Patents
US 8690836 B2: Auto-injector apparatus
- Granted
- 2014-04-08
- Filed
- 2009-11-24 application 12624604
- Type
- Utility · 17 claims
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Abstract
An auto-injector apparatus includes a flexible container containing a liquid medicant, a needle communicated with a container, a housing with a container being received in the housing, a pump disposed in the housing and positioned to engage the flexible container and expel the medicant from the container through the needle upon relative movement between the pump and the container, and a main drive spring operably associated with the needle to extend the needle from a first needle position wherein the needle is completely received in the housing to a second needle position wherein the needle protrudes from the housing. The pump may be a roller.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg140408.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meridian Medical Technologies, Inc. 17 patents | US company or organization | Columbia, MD | MERIDIAN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. State business registration EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state MERIDIAN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES Federal lobbying client FUZZY medium confidence: same name (legal endings aside) and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colin James Mathews | Godmanchester, GB | 5 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Chris J. Hurlstone | Newport, GB | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Ben G. Turner | Leighton Buzzard, GB | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Oliver T. Harvey | Cambridge, GB | 6 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Dominic C. Reber | Cambridge, GB | 4 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| John G. Wilmot | Mount Airy, MD | 10 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Clarence M. Mesa | Boyds, MD | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Robert L. Hill | Edgewood, MD | 14 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| James R. Stewart | Leesburg, VA | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| A61M | Devices for introducing media into, or onto, the body ; devices for transducing body media or for taking media from the body ; devices for producing or ending sleep or stupor | A61M5/31 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-28 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | KINDEVA DRUG DELIVERY L.P. signed 2025-08-27 SUMMIT BIOSCIENCES INC. signed 2025-08-27 | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. CHICAGO, IL | 72682/698 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2020-12-14 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | MERIDIAN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. signed 2020-11-22 | MYLAN SPECIALTY L.P. CANONSBURG, PA | 54639/760 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2011-02-03 | Release of security interest Release of security interest | CREDIT SUISSE AG signed 2011-01-31 | MERIDIAN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. COLUMBIA, MD | 25741/482 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2010-05-13 | Security interest Security interest Security agreement | MERIDIAN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. signed 2010-05-11 | CREDIT SUISSE AG NEW YORK, NY | 24379/816 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2010-03-19 | Correction Corrective assignment to correct the assignee address previously recorded on reel 023926 frame 0414.assignor(s) hereby confirms the 400 crossing blvd. bridgewater,nj 08807 to:6350 stevens forest rd.,suite 301,columbia,md 21046 | MATHEWS, COLIN J. signed 2009-12-16 HURISTONE, CHRIS J. signed 2009-12-16 TURNER, BEN G. signed 2009-12-16 HARVEY, OLIVER T. signed 2009-12-16 REBER, DOMINIC C. signed 2010-01-05 WILMOT, JOHN G. signed 2009-12-10 MESA, CLARENCE M. signed 2009-12-10 HILL, ROBERT L. signed 2009-12-11 STEWART, JR., JAMES signed 2010-02-01 | MERIDIAN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. COLUMBIA, MD | 24105/935 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2010-02-11 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | MATHEWS, COLIN J. signed 2009-12-16 HURLSTONE, CHRIS J. signed 2009-12-16 TURNER, BEN G. signed 2009-12-16 HARVEY, OLIVER T. signed 2009-12-16 REBER, DOMINIC C. signed 2010-01-05 WILMOT, JOHN G. signed 2009-12-10 MESA, CLARENCE M. signed 2009-12-10 HILL, ROBERT L. signed 2009-12-11 STEWART, JAMES R., JR. signed 2010-02-01 | MERIDIAN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. BRIDGEWATER, NJ | 23926/414 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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