815598 | Auto-pen for a two-chamber ampoule An injection device for use with a two-chamber ampoule, wherein the device includes a front casing part with which the two-chamber ampoule can be associated, a rear casing part, a threaded drive accommodated by the rear casing part, a piston rod which, during a blen... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7749190 | Seal structures for wet/dry automatic injectors An automatic medicament injector having a compartment for a dry medicament component and a compartment for a wet medicament component. The two compartments are separated by a seal structure that converts from a sealing condition to a mixing condition when the device... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7699804 | Fluid ejection system A fluid ejection system (20) comprising a cartridge (24), an ejector (32, 300) and, optionally, a fill station (28) for filling the cartridge with a fluid, such as a vaccine. In some embodiments (52), the cartridge includes a trans... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7621887 | Wet/dry automatic injector assembly An automatic medicament injector having a compartment for a dry medicament component and a compartment for a wet medicament component. The two compartments are separated by a seal structure that has a plug that is moved from a sealing position into a mixing position... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7608055 | Flow-path inserts for wet/dry automatic injectors An automatic medicament injector having a compartment for a dry medicament component and a compartment for a wet medicament component. The two compartments are separated by a seal structure that converts from a sealing condition into a mixing condition when the devi... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7556614 | Separation assembly for drug delivery device A separation assembly for initially keeping a first component separate from a second component includes a generally cylindrical body slidably supported within a container between the first and second components. The body includes a seal structure having an inner sea... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7407494 | Device for delivering medicament A device for delivery of medicament includes a main housing, a container having at least two compartments, each containing a component of the medicament to be injected, and arranged to be connected to a patient delivery element, a longitudinally movable piston and a... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7402150 | Injection device Disclosed is an injection device for properly dissolving pharmaceutical agents contained in a two-compartment syringe having slidable front and rear walls, and then performing portionwise multiple injections. The injection device comprises a front casing designed to... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7357792 | Positive push medical valve with internal seal A medical valve having an open mode to permit fluid flow and a closed mode to prevent fluid flow has a body and a valving element within the interior of the body. The body also has a valving element within its interior, and a proximal port and a distal port. The val... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354190 | Two-stage mixing system, apparatus, and method A two-stage mixing system, apparatus, and method produces a solution including a first substance and a second substance in a predetermined ratio by first mixing the first substance with a first liquid to produce a first solution and then mixing the first solution wi... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7341575 | Medical injector and medicament loading system for use therewith The present invention discloses a medical injector and medicament loading system for use therewith. The medicament loading system includes cap for a medicament cartridge. The cap has a post for causing movement of the cartridge stopper toward the seal when the cap e... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7331942 | Flush syringe having anti-reflux stopper An I.V. flush syringe assembly includes a barrel having an inside surface defining a chamber for retaining fluid, an open proximal end and a distal end including a distal wall with an elongate tip extending distally therefrom having a passageway therethrough in flui... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329235 | Powder and liquid mixing syringe A mixing syringe having a first sealed chamber containing a powder (powder housing) and a second sealed chamber containing a liquid (liquid housing). When the user needs to inject a patient, he or she holds the mixing syringe approximately upright and depresses a pl... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7320540 | Bone cement mixing and delivery device with releasable mixing blade A bone cement mixing and delivery assembly is disclosed for mixing a powdered copolymer and a liquid monomer to form a bone cement and deliver the bone cement. The assembly includes a cartridge having a distal end and a proximal end and defining a mixing chamber bet... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7314464 | Pen needle and safety system A safety shield system having a needle assembly with a safety shield movable from a first position enclosing an end of a needle cannula, to a second position exposing the end of the needle cannula for injection, to a third position lockingly enclosing the end of a n... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7311692 | Two-chamber-type pre-filled syringe A dual-chamber type prefilled syringe comprises a cylindrical body within which a front plug member, a middle plug member and an end plug member are hermetically fitted to form a first chamber and a second chamber. The cylindrical body has an inner surface formed wi... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7291133 | Device for the metered administration of a fluid drug A device for the metered administration of a fluid drug. The device has a container having a piston for administering the fluid drug through an outlet of the container, a catheter connected to the outlet of the container, the catheter having a front end facing away ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7278985 | Medical pump A medical pump, comprising a reservoir having a fluid enclosing portion and a tubular element, the inside of which is arrangeable in fluid communication with the fluid enclosing portion for allowing fluid to pass into the tubular element. The fluid enclosing portion... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7279001 | Systems, methods, and compositions for achieving closure of vascular puncture sites Systems and methods convey a closure material into a catheter, e.g., to seal a puncture site in a blood vessel. The closure material comprises a mixture of first and second components, which, upon mixing, undergo a reaction to form solid closure material composition... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7216761 | Two-component mixing and dispensing device A device for preparing and ejecting polymeric cement made from at least two pre-packaged components comprises a tubular vessel including a first axial end wall having a closed outlet, and a second axial end wall having an aperture. A first starting component of the ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7214210 | Cassette and method for drug preparation and delivery A disposable cassette for mixing an intravenous drug in a vial to a patient includes a liquid inlet for connection to a liquid supply, a first vial spike, a second vial spike and a chamber. The chamber, the first and second vial spikes, and the liquid inlet are in f... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7207970 | Displaceable-plug-containing filling/discharging port and medical container having the same A filling/discharge port 10 which includes a port cap 20, a plug 40 which is slidably fitted in the inside of the port cap 20, and a plug cap 50 which is removably fitted to the tip of the plug 40 is provided for use in a li... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7195606 | Syringe and a method for its utilization in analysis The invention provides a syringe for preventing anemia resulting from withdrawal of blood from a patient for analysis, the syringe including a cylindrical tube having a nozzle at its lower end to which a needle is attachable; a piston disposed within the tube and ap... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7195011 | Convertible fluid feed system with comformable reservoir and methods A feed system for an aerosolizer utilizes an ampoule containing a liquid and includes a housing having an ampoule region into which the ampoule is held, and a liquid receiving region that is adapted to receive liquid dispensed from the ampoule. An interface is used ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7186241 | Syringe with needle penetrable and laser resealable stopper A syringe and a reconstitution syringe are provided for the delivery of controlled doses of any of numerous different sterile substances, such as vaccines, medicaments, pharmaceutical preparations, cosmetics, and food products. A plunger of the syringe defines a res... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7182277 | Spray device and method A spray device including a barrel having a bypass and at least two spaced stoppers defining a first and second chambers and a spray nozzle. Movement of the first stopper drives the second stopper to the bypass and the fluid in the first chamber into the second chamb... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7163102 | Disposable packaging for a ready-made food product Disposable packaging, comprising a container (1) that defines a main compartment (2) and at least an additional compartment (3). The container (1) is bowl-shaped and is closed on the upper side by a film, or by a cover, in order to preven... | 01/16/2007 |
