Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080301869 | Washing Device - A washing device ( | 12-11-2008 |
20090101145 | Medicaments Magazine, and a Device and Method for Opening it; Multi-Dose Powder Inhaler - The invention relates to a medicament magazine with a plurality of doses of medicament, wherein the magazine is formed from a single foil strip in which pouches ( | 04-23-2009 |
20090114220 | Medicament dispensing device, medicament magazine therefor and method of removing a medicament from a medicament chamber - The invention relates to a medicament dispensing device, particularly a multi-dose powder inhaler, a medicament magazine thereof, and a method of removing a medicament from the medicament magazine as depicted in exemplary FIG. | 05-07-2009 |
20090145926 | Device for Dispensing a Beverage with a Controlled Air Inlet, and Method Thereof | 06-11-2009 |
20090173345 | Medicine Dispensation Device - The invention concerns a medicine dispensation device, in particular a multi-dose powder inhalator, for the dispensing of individual doses of medicine as depicted in exemplary FIG. | 07-09-2009 |
20090194105 | INHALER - An inhaler ( | 08-06-2009 |
20090235924 | RESERVOIR AND NEBULIZER - A reservoir for a nebulizer, a nebulizer and a method of filling a reservoir are proposed. To avoid undesirable rises in pressure, a fluid chamber of the reservoir is pre-collapsed and filled with an initial amount of fluid which is less than the maximum volume of the fluid chamber. Preferably, before being filled, the fluid chamber is compressed and/or expanded by means of gas to a defined volume which is less than the maximum volume of the fluid chamber. | 09-24-2009 |
20090250057 | Medicaments magazine for an inhaler, and a multi-dose powder inhaler - The invention is a medicament magazine having at least one medicament chamber for use in a powder inhaler, wherein the magazine is formed from two foil strips applied to one another and the at least one medicament chamber is formed between the foil strips. The medicament chambers have an internal structure ( | 10-08-2009 |
20100139654 | INHALER - An inhaler for delivering a powdered inhalation formulation from a blister strip having a plurality of blister pockets. The used part of the blister strip with emptied blister pockets is coiled by a clock spring or pushed into a helical channel. This results in a simple construction, in which the used blister strip is kept separate from the part that has not yet been used. | 06-10-2010 |
20100186851 | DEVICE FOR DISPENSING A LIQUID - The invention concerns a base station ( | 07-29-2010 |
20100193544 | DEVICE FOR DISPENSING A LIQUID - The invention concerns a device ( | 08-05-2010 |
20100252032 | INHALER - An inhaler for delivering a powdered inhalable formulation from a blister strip having a plurality of blister pouches. The inhaler has a receiving chamber for the used blister strip separated from a reservoir for the unused blister strip. | 10-07-2010 |
20100274358 | SPINE STABILIZATION DEVICE, AND METHOD AND KIT FOR ITS IMPLANTATION - A spine stabilization device is provided, the spine stabilization device including an interbody spacer shaped to be inserted between a vertebral body of an upper vertebra and a vertebral body of a lower vertebra, and including a top surface oriented towards the lower endplate of the vertebral body of the upper vertebra and a bottom surface oriented towards the upper endplate of the vertebral body of the lower vertebra; and a fixation device to be inserted after placement of the interbody spacer, the fixation device including a support portion securing the interbody spacer against escaping from between the vertebral bodies of the upper and lower vertebra into a ventral direction, the support portion shaped to rest against a portion of an anterior surface of the interbody spacer, and further including an anchor, the anchor including an anchoring material portion that is configured to be inserted, in a liquid state, into cancellous bone tissue of at least one of the vertebral body of the upper vertebra and of the vertebral body of the lower vertebra, to thereby infiltrate the cancellous bone tissue, and to harden thereafter so as to fix the support portion to the vertebral body. | 10-28-2010 |
20110017668 | WATER PURIFICATION DEVICE - A water purification device includes an expandable water collecting device having a variable volume, wherein at least part of the surface of the water collecting device includes a filter area, the filter area being permeable to water and allowing water to enter the water collecting device when the filter area is submerged in water. The device further includes a mechanically driven expansion means for exerting a force for increasing the volume of the water collecting device and thereby drawing water through the filter area into the water collecting device. In use, the water collecting device is submerged and the expansion means is released, drawing water into the water collecting device through the filter membrane. | 01-27-2011 |
20120022535 | METHOD FOR FUSING A HUMAN OR ANIMAL JOINT AS WELL AS FUSION DEVICE AND TOOL SET FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD - The fusion device for fusing a synovial joint of a human or animal patient, in particular a human facet joint, finger joint or toe joint, includes two pin-shaped anchorage portions ( | 01-26-2012 |
20120123467 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPENSING A MATERIAL WITH THERMOPLATIC PROPERTIES IN A FLOWABLE STATE AT AN OPERATION SITE IN A HUMAN OR ANIMAL PATIENT - For dispensing a material with thermoplastic properties in a flowable state at an operation site in a human or animal patient, a device is used, which includes the material having thermoplastic properties in a solid state and is equipped for bringing the material into a flowable state at a distal device end positioned at the site where dispensing is desired and for driving the flowable material from this distal device end. The device comprises a rotation drive, a consumable element and a dispenser element, wherein one of the two elements is coupled to the rotation drive and wherein the consumable element comprises the material to be dispensed. The two elements are arranged with parallel longitudinal axes and the dispenser element comprises a distal end piece with a proximal face against which a distal face of the consumable element is held and advanced during dispensing. | 05-17-2012 |
20120197296 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FIXATING A SUTURE ANCHOR WITH A SUTURE IN HARD TISSUE - A suture anchor retaining a suture is fixated in hard tissue, in particular in bone tissue, using any per se known method and is then secured using a securing element including a material having thermoplastic properties, which is liquefied in situ and made to penetrate the hard tissue in which the suture anchor is fixated. The securing element is e.g. a thermoplastic plug or thermoplastic sleeve which is anchored above the suture anchor in a mouth area of the same hard tissue opening. Alternatively the securing element is a thermoplastic pin which is introduced into an inner cavity of the suture anchor, wherein the material having thermoplastic properties is liquefied in this cavity and, in a liquid state is pressed through passages connecting the cavity with outer surfaces of the anchor. | 08-02-2012 |
20120247465 | MEDICAMENT DISPENSING DEVICE, MEDICAMENT MAGAZINE THEREFOR AND METHOD OF REMOVING A MEDICAMENT FROM A MEDICAMENT CHAMBER - A medicament dispensing device, a medicament magazine thereof, and a method of removing a medicament from the medicament magazine. The inhaler has a mouthpiece ( | 10-04-2012 |
20130006278 | METHOD OF FASTENING A TISSUE OR A CORRESPONDING PROSTHETIC ELEMENT IN AN OPENING PROVIDED IN A HUMAN OR ANIMAL BONE AND FASTENER SUITABLE FOR THE METHOD - A graft or prosthetic element suitable e.g. for replacing a tendon or ligament is fastened in a bone tunnel or blind opening with the aid of a fastener. In a first step, the graft or prosthetic element is press-fitted in the tunnel or opening by forcing the fastener into the opening or by positioning the fastener in the opening and then expanding it, wherein the fastener is in contact with the graft or prosthetic element and with the bone wall of the tunnel or blind opening. In a second step, the fastener is anchored in the bone wall of the tunnel or blind opening with the aid of a liquefiable material which is liquefied in the vicinity of the bone wall where it is in contact with the fastener and by making the liquefied material penetrate into the bone wall. | 01-03-2013 |
20130247295 | WASHING DEVICE - A washing device for dispensing water in the sanitary field, in particular in a shower or a sink, including an outlet for spraying fluids with a lower throughput rate, as well as a delivery device for increasing the fluid pressure before the spraying. The washing device includes a heating device for heating the water. Atomization is accomplished by way of a fluid jet hitting an obstacle with a high relative speed. Thereby, the obstacle may be a moved or stationary solid body or at least one further fluid jet. Spraying is accomplished by way of the outlet including at least one nozzle set with at least two nozzles, for producing impacting fluid jets and for atomizing the fluid. | 09-26-2013 |
20130322202 | SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR PREPARING AND DELIVERING FOOD PRODUCTS FROM A MIXTURE MADE UP OF A FOOD LIQUID AND A DILUENT - The invention relates to a system for hygienically reconstituting and delivering food preparations, such as drinks, comprising a metering and mixing device connected to a container containing a base liquid, in the form of a package configured to be connected to a base station. The metering and mixing device comprises a pump for metering the liquid, a diluent intake and a mixing chamber. Coupling means are provided for providing the diluent supply and the means for driving the liquid pump. | 12-05-2013 |
20140175014 | WATER PURIFICATION DEVICE - A water purification device includes an expandable water collecting device having a variable volume, wherein at least part of the surface of the water collecting device includes a filter area, the filter area being permeable to water and allowing water to enter the water collecting device when the filter area is submerged in water. The device further includes a mechanically driven expansion means for exerting a force for increasing the volume of the water collecting device and thereby drawing water through the filter area into the water collecting device. In use, the water collecting device is submerged and the expansion means is released, drawing water into the water collecting device through the filter membrane. | 06-26-2014 |
20140190472 | RESERVOIR FOR NEBULIZER WITH A DEFORMABLE FLUID CHAMBER - A reservoir for a nebulizer, and a nebulizer with a reservoir in which, to avoid undesirable rises in pressure, a fluid chamber of the reservoir is pre-collapsed and filled with an initial amount of fluid which is less than the maximum volume of the fluid chamber. Preferably, before being filled, the fluid chamber is compressed and/or expanded by means of gas to a defined volume which is less than the maximum volume of the fluid chamber. | 07-10-2014 |
20140311982 | WATER PURIFICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A WATER PURIFICATION DEVICE - A water purification device includes a water collecting device having a surface defining a variable volume and comprising a filter membrane permeable to water. The device includes an expansion device for exerting a force for increasing the volume of the water collecting device and thereby drawing water through the filter membrane into the water collecting device. The expansion device includes a support structure supporting the filter membrane, wherein the support structure can be elastically deformed and is designed to settle or snap, after being deformed, into one of at least two discrete stable configurations, a first one of these stable configurations being a low volume configuration of the support structure, a second one of these stable configurations being a high volume configuration of the support structure. | 10-23-2014 |