Donna R Taylor

US Patent:

D476414, Jun 24, 2003

Filed:

Aug 27, 2002

Appl. No.:

29/166389

Inventors:

Bradford L. Buck - Gahanna OH
James L. Tiefenthal - Dublin OH
Edgar Manosalva - Columbus OH
Donna Taylor - Columbus OH
William Patton - Dublin OH
Steve Nelson - Grove City OH
Roger Smith - Grove City OH

Assignee:

Abbott Laboratories - Abbott Park IL

International Classification:

2402

US Classification:

D24111

US Patent:

20070123829, May 31, 2007

Filed:

Jan 31, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/669186

Inventors:

William Atterbury - Columbus OH, US
Mark Diller - Clayton OH, US
Peter Gaydos - Hilliard OH, US
Shannon Hoste - Westerville OH, US
Donna Taylor - Columbus OH, US
Bobby Walter - Columbus OH, US
Steven Madland - Gahanna OH, US
Douglas Boyd - Dublin OH, US

International Classification:

A61M 5/00
A61M 5/315

US Classification:

604207000, 604224000

Abstract:

A medication injector apparatus such as an injection pen. The injection pen includes a resettable, cartridge plunger drive assembly including an axially floating nut, a cartridge plunger engaging screw, and a drive clutch movable with the nut and which when rotated causes the screw to screw through the nut. When a cartridge assembly is mounted to the pen base, the floating nut and drive clutch are shifted proximally such that the drive clutch is in torque transmitting engagement with a rotatable drive member of the pen, such that rotation of that drive member results in drive screw advancement through the nut in the distal direction. When the cartridge assembly is not mounted to the pen base, the floating nut and drive clutch are biased distally to disengage the drive clutch from torque transmitting engagement with the rotatable drive member and to thereby allow the drive screw to be reset proximally through the nut to a position more retracted within the pen base. The injection pen also may include an injection clicker assembly having a collar arranged coaxially on a drive sleeve and which oscillates axially on the drive sleeve that rotates during medication dispensing to provide an audible clicking sound that indicates injecting use of the pen. The injection pen also may include a doseable quantity identifier that uses a rotational matrix and a sensor for electrically sensing the arrangement of the dose setting mechanism of the pen, which identifier may be part of a therapeutic dose indicating system that utilizes a cartridge recognizer to recognize a concentration of medication so as to allow an automatic determination of a therapeutic dose. The injection pen further may include an assembly for selectively rotating a drive sleeve of the pen, which assembly has a dial that rotates out during dose setting and which translates in without rotation during dose injecting.

US Patent:

20100106098, Apr 29, 2010

Filed:

Jan 6, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/652837

Inventors:

William Godwin Atterbury - Columbus OH, US
Mark Gerard Diller - Clayton OH, US
Peter Andrew Gaydos - Hilliard OH, US
Shannon Marie-Lynn Hoste - Westerville OH, US
Donna Marie Taylor - Columbus OH, US
Bobby Lee Walters - Columbus OH, US
Steven Michael Madland - Gahanna OH, US
Douglas Edward Boyd - Dublin OH, US

International Classification:

A61M 5/315
G06F 7/04

US Classification:

604207, 340 51

Abstract:

A medication injector apparatus such as an injection pen. The injection pen includes a resettable, cartridge plunger drive assembly including an axially floating nut, a cartridge plunger engaging screw, and a drive clutch movable with the nut and which when rotated causes the screw to screw through the nut. When a cartridge assembly is mounted to the pen base, the floating nut and drive clutch are shifted proximally such that the drive clutch is in torque transmitting engagement with a rotatable drive member of the pen, such that rotation of that drive member results in drive screw advancement through the nut in the distal direction. When the cartridge assembly is not mounted to the pen base, the floating nut and drive clutch are biased distally to disengage the drive clutch from torque transmitting engagement with the rotatable drive member and to thereby allow the drive screw to be reset proximally through the nut to a position more retracted within the pen base. The injection pen also may include an injection clicker assembly having a collar arranged coaxially on a drive sleeve and which oscillates axially on the drive sleeve that rotates during medication dispensing to provide an audible clicking sound that indicates injecting use of the pen. The injection pen also may include a closeable quantity identifier that uses a rotational matrix and a sensor for electrically sensing the arrangement of the dose setting mechanism of the pen, which identifier may be part of a therapeutic dose indicating system that utilizes a cartridge recognizer to recognize a concentration of medication so as to allow an automatic determination of a therapeutic dose. The injection pen further may include an assembly for selectively rotating a drive sleeve of the pen, which assembly has a dial that rotates out during dose setting and which translates in without rotation during dose injecting.

US Patent:

20160082195, Mar 24, 2016

Filed:

Dec 4, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/959838

Inventors:

- Indianapolis IN, US
Mark Gerard Diller - Clayton OH, US
Peter Andrew Gaydos - Hilliard OH, US
Shannon Marie-Lynn Hoste - Hillsboro OR, US
Donna Marie Taylor - Columbus OH, US
Bobby Lee Walters - Columbus OH, US
Steven Michael Madland - Gahanna OH, US
Douglas Edward Boyd - Columbus OH, US

International Classification:

A61M 5/315

Abstract:

A medication injector apparatus such as an injection pen. The injection pen includes a resettable, cartridge plunger drive assembly including an axially floating nut, a cartridge plunger engaging screw, and a drive clutch movable with the nut and which when rotated causes the screw to screw through the nut. When a cartridge assembly is mounted to the pen base, the floating nut and drive clutch are shifted proximally such that the drive clutch is in torque transmitting engagement with a rotatable drive member of the pen, such that rotation of that drive member results in drive screw advancement through the nut in the distal direction. When the cartridge assembly is not mounted to the pen base, the floating nut and drive clutch are biased distally to disengage the drive clutch from torque transmitting engagement with the rotatable drive member and to thereby allow the drive screw to be reset proximally through the nut to a position more retracted within the pen base. The injection pen also may include an injection clicker assembly having a collar arranged coaxially on a drive sleeve and which oscillates axially on the drive sleeve that rotates during medication dispensing to provide an audible clicking sound that indicates injecting use of the pen. The injection pen also may include a doseable quantity identifier that uses a rotational matrix and a sensor for electrically sensing the arrangement of the dose setting mechanism of the pen, which identifier may be part of a therapeutic dose indicating system that utilizes a cartridge recognizer to recognize a concentration of medication so as to allow an automatic determination of a therapeutic dose. The injection pen further may include an assembly for selectively rotating a drive sleeve of the pen, which assembly has a dial that rotates out during dose setting and which translates in without rotation during dose injecting.

US Patent:

20140142544, May 22, 2014

Filed:

Jan 24, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/163498

Inventors:

- Indianapolis IN, US
Mark Gerard Diller - Clayton OH, US
Peter Andrew Gaydos - Hilliard OH, US
Shannon Marie-Lynn Hoste - Hillsboro OR, US
Donna Marie Taylor - Columbus OH, US
Bobby Lee Walters - Columbus OH, US
Steven Michael Madland - Gahanna OH, US
Douglas Edward Boyd - Columbus OH, US

Assignee:

Eli Lilly and Company - Indianapolis IN

International Classification:

A61M 5/315

US Classification:

604506, 604189

Abstract:

A medication injector apparatus such as an injection pen. The injection pen includes a resettable, cartridge plunger drive assembly including an axially floating nut, a cartridge plunger engaging screw, and a drive clutch movable with the nut and which when rotated causes the screw to screw through the nut. When a cartridge assembly is mounted to the pen base, the floating nut and drive clutch are shifted proximally such that the drive clutch is in torque transmitting engagement with a rotatable drive member of the pen, such that rotation of that drive member results in drive screw advancement through the nut in the distal direction. When the cartridge assembly is not mounted to the pen base, the floating nut and drive clutch are biased distally to disengage the drive clutch from torque transmitting engagement with the rotatable drive member and to thereby allow the drive screw to be reset proximally through the nut to a position more retracted within the pen base. The injection pen also may include an injection clicker assembly having a collar arranged coaxially on a drive sleeve and which oscillates axially on the drive sleeve that rotates during medication dispensing to provide an audible clicking sound that indicates injecting use of the pen. The injection pen also may include a doseable quantity identifier that uses a rotational matrix and a sensor for electrically sensing the arrangement of the dose setting mechanism of the pen, which identifier may be part of a therapeutic dose indicating system that utilizes a cartridge recognizer to recognize a concentration of medication so as to allow an automatic determination of a therapeutic dose. The injection pen further may include an assembly for selectively rotating a drive sleeve of the pen, which assembly has a dial that rotates out during dose setting and which translates in without rotation during dose injecting.