IP Library Granted Patent US 7,887,517
Granted Patent B2
US 7,887,517 · App. 11/833,668 · Granted Feb 15, 2011

Drug casting

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Patent No.
US 7,887,517
App. No.
11/833,668
Granted
Feb 15, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

An injection device assembly includes a dispensing chamber housing and a plunger. The dispensing chamber housing is coupled to a needle. The dispensing chamber housing has an inner surface and an outer surface. The inner surface partially defines a dispensing chamber for holding a quantity of a substance. A dosage of a substance is cast into the dispensing chamber housing or cast onto a plunger that is inserted into the dispensing chamber housing.

Claims (7)

1. A dosing assembly comprising:

a plunger having a top and bottom surface;

a removable, hinged sleeve having an interior and exterior surface, the sleeve fitting over the top surface of the plunger, the interior surface forming a mold into which a substance is cast onto the top surface of the plunger; and

the cast substance located on the top surface of the plunger.

2. The dosing assembly of claim 1 wherein the top surface of the plunger is in the form of a shape suitable for receiving the cast substance.

3. The dosing assembly of claim 1 wherein the top surface of the plunger has a texture.

4. The dosing assembly of claim 1 wherein the interior surface of the sleeve is coated.

Assignments (5)
CONFIRMATORY DEED OF ASSIGNMENT EFFECTIVE APRIL 8, 2019 Recorded Jul 23, 2020
From: ALCON RESEARCH, LLC
To: ALCON INC.
Reel/Frame 053293/0484 →
MERGER Recorded Jul 21, 2020
From: ALCON RESEARCH, LTD.
To: ALCON RESEARCH, LLC
Reel/Frame 053273/0022 →
CONFIRMATORY DEED OF ASSIGNMENT EFFECTIVE APRIL 8, 2019 Recorded Dec 10, 2019
From: NOVARTIS AG
To: ALCON INC.
Reel/Frame 051454/0788 →
MERGER Recorded Jul 21, 2008
From: ALCON MANUFACTURING, LTD.
To: ALCON RESEARCH, LTD.
Reel/Frame 021266/0729 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 3, 2007
From: DACQUAY, BRUNO; LIND, CASEY; PINEDJIAN, RAFFI; SANCHEZ, ROBERT; DOS SANTOS, CESARIO
To: ALCON MANUFACTURING, LTD.
Reel/Frame 019645/0700 →