Patents by Inventor Michael Schabbach
Michael Schabbach has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11331429Abstract: An injection device is provided, comprising a cartridge configured to hold a volume of fluid, the cartridge having a proximal end and a distal end through which the fluid is dispensed; a first stopper disposed in the cartridge and configured to move from the proximal end toward the distal end to cause the fluid to be dispensed through the distal end of the cartridge; a second stopper disposed at the distal end of the cartridge, the second stopper including an aperture through which the fluid is dispensed; a reflector disposed at the distal end of the cartridge; and a transmitter and a receiver disposed in the first stopper, the transmitter configured to transmit one or more waves toward the reflector and the receiver configured to receive reflections of the one or more waves from at least the reflector.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2018Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: SanofiInventors: Michael Schabbach, Alexander Allerdings, Christoph Dette, Martin Otten, Christian Pommereau, Dietmar Hammen, Paul Edward Jansen, Ulrich Brueggemann
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Patent number: 11311675Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a medicament delivery device. The medicament delivery device includes a needle for delivering a medicament and an insertion mechanism configured to urge the needle in a first direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of the needle. The insertion mechanism includes a driving mechanism and a cam. The driving mechanism is configured to exert a force in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The cam is coupled to the needle and is configured to receive a force from the driving mechanism and move in the first direction in response to the received force.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2017Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Michael Schabbach, Beate Franke, Andrew Nelson, Giuliano Pradel
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Patent number: 11298457Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a medicament delivery device. The medicament delivery device comprises a housing, a dispensing mechanism and an actuator. The housing has first and second portions. The dispensing mechanism comprises a reservoir disposed in the housing. The dispensing mechanism is operable to dispense medicament from the reservoir when the reservoir contains medicament. The first portion of the housing comprises a distal end and the second portion is moveable towards the distal end from an initial position to a primed position. The dispensing mechanism is rendered inoperable when the second portion is in the initial portion. The actuator is actuatable to operate the dispensing mechanism when the second portion is in the primed position.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2017Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Michael Schabbach, Beate Franke, Andrew Nelson, Giuliano Pradel, Stefan Verlaak, Ilario Melzi
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Publication number: 20220072230Abstract: A medicament delivery device includes a device housing for placing on the skin of a patient, the housing including a needle aperture; a needle for injecting a medicament, the needle arranged to pass through the needle aperture; and sensors configured to provide a signal when the housing is placed on the skin of the patient. The sensors are arranged around the needle aperture.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2021Publication date: March 10, 2022Inventors: Michael Schabbach, Beate Franke, Giuliano Pradel, Andrew Nelson
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Patent number: 11260170Abstract: The present invention relates to a disposable delivery assembly for a drug delivery device to dispense a liquid medicament, the delivery assembly comprising: a disposable injector (60) comprising an injection needle (65), a flexible tube (64) and an injector fluid coupling (68), wherein the injection needle (65) is in fluid communication with the fluid coupling (68) via the flexible tube (64), a disposable cartridge (70) comprising a reservoir (80) at least partially filled with the liquid medicament and comprising a cartridge fluid coupling (90) in fluid communication with the reservoir (80), wherein the injector (60) and the cartridge (70) are mechanically interconnected in an undeployed configuration (4), in which the injector fluid coupling (68) and the cartridge fluid coupling (90) are disconnected, and—wherein the cartridge (70) is displaceable relative to the injector (60) into a deployed configuration (6), in which the injector fluid coupling (68) and the cartridge fluid coupling (90) are in fluid comType: GrantFiled: December 18, 2014Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Michael Schabbach, Olaf Zeckai, Meinolf Werner
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Publication number: 20210402100Abstract: The present disclosure relates to medicament injection devices. An injection device includes: a movable dosage programming component comprising a rotary encoder system having a predefined angular periodicity, a sensor arrangement including a first optical sensor configured to detect movement of the movable dosage programming component relative to the sensor arrangement during dosing of a medicament, wherein the first optical sensor is configured to operate in a strobe-sampling mode at a first frequency, a second optical sensor configured to detect movement of the rotary encoder system relative to the second optical sensor wherein the second optical sensor is configured to operate in a strobe-sampling mode at a second frequency lower than the first frequency, and a processor arrangement configured to, based on the detected movement, determine a medicament dosage administered by the injection device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: Michael Schabbach, Anthony Paul Morris, Ronald Antony Smith, Brian Charles Molyneux, Paul Richard Draper, Craig Ashley Mason, Oliver Charles Gazeley, Daniel Edward Clark, David Aubrey Plumptre, Aidan Michael O'Hare, Richard James Thomas, Felix Kramer, Beat Wyss, Philipp Müller
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Publication number: 20210353877Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a drug delivery device. The drug delivery device includes a housing that has a surface adapted to be placed against a skin of a user during use of drug delivery device, and an attachment mechanism for holding the drug delivery device on the skin of the user. The drug delivery device also has a needle assembly, which includes a needle that protrudes from the surface for delivery of the drug to the user and a shield that surrounds the needle after the drug delivery device has been used. The needle assembly can be detached from the housing for disposal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2018Publication date: November 18, 2021Inventors: Michael Schabbach, Beate Franke, Giuliano Pradel, Andrew Nelson
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Patent number: 11173247Abstract: A medicament delivery device includes a device housing for placing on the skin of a patient, the housing including a needle aperture; a needle for injecting a medicament, the needle arranged to pass through the needle aperture; and sensors configured to provide a signal when the housing is placed on the skin of the patient. The sensors are arranged around the needle aperture.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2017Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: SanofiInventors: Michael Schabbach, Beate Franke, Giuliano Pradel, Andrew Nelson
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Publication number: 20210327561Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus (2, 3), comprising a mating unit (20-1, 20-2) for releasably attaching the apparatus (2) to a medical device (1) or for releasably receiving at least a part of the medical device (1). The apparatus (2, 3) further comprises one or more optical sensors (25, 26) and/or one or more acoustical sensors (27) for determining information related to a condition and/or use of the medical device (1). The invention further relates to a system comprising such an apparatus (2, 3) and such a medical device (1), to a method (500, 600, 700) and a computer program (61) for determining information related to a condition and/or use of such a medical device (1), and to a computer-readable medium (60) storing such a computer program (61).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2021Publication date: October 21, 2021Inventors: Michael Schabbach, Amit Kohli
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Publication number: 20210260303Abstract: A medication delivery device is disclosed. The medication delivery device comprises a housing, a drug container holder arranged at least partly within the housing, wherein the drug container holder is configured to receive a plurality of single dose drug containers each of which is configured to contain a liquid, and an actuator element configured to separately administer a single dose of the liquid from each of the plurality of single dose drug containers. Further, a medication delivery assembly, a method for manufacturing a medication delivery device and a method for administration a single dose of a liquid using a medication delivery device are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2019Publication date: August 26, 2021Inventors: Michael Schabbach, Anna Baccaro
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Publication number: 20210244884Abstract: A device for administering a medicinal liquid by injection is provided. The device comprises a dose assembly comprising collapsible reservoir. The device further includes at least one actuator element onto which the user may apply a force to actuate the device, the force having a component along an axis perpendicular to a longitudinal axis; and a housing comprising a septum. The at least one actuator element is configured and arranged to act on at least a portion of a dose assembly and the at least one actuator element and dose assembly are configured and arranged such that the needle is displaceable along the longitudinal axis and/or in an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis in response to an actuation force so that a portion of the needle moves from an interior to an exterior of the housing and device to allow for dispensation of the medicinal liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2019Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Michael Schabbach, Anna Baccaro
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Publication number: 20210236738Abstract: The present disclosure relates to medicament injection devices. An injection device includes: a movable dosage programming component comprising a rotary encoder system having a predefined angular periodicity, a sensor arrangement including a first optical sensor configured to detect movement of the movable dosage programming component relative to the sensor arrangement during dosing of a medicament, wherein the first optical sensor is configured to operate in a strobe-sampling mode at a first frequency, a second optical sensor configured to detect movement of the rotary encoder system relative to the second optical sensor wherein the second optical sensor is configured to operate in a strobe-sampling mode at a second frequency lower than the first frequency, and a processor arrangement configured to, based on the detected movement, determine a medicament dosage administered by the injection device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2020Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventors: Michael Schabbach, Anthony Paul Morris, Ronald Antony Smith, Brian Charles Molyneux, Paul Richard Draper, Craig Ashley Mason, Oliver Charles Gazeley, Daniel Edward Clark, David Aubrey Plumptre, Aidan Michael O`Hare, Richard James Thomas, Felix Kramer, Beat Wyss, Philipp Müller
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Publication number: 20210236734Abstract: In one aspect the present disclosure relates to a sensor for measuring at least one physical or chemical parameter of a cartridge filled with a liquid substance. In a further aspect the disclosure relates to a drug delivery device equipped with such a sensor, wherein the sensor includes a planar flexible foil having a first section and having a second section separated from the first section, at least one measurement electrode located on the flexible foil, wherein the flexible foil is wrappable into a wrapped configuration in which the foil forms at least a first wrap with an inner diameter that is equal to or larger than an outer diameter of the cartridge, wherein in the wrapped configuration the first section and the second section at least partially overlap, at least one fastener located in one of the first and second section and configured to attach to the other one of the first and second sections for keeping the flexible foil in the wrapped configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventors: Michael Schabbach, Christian Nessel, Daniel Auernhammer, Beate Franke, Francisco Soares
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Patent number: 11062799Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus (2, 3), comprising a mating unit (20-1, 20-2) for releasably attaching the apparatus (2) to a medical device (1) or for releasably receiving at least a part of the medical device (1). The apparatus (2, 3) further comprises one or more optical sensors (25, 26) and/or one or more acoustical sensors (27) for determining information related to a condition and/or use of the medical device (1). The invention further relates to a system comprising such an apparatus (2, 3) and such a medical device (1), to a method (500, 600, 700) and a computer program (61) for determining information related to a condition and/or use of such a medical device (1), and to a computer-readable medium (60) storing such a computer program (61).Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2017Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Michael Schabbach, Amit Kohli
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Publication number: 20210187201Abstract: An injection device includes an elongated housing extending along a longitudinal axis and having a distal end and a proximal end, a dose tracker being at least one of translationally or rotationally displaceable relative to the housing and being displaceable between a zero dose positional state and a maximum dose positional state relative to the housing, the positional states indicating a dose, wherein one of the elongated housing and the dose tracker includes at least one tracking stop feature, and a preselector displaceable relative to the housing between at least two preselection positional states thereby defining the maximum dose positional state of the dose tracker, wherein the preselector includes at least one preselector stop feature configured to mechanically engage with the at least one tracking stop feature to block a displacement of the dose tracker beyond the maximum dose positional state.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2018Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventors: Michael Helmer, Michael Jugl, Michael Schabbach, Matthias Rau, Julian Kersting, Andrea Thurnes
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Patent number: 11020529Abstract: In one aspect the present disclosure relates to a sensor for measuring at least one physical or chemical parameter of a cartridge filled with a liquid substance. In a further aspect the disclosure relates to a drug delivery device equipped with such a sensor, wherein the sensor includes a planar flexible foil having a first section and having a second section separated from the first section, at least one measurement electrode located on the flexible foil, wherein the flexible foil is wrappable into a wrapped configuration in which the foil forms at least a first wrap with an inner diameter that is equal to or larger than an outer diameter of the cartridge, wherein in the wrapped configuration the first section and the second section at least partially overlap, at least one fastener located in one of the first and second section and configured to attach to the other one of the first and second sections for keeping the flexible foil in the wrapped configuration.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2016Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Michael Schabbach, Christian Nessel, Daniel Auernhammer, Beate Franke, Francisco Soares
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Patent number: 11007322Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to a sensor for measuring at least one physical or chemical parameter of a cartridge or syringe filled with a liquid substance. In further aspects the disclosure relates to a cartridge equipped with such a sensor and a drug delivery device equipped with such a cartridge. The sensor comprises a planar flexible foil arrangeable to an outer circumference of a barrel of the cartridge or syringe. The sensor also includes at least a first and a second measuring electrode is arranged on the foil and at least a first and a second contact electrode is arranged on the foil. The sensor further comprises, processor connected to the first and to the second measurement electrodes and a transceiver arranged on the foil. The transceiver is also and connected to the processor. Additionally, the first contact electrode and the second contact electrode are connected to the processor.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2016Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Michael Schabbach, Christian Nessel, Daniel Auernhammer, Francisco Soares, Beate Franke
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Publication number: 20210116287Abstract: In one aspect the present disclosure relates to a sensor for measuring at least one physical or chemical parameter of a cartridge or syringe filled with a liquid substance. In further aspects the disclosure relates to a cartridge equipped with such a sensor as well as to a drug delivery device equipped with such a cartridge, wherein the sensor comprises: a planar flexible foil arrangeable to an outer circumference of a barrel of the cartridge or syringe, at least a first and a second measuring electrode arranged on said foil, and at least a first and a second contact electrode arranged on said foil, wherein the first contact electrode is connected to the first measuring electrode and wherein the second contact electrode is connected to the second measuring electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Michael Schabbach, Christian Nessel, Daniel Auernhammer, Beate Franke, Francisco Soares
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Patent number: 10973980Abstract: A dose indicating mechanism for a drug delivery device is configured for delivery of a medicament contained in a single medicament cartridge, the medicament comprising at least a first drug and a second drug, wherein the dose indicating mechanism comprises a body, a dose dial component configured to move relative to the body during dose setting and a first dose indicator configured to display a set dose of the medicament, the first drug, or the medicament and the first drug depending on displacement of the dose dial component during the dose setting. In order to provide a user with further information, a second dose indicator is provided that is configured to display a set dose of the second drug during the dose setting. The disclosure is also directed to a respective drug delivery device.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2015Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventor: Michael Schabbach
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Patent number: 10953157Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sensor for a capacitive determination of a filling level of a cartridge filled with a liquid substance. The sensor comprises a planar flexible foil arrangeable to an outer circumference of a tubular shaped barrel of the cartridge. The foil has at least a sensing zone, a communication zone and at least a first electrode. The foil further comprises least a second electrode located in the sensing zone, a processor electrically connected with the at least first and second electrodes, and an antenna located in the communication zone. The antenna is electrically connected with the processor.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2016Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Thomas Klemm, Michael Schabbach, Michael Meindl, Robert Lurf, Andreas Oberleitner, Martin Beisteiner