Patents by Inventor Tatiana Palombi
Tatiana Palombi 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: 9757524Abstract: Provided is a cassette unit suitable for use with an auto-injector having an electrically powered drive unit. The cassette unit comprises a cassette unit housing defining a housing cavity, a rearward entrance to the cavity and a forward needle projection aperture. The housing cavity may receive a syringe. Axially movable within the barrel of the syringe for forward movement into contact with the syringe plunger, there is a plunger slaving part defining a circumferential wall arranged for frictional sliding relationship with the inner wall of the barrel, a rear drive-receiving face and a front plunger-contacting face. In capping relationship with the rearward entrance of the cassette unit housing there is an end-cap defining a drive rod-receiving opening for receipt of a drive rod for providing forward axial drive to the plunger slaving part. In a pre-use configuration, the plunger slaving part is shaped for releasable engagement with the end-cap.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2013Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: UCB BIOPHARMA SPRLInventors: Martin John McLoughlin, Michael James David Heald, Ilario Melzi, Stefan Verlaak, Tatiana Palombi
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Patent number: 9757521Abstract: Provided is a cassette unit suitable for use with an auto-injector having an electrically powered drive unit. The cassette unit comprises a cassette unit housing defining a cassette unit housing cavity, a rearward entrance to said cavity and a forward needle projection aperture. The housing cavity may receive a syringe comprising a barrel; a needle at a front end of the barrel; and a plunger that is axially movable within the barrel. The cassette unit also comprises in capping relationship with the rearward entrance of the cassette unit housing, a cassette unit end-cap, said cassette unit end-cap defining a drive rod-receiving opening for receipt of a drive rod for providing forward axial drive to said plunger; and a biasing element defining a biasing relationship between the cassette unit end-cap and an end flange of the syringe barrel, thereby urging the syringe forwards in relation to the cassette unit end cap.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2013Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: UCB Biopharma SPRLInventors: Martin John McLoughlin, Michael James David Heald, Ilario Melzi, Stefan Verlaak, Tatiana Palombi
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Patent number: 9757513Abstract: Provided is a cassette unit suitable for use with an auto-injector having an electrically powered drive unit. The cassette unit comprises a cassette unit housing defining a cassette unit housing cavity and a needle projection aperture. The housing cavity may receive a syringe. Axially movable within the barrel of the syringe for forward movement into contact with the syringe plunger, there is a plunger slaving part defining a circumferential wall arranged for frictional sliding relationship with the inner wall of the barrel, a rear drive-receiving face and a front plunger-contacting face. The plunger slaving part is arranged such that when a drive load is applied to its rear drive-receiving face to bring the front plunger-contacting face into contact with the plunger the drive load is evenly transmitted. The circumferential wall is provided with slide restrictors that restrict frictional sliding movement thereof in relation to the inner wall of the barrel.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2013Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: UCB Biopharma SPRLInventors: Martin John McLoughlin, Michael James David Heald, Ilario Melzi, Stefan Verlaak, Tatiana Palombi
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Publication number: 20150258278Abstract: Provided is a cassette unit suitable for use with an auto-injector having an electrically powered drive unit. The cassette unit comprises a cassette unit housing defining a cassette unit housing cavity, a rearward entrance to said cavity and a forward needle projection aperture. The housing cavity may receive a syringe comprising a barrel; a needle at a front end of the barrel; and a plunger that is axially movable within the barrel. The cassette unit also comprises in capping relationship with the rearward entrance of the cassette unit housing, a cassette unit end-cap, said cassette unit end-cap defining a drive rod-receiving opening for receipt of a drive rod for providing forward axial drive to said plunger; and a biasing element defining a biasing relationship between the cassette unit end-cap and an end flange of the syringe barrel, thereby urging the syringe forwards in relation to the cassette unit end cap.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2013Publication date: September 17, 2015Inventors: Martin John McLoughlin, Michael James David Heald, Ilario Melzi, Stefan Verlaak, Tatiana Palombi
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Publication number: 20150202374Abstract: Provided is a cassette unit suitable for use with an auto-injector having an electrically powered drive unit. The cassette unit comprises a cassette unit housing defining a housing cavity, a rearward entrance to the cavity and a forward needle projection aperture. The housing cavity may receive a syringe. Axially movable within the barrel of the syringe for forward movement into contact with the syringe plunger, there is a plunger slaving part defining a circumferential wall arranged for frictional sliding relationship with the inner wall of the barrel, a rear drive-receiving face and a front plunger-contacting face. In capping relationship with the rearward entrance of the cassette unit housing there is an end-cap defining a drive rod-receiving opening for receipt of a drive rod for providing forward axial drive to the plunger slaving part. In a pre-use configuration, the plunger slaving part is shaped for releasable engagement with the end-cap.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2013Publication date: July 23, 2015Inventors: Martin John McLoughlin, Michael James David Heald, Ilario Melzi, Stefan Verlaak, Tatiana Palombi
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Publication number: 20150182691Abstract: Provided is a cassette unit suitable for use with an auto-injector having an electrically powered drive unit. The cassette unit comprises a cassette unit housing defining a cassette unit housing cavity and a needle projection aperture. The housing cavity may receive a syringe. Axially movable within the barrel of the syringe for forward movement into contact with the syringe plunger, there is a plunger slaving part defining a circumferential wall arranged for frictional sliding relationship with the inner wall of the barrel, a rear drive-receiving face and a front plunger-contacting face. The plunger slaving part is arranged such that when a drive load is applied to its rear drive-receiving face to bring the front plunger-contacting face into contact with the plunger the drive load is evenly transmitted. The circumferential wall is provided with slide restrictors that restrict frictional sliding movement thereof in relation to the inner wall of the barrel.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2013Publication date: July 2, 2015Applicant: UCB Biopharma SPRLInventors: Martin John McLoughlin, Michael James David Heald, Ilario Melzi, Stefan Verlaak, Tatiana Palombi
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Patent number: D726901Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2012Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: UCB Pharma S.A.Inventors: Martin John McLoughlin, Michael James David Heald, Darrell P. Morgan, Kevin Richard Lozeau, Agnete Enga, Daniel Formosa, Michael Schumann, Vincent Faivre d'Arcier, Ilario Melzi, Stefan Verlaak, Tatiana Palombi
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Patent number: D726902Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2012Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: UCB Pharma S.A.Inventors: Martin John McLoughlin, Michael James David Heald, Darrell P. Morgan, Kevin Richard Lozeau, Agnete Enga, Daniel Formosa, Michael Schumann, Vincent Faivre d'Arcier, Ilario Melzi, Stefan Verlaak, Tatiana Palombi
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Patent number: D755956Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2015Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: UCB Pharma S.A.Inventors: Martin John McLoughlin, Michael James David Heald, Darrell P. Morgan, Kevin Richard Lozeau, Agnete Enga, Daniel Formosa, Michael Schumann, Vincent Faivre d'Arcier, Ilario Melzi, Stefan Verlaak, Tatiana Palombi