Patents by Inventor Thomas Frederick Osman

Thomas Frederick Osman 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).

  • Patent number: 10265479
    Abstract: The invention relates to a reusable drug delivery device for selecting and dispensing a number of user variable doses of a medicament. The device comprises a housing, a cartridge holder for retaining a cartridge containing the medicament, a piston rod displaceable relative to the cartridge holder, a driver coupled to the piston rod, a display member for indicating a set dose and being coupled to the housing and to the driver, and a button coupled to the display member and to the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: David Aubrey Plumptre, Thomas Frederick Osman
  • Patent number: 10039883
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a housing for a drug delivery device. The housing comprises an outer shell with an aperture, an insert received within the aperture and a clamp attached to the outer shell. The insert has at least one recess which is engaged by a lug of the clamp to retain the insert within the aperture of the outer shell. The invention is further directed to a pen-type injector having such a housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventor: Thomas Frederick Osman
  • Patent number: 9849245
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a pen-type injector equipped with a cartridge holder for a drug delivery device. The cartridge holder has a longitudinal axis and comprises a body for receiving a cartridge, wherein the body comprises at a proximal end engagement means for releasably coupling the cartridge holder to the drug delivery device, a latch member for releasably engaging a cap of the drug delivery device and an alignment element which is visual from the outer side of the body. The alignment element may be an aperture provided in the body and/or a lug which forms the latch member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Frederick Osman, David Sanders
  • Patent number: 9731085
    Abstract: A cartridge assembly (200) having a shared fastening features for use with a drug delivery device (202). The cartridge assembly includes a cartridge holder (204), a drug cartridge (206), and a connector (208). The connector may be attached to the drug cartridge. The cartridge assembly further includes a fastening means (210, 212) for fastening to a drug delivery device, and this fastening means is shared between the cartridge holder and the cartridge or between the cartridge holder and the connector. The drug delivery device may be a reusable drug delivery device or a disposable drug delivery device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Frederick Osman, Richard James Vincent Avery, Joseph Butler, Aled Meredydd James
  • Publication number: 20160235923
    Abstract: The invention relates to a reusable drug delivery device for selecting and dispensing a number of user variable doses of a medicament. The device comprises a housing, a cartridge holder for retaining a cartridge containing the medicament, a piston rod displaceable relative to the cartridge holder, a driver coupled to the piston rod, a display member for indicating a set dose and being coupled to the housing and to the driver, and a button coupled to the display member and to the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: David Aubrey Plumptre, Thomas Frederick Osman
  • Patent number: 9345841
    Abstract: The invention relates to a reusable drug delivery device for selecting and dispensing a number of user variable doses of a medicament. The device comprises a housing, a cartridge holder for retaining a cartridge containing the medicament, a piston rod displaceable relative to the cartridge holder, a driver coupled to the piston rod, a display member for indicating a set dose and being coupled to the housing and to the driver, and a button coupled to the display member and to the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: David Aubrey Plumptre, Thomas Frederick Osman
  • Publication number: 20150224266
    Abstract: The invention relates to a reusable drug delivery device for selecting and dispensing a number of user variable doses of a medicament. The device comprises a housing, a cartridge holder for retaining a cartridge containing the medicament, a piston rod displaceable relative to the cartridge holder, a driver coupled to the piston rod, a display member for indicating a set dose and being coupled to the housing and to the driver, and a button coupled to the display member and to the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: David Aubrey Plumptre, Thomas Frederick Osman
  • Publication number: 20150065960
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a housing for a drug delivery device. The housing comprises an outer shell with an aperture, an insert received within the aperture and a clamp attached to the outer shell. The insert has at least one recess which is engaged by a lug of the clamp to retain the insert within the aperture of the outer shell. The invention is further directed to a pen-type injector having such a housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventor: Thomas Frederick Osman
  • Publication number: 20150057619
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a pen-type injector equipped with a cartridge holder for a drug delivery device. The cartridge holder has a longitudinal axis and comprises a body for receiving a cartridge, wherein the body comprises at a proximal end engagement means for releasably coupling the cartridge holder to the drug delivery device, a latch member for releasably engaging a cap of the drug delivery device and an alignment element which is visual from the outer side of the body. The alignment element may be an aperture provided in the body and/or a lug which forms the latch member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Frederick Osman, David Sanders
  • Publication number: 20130267905
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are various examples of a drug delivery system having a non-detachable reservoir holder. The drug delivery system includes a dose setting mechanism and a reservoir holder attached to the dose setting mechanism, wherein the reservoir holder is configured to partially detach from the dose setting mechanism to allow for (i) insertion of a reservoir into the reservoir holder without being fully detached from the dose setting mechanism and (ii) removal of the reservoir from the reservoir holder without being fully detached from the dose setting mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: Axel Teucher, Michael Jugl, Thomas Frederick Osman, David Sanders, Richard James Vincent Avery, Joseph Butler
  • Publication number: 20130211327
    Abstract: A cartridge assembly (200) having a shared fastening features for use with a drug delivery device (202). The cartridge assembly includes a cartridge holder (204), a drug cartridge (206), and a connector (208). The connector may be attached to the drug cartridge. The cartridge assembly further includes a fastening means (210, 212) for fastening to a drug delivery device, and this fastening means is shared between the cartridge holder and the cartridge or between the cartridge holder and the connector. The drug delivery device may be a reusable drug delivery device or a disposable drug delivery device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Frederick Osman, Richard James Vincent Avery, Joseph Butler, Aled Meredydd James