| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 604156000 | Conduit forced into body by self-acting fluid pressure, motor-driven, or mechanical energy storing means | 25 |
| 20100312188 | Body-Associated Receiver and Method - Receivers, which may be external or implantable, are provided. Aspects of receivers of the invention include the presence of one or more of: a high power-low power module; an intermediary module; a power supply module configured to activate and deactivate one or more power supplies to a high power processing block; a serial peripheral interface bus connecting master and slave blocks; and a multi-purpose connector. Receivers of the invention may be configured to receive a conductively transmitted signal. Also provided are systems that include the receivers, as well as methods of using the same. Additionally systems and methods are disclosed for using a receiver for coordinating with dosage delivery systems. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20110046553 | DRIVE DEVICE FOR LINEAR BODY - There is provided a drive device for a linear body, that allows a treatment to be immediately, manually resumed when an emergency arises. A drive device for a linear body includes a securing portion capable of securing a Y connector having a through hole, and an actuator including a driving roller and a driven roller moving the linear body that is inserted in the through hole of the Y connector in the longitudinal direction of the linear body. The drive device allows the linear body and the Y connector to be integrally, manually attached to and detached from the securing portion. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20140330207 | AUTO-INJECTOR - Provided is a cassette unit suitable for use with an auto-injector having an electrically powered drive unit. The cassette unit has a housing defining a cassette unit housing cavity and a needle projection aperture. The cassette unit housing cavity is arranged for receipt of a syringe suitable for use in the injected delivery of drug to a patient. The cassette unit includes a needle cover defining a needle sheath. The removable cap is provided with a connector defining one or more needle cover gripping elements for gripping the needle cover. The connector defines a central hub and the one or more needle gripper elements attach to the central hub and in spaced arrangement relative to each other. The connector locates within the removable cap such that the central hub of the connector is in spaced relationship with a far end wall or surface of the cap interior. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20150080800 | Microinfuser with Automatic Needle Retraction | 03-19-2015 |
| 20160074212 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENSING POSITION BETWEEN LAYERS OF AN EYE - An apparatus for delivering therapeutic agent to an eye comprises a body, a cannula, a hollow needle, an actuation assembly, and a detection/visualization system. The cannula extends distally from the body and is sized and configured to be insertable between a choroid and a sclera of a patient's eye. The actuation assembly is operable to actuate the needle relative to the cannula to thereby drive a distal portion of the needle along an exit axis. The cannula may be inserted through a sclerotomy incision and advanced through the choroid to deliver the therapeutic agent adjacent to the potential space between the neurosensory retina and the retinal pigment epithelium layer. The detection/visualization system is operable to detect or visualize penetration of the choroid of a patient's eye and provide feedback to the operator and/or automatic control of the apparatus based on penetration of the choroid. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160074217 | MOTORIZED SUPRACHOROIDAL INJECTION OF THERAPEUTIC AGENT - An apparatus for delivering therapeutic agent to an eye comprises a body, a cannula, a hollow needle, and an automated actuation assembly. The cannula extends distally from the body and is sized and configured to be insertable between a choroid and a sclera of a patient's eye. The actuation assembly is operable to actuate the needle relative to the cannula to thereby drive a distal portion of the needle along an exit axis that is obliquely oriented relative to the longitudinal axis of the cannula. The cannula may be inserted through a sclerotomy to position a distal end of the cannula at a posterior region of the eye, between the choroid and sclera. The needle may be advanced through the choroid to deliver the therapeutic agent adjacent to the potential space between the neurosensory retina and the retinal pigment epithelium layer, adjacent to the area of geographic atrophy. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160144106 | INFUSION SET INSERTION DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE - An infusion set insertion device and method of use with an insertion device for an infusion set having an infusion set body including: a barrel defining a pull handle cavity; a pull handle slideably disposed in the pull handle cavity, the pull handle having an outer surface and defining an infusion set cavity and a release button cavity, the pull handle having a cocked position and an advanced position relative to the barrel; a release button slideably disposed in the release button cavity, the release button having a loaded position and a released position relative to the pull handle; and a driver operable to move the pull handle from the cocked position to the advanced position; wherein the release button extends a first axial distance beyond the outer surface when in the loaded position and extends a second axial distance into the infusion set cavity when in the released position. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160184512 | DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE WITH NEEDLE ACTUATION MECHANISM - A delivery unit ( | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160193405 | Drive Mechanism for a Needle Insertion Arrangement | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160375196 | Slip-Resistant Autoinjectors - In an embodiment, the present invention provides an autoinjector that has one or more slip-resistant features. In certain embodiments, the exterior surface of the autoinjector housing forms at least one of indentures and protrusions that impart a slip-resistant texture to the housing of the autoinjector. In other embodiments, the one or more slip-resistant features are included on a label, which comprises a label substrate and is attached to the exterior surface of the housing of the autoinjector. The features are designed to improve the handling properties of the autoinjector and reduce the likelihood that the autoinjector will slip out of a user's or caregiver's hand during use. | 12-29-2016 |
| 604157000 | Conduit impelled by spring | 15 |
| 20080228143 | Injection Device - An injection device comprising an outer housing inside which is located a medicament-holding barrel ( | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080249471 | CANNULA INSERTION DEVICE FOR USE WITH AN INSERTION SET - A cannula insertion device for use with an insertion set includes an insertion module and a cannula insertion needle. The insertion module has a housing (with a housing distal end, a housing proximal end, and a housing opening extending from the distal to the proximal end) and a plunger that is disposed within the housing opening. The plunger has a plunger distal and proximal ends. The cannula insertion needle is attached to the plunger distal end. In addition, the plunger distal end is configured to releasably retain a cannula cartridge of the infusion set in operative alignment with the cannula insertion needle and the housing distal end is configured to releasably retain an infuser base of the infusion set in operative alignment with the cannula cartridge. Moreover, the plunger is moveable from a retracted position, wherein the cannula cartridge is remote from the infuser base, to an advanced position wherein the cannula cartridge is engaged with the infuser base and a cannula of a cannula cartridge has been subcutaneously inserted into an infusion site by the cannula insertion needle. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080249472 | INSERTION DEVICE FOR AN INSERTION HEAD, IN PARTICULAR FOR AN INFUSION SET - An insertion device for an infusion set, the insertion device including a two-part housing and a retainer or a retention means by which the infusion set can be temporarily held on the device, and a driver or a drive means including a pretensionable spring for providing the drive energy for an insertion movement of the infusion set, wherein one of the housing parts can be pivoted relative to the other to engage the infusion set and, after engagement of the infusion set, they can be pivoted again, as a result of which the spring is pretensioned and the insertion device is brought to a ready-to-use state. After the insertion movement has been triggered, the infusion set is separated from the device, such that it can execute the greatest part of the insertion movement free of the retainer. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080249473 | INSERTION DEVICE FOR AN INSERTION HEAD, IN PARTICULAR FOR AN INFUSION SET - An insertion device for an infusion set, the device including a retention means by which the infusion set can be temporarily held on the device and drive means including a pretensionable spring for providing drive energy for an insertion movement of the infusion set, wherein the infusion set is secured by the retention means by clamping when the retention means is in an engage position and can then be moved, with simultaneous pretensioning of the spring, to an insertion movement starting position, wherein the infusion set is already separated from the retention means at the start of the insertion movement, and wherein the infusion set moves through at least part of the insertion movement free of the retention means. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20090005737 | Auto-Injector - An auto-injector that includes a hollow tubular shell to retain the internal structure and provide a surface to be held by the user; a trigger for activating the auto-injector; a plunger lock for slideably inserting into the trigger and for retaining a plunger in the operative position prior to use; and, a syringe assembly comprising a hollow tubular barrel for slideably receiving the plunger, such that when the trigger is activated the syringe assembly is activated and the injection is automatically administered. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090216195 | Surgical Needle or Introducer with Precise Penetrator - A penetrating instrument and method for piercing a desired tough or elastic tissue to a controlled and predetermined depth so as to avert any danger of damaging organs or tissues more deeply disposed. The instrument may comprise an introducer needle capable of independently penetrating bodily tissue and having a central hollow channel wherein a piercing needle is axially movable therein. The piercing needle may comprise a distal tip that is preferably fully disposed within the central hollow channel when the piercing needle is in a retracted position, but the piercing needle is capable of being deployed a predetermined distance beyond the distal end of the central hollow channel when disposed in an extended/piercing position. The introducer needle may be advanced through tissue until selected, problematic, or tough tissue is encountered. Subsequently, the piercing needle may be deployed and retracted, as necessary, to facilitate advancement of the instrument through the specific tissue. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20130253431 | EXTERNALLY TRIGGERABLE CANNULA ASSEMBLY - According to one embodiment, a cannula assembly may include a cannula module and an inserter module. In the pre-operational state the cannula is retracted with respect to the skin-contacting surface. In operational state the cannula projects beyond the skin-contacting surface. The inserter module may include an energy store and an activation mechanism. When the energy store is at least partially discharged, the stored potential energy is transformed to kinetic energy that moves the cannula from the pre-operational state to the operational state. The activation mechanism is triggerable from outside the cannula assembly with a trigger device. The activation mechanism prevents the energy store from being discharged before it is triggered by the trigger device, and enables the energy store to be discharge after it is triggered by the trigger device to force the cannula from the pre-operational state into the operational state. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130338593 | AUTOINJECTOR HAVING A CONTACT SURFACE TO PROVIDE RESISTANCE TO MOVEMENT OF A TRIGGER ELEMENT TOWARDS SAID FIRING POSITION - An autoinjector has a body ( | 12-19-2013 |
| 20140088509 | Infusion Device with Automatic Insertion and Introducer Needle Retraction - An infusion device ( | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140107581 | INSERTION DEVICE FOR AN INSERTION SET AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - An insertion device and insertion set. The insertion device for inserting at least a portion of at least one piercing member of an insertion set through the skin of a patient includes a device housing, a carrier body and a driver. The carrier body is slidably received within the device housing for movement between an advanced position and a retracted position. The carrier body also includes a receiving structure to support the insertion set in a position with the at least one piercing member oriented for insertion through the skin of the patient at a predetermined angle relative to the skin of the patient upon movement of the carrier body from the retracted position to the advanced position. The driver is operatively coupled between the device housing and the carrier body to urge the carrier body with a controlled force and speed from the retracted position toward the advanced position to place at least a portion of the at least one piercing member of the insertion set thorough the skin of the patient to install the insertion set to the patient. The receiving structure of the carrier body is removable from the insertion set while maintaining the installation of the insertion set to the patient. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140316337 | Integrated Spring-Activated Ballistic Insertion For Drug Delivery - An infusion set has an integrated ballistic inserter that can insert a needle at a controlled high rate of speed to a depth to deliver content to the upper 3 mm of skin surface, and a skin securing, adhesive layer to secure the skin surface at the insertion site such that the inserter that can insert a needle without a risk of tenting of the skin surface. A driving spring of the ballistic inserter is captured within the ballistic inserter, and can be released by user operation, to insert a needle at such a controlled rate of speed. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20150100024 | MEDICAMENT DELIVERY AND TRAINING CARTRIDGE SYSTEM AND MECHANISMS OF ACTUATION - A medicament delivery system including a container for storing a medicament prior to use is provided. The container includes one or more openings therein, a first housing for containing a medicament, a stopper, a second housing, wherein the first housing is held within the second housing and the first housing is movable relative to the second housing. The system further includes an injection member a spring disposed between a lower portion of the first housing and a lower portion of the second housing, wherein an actuation mechanism interacts with the container to eject the injection member from the second housing, and the stopper moves relative to the first housing in a first direction to deliver the medicament through the injection member, and following injection, the injection member is retracted into the second housing to prevent an unintentional contact with the injection member. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20160008537 | AUTOMATED INSERTION ASSEMBLY | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160051756 | NEEDLE ASSEMBLY FOR DRUG PUMP - An apparatus ( | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160121045 | INFUSION PUMPS AND INSERTERS FOR USE WITH SAME - Ambulatory infusion pumps, pump assemblies, and disposable assemblies, including cartridges, baseplates, cannulas, inserters, and related components therefor, as well as component combinations and related methods. | 05-05-2016 |
