Patents Assigned to APTAR FRANCES SAS
  • Publication number: 20220258193
    Abstract: Fluid product dispenser having a reservoir, a pump having an actuating stem, a cup mounted on the actuating stem for accommodating the product output by the pump, and a removable member engaged with the cup and having an applicator held in the cup to take up the product, the applicator being deformable and constrained in the cup by a rotational locking mechanism having a plurality of fixed flanges solidly attached to the reservoir and a plurality of fins integral with the removable member. The cup and the removable member are provided with a rotational connection mechanism, such that the removable member drives the cup in rotation on the actuating stem, as soon as the removable member is engaged with the cup.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventor: Fabrice PERIGNON
  • Publication number: 20220257884
    Abstract: A nasal powder delivery device having a container containing a dose of powder, a nasal delivery head, and an air discharge system generating a flow of compressed air for delivering a dose of powder into the nostril. An air chamber is arranged in a skirt, and a piston sealingly slides in the air chamber to compress the air. The piston is connected to an actuating member, in which, before actuation, at least one breakable bridge is provided between the skirt and the actuating member, wherein each breakable bridge is formed on the skirt and cooperates with a radial projection formed on the actuating member. Each radial projection has an axial extension greater than that of the respective breakable bridge and forms an inclined axial ramp on either side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Franck POULLAIN, Anne-CéCile CAMPOT, Gwénollé CABILLIC, Jaime ARNETT
  • Publication number: 20220257885
    Abstract: A device for nasal delivery of fluid product, having a reservoir containing a fluid, a delivery member, and a delivery head on the delivery member, and the delivery head provided with a delivery opening. The nasal device has a camera for determining the spatial positioning of the nasal device inside a nostril, the camera determining the vertical tilt angle and the lateral tilt angle between the longitudinal axis of the nasal device and an axis of the face identified by a plurality of reference points, the orientation of the axis with respect to the nostril identical to whatever the position of the user, a positioning indicator for guiding the user towards an optimal orientation of the nasal device inside the nostril, and an electronic module and automatic actuation mechanism for automatically actuating the nasal device when the camera determines that the nasal device is disposed in an optimal position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Fabien ADAM, Vincent FARROCO
  • Patent number: 11413637
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser device having a body, a reservoir including a neck, a dispenser member mounted on the reservoir, a lateral actuator system secured to the body and including a lever pivotally mounted, and a transverse projection formed directly on the reservoir and formed on or below the neck and co-operating, during actuation, with the lateral actuator system. The reservoir includes two parallel transverse projections that extend in symmetrical manner respectively on either side of the reservoir, a radial recess being defined between the two parallel transverse projections, the radial recess co-operating with the body so as to guide the reservoir axially during actuation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventor: Ludovic Petit
  • Publication number: 20220235760
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pump comprising a piston (1) which slides in a body (3) having a chamber (5) defined between an inlet valve (11) and an outlet valve (12), comprising an outlet valve element sliding during actuation in a sealed manner in the chamber (5), which comprises passage means (40) such that, at the end of the actuation, said outlet valve element (39) cooperates in a non-sealing manner with said passage means (40) in order to open said outlet valve (12), said inlet valve (11) comprising an inlet valve element (10) which slides after closure of the inlet valve (11) in a sleeve (9) of the body (3) having a reduced diameter and containing a spring (20) bearing on said inlet valve element (10) and on a bottom of said sleeve (9), said spring (20) returning the piston (1) into its rest position, said sleeve (9) having an inner diameter of less than 4.2 mm, said spring (20) having a force of at least 20 N, so that said pump delivers said fluid product at a pressure (P) of at least 15 bars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventor: Ludovic PETIT
  • Publication number: 20220220955
    Abstract: A method for assembling a fluid product dispensing pump, including providing a piston (1) secured to an actuation rod (2); a pump body (3) having a pump chamber (5); a sleeve (50), an outlet valve element (39) an inlet valve element (10) which slides in a sleeve (9) of the pump body having a reduced diameter; and a spring (20). The method includes fixing the outlet valve element in the piston; inserting the piston and the outlet valve element into the sleeve; inserting from the top the spring and the inlet valve element into said sleeve; and inserting from the top the sleeve into the pump body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Matthieu BAILLET, Ludovic PETIT
  • Publication number: 20220219181
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for dispensing a fluid product, comprising a body (101) containing a tank (100), a pump mounted on the tank (100), and a dispensing tip (110), the pump dispensing the fluid product at a pressure (P) of at least 15 bars, advantageously of at least 20 bars, the dispensing tip (110) comprising a micro-hole nozzle (200) comprising a plurality of dispensing openings or holes, said holes in the nozzle (200) having a diameter smaller than 5 ?m, in particular smaller than 2 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Charles CAZZOLA, Sebastien MICHAUX
  • Publication number: 20220212213
    Abstract: A device for dispensing a fluid product, having a body with a dispensing orifice, two removable reservoirs each containing a single dose of fluid product, a dispensing mechanism, and an actuating mechanism. The reservoirs are closed before the dispensing device is actuated. The body has a mechanism for opening each reservoir and adapted to open the reservoirs during actuation of the device. The reservoirs each form a sealed unit which is separate from said body, each reservoir filled with a respective fluid product and hermetically sealed before installed in the body. The body has a receiving mechanism for lateral installation of the reservoirs in the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Fabien ADAM, Matthieu BAILLET
  • Patent number: 11376615
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser assembly having a fluid reservoir (4), a dispenser member (5), and a dispenser orifice (62). The fluid reservoir (4) includes a piston (42) movable in leaktight sliding contact in a slide cylinder (41) over a maximum stroke defined between a start position that corresponds to a substantially full state of the reservoir, and an end position that corresponds to a substantially empty state of the reservoir. The dispenser assembly further includes an RFID tag (40) that is secured to the piston (42).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Arnaud Dartevelle, Regis Jacquemart
  • Publication number: 20220193332
    Abstract: A fluid injection device having a body for coming into contact with an injection site (SI); at least two fluid reservoirs (210); and an injection needle (120) for penetrating into the injection site (SI) so as to inject therein the contents of one or more reservoir(s) (210); the device further has a single rotary actuator (130) that, when it turns in a first direction of rotation, activates the selection of the reservoir(s) (210) to be dispensed, and that, when it turns in the opposite direction, actuates a dispenser system, in particular a peristaltic pump (150).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventor: David FABIEN
  • Publication number: 20220184324
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fluid product injection device comprising: —a syringe comprising a vessel (1) containing fluid product to be injected, a piston (3) being arranged so as to be axially movable in the vessel (1) and a needle (2) provided with an injection tip (20) being attached to the vessel (1), —a piston rod (5) axially movable relative to the vessel (1) and cooperating with the piston (3) during injection in order to move it axially in the vessel (1), —a sleeve (10) arranged around the syringe, being axially movable relative to the vessel (1) between an idle position, in which the sleeve (10) does not cover the injection tip (20) of the needle (2), and a projecting position, in which the sleeve (10) covers the injection tip (20) of the needle (2), the sleeve (10) being in its idle position before actuation of the injection device, the sleeve (10) being moved towards its projecting position after the injection of the fluid product, the sleeve (10) being moved by the piston rod (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventor: Ludovic PETIT
  • Publication number: 20220160975
    Abstract: A device having a body (10), a reservoir (100) mounted to slide axially relative to the body, a metering valve (200) on the reservoir (100), a blocking element (500), a trigger element (600), an inhalation-controlled trigger system (60) cooperating with the trigger element, an actuating member (800) cooperating with the blocking element, a cover (11) fixed on the body, a push member (810) fastened tot actuating member (800) and mounted to slide axially in the cover, and a spring (850) between the cover and the push member. Before inhalation, the push member is out of contact with the reservoir, such that the force exerted on the push member by the spring is not transmitted to the reservoir, and during inhalation, the push member moves axially with the actuating member so as to come into contact with the reservoir and move it axially in the body to actuate said valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: David FABIEN, Matthieu CAVATORTA, Jeremy TOURNOIS, Matthieu WALTER
  • Patent number: 11318489
    Abstract: A dispenser having a fluid reservoir (1); a dispenser member (2) having a body (21) and an actuator rod (22) movable over a maximum rod stroke; a dispenser orifice (46); a rotary actuator member (4); a transmission member (5) that is engaged both with the dispenser member (2) and also with the rotary actuator member (4); and a cam mechanism (43, 55) for transforming turning of the rotary actuator member (4) into an axial movement of the actuator rod (22) or of the body (21). The cam mechanism (43, 55) defines a maximum cam stroke that is greater than the maximum rod stroke; and a resilient mechanism (56) acts axially to compensate for the extra amount of the maximum cam stroke and thus allow it to be followed so as to guarantee that the rod performs its maximum stroke in full.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventor: Gerard Bricaud
  • Publication number: 20220126037
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device comprising a body (10), a reservoir (100) mounted in an axially slidable manner relative to said body (10), a metering valve (200) assembled on said reservoir (100), said device comprising: —a blocking element (500), —a triggering element (600), —a triggering system controlled by inhalation (60) cooperating with said triggering element (600), and —an actuating member (800) cooperating with said blocking element (500), said device comprising an automatic valve release system which automatically returns said valve (210) of said valve (200) to its rest position after actuation of the valve regardless of the position of said actuating member (800).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: David FABIEN, Matthieu CAVATORTA, Jeremy TOURNOIS, Matthieu WALTER
  • Patent number: 11305062
    Abstract: An autoinjector comprising a body (1) that is adapted to receive a reservoir (S), said reservoir (S) containing fluid and including a piston (P) and a needle (A), such as a pre-filled syringe, said autoinjector further comprising an actuator sleeve (10) that is movable relative to said body (1) between projecting positions in which said actuator sleeve (10) projects out from said body (1) at least in part, and an actuated position in which said actuator sleeve (10) is moved axially into said body (1), said actuator sleeve (10) being in a first projecting position before actuation of the autoinjector, and in a second projecting position after actuation of the autoinjector; said actuator sleeve (10) being urged towards said projecting positions by a spring (9), said autoinjector including a removable cap (20) that is fastened to said body (1) before the autoinjector is used, said removable cap (20), when it is fastened to said body (1), moving said actuator sleeve (10) axially relative to said first projecting
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: David Fabien, Olivier His, Anthony Saussaye
  • Patent number: 11292020
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser having: a fluid reservoir (1); an applicator (2); and a dispenser module (3) that is arranged between the reservoir (1) and the applicator (2); the fluid dispenser being characterized in that the dispenser module (3) includes an air pump (4) for sending air into the reservoir (1), and a fluid duct (54) connecting the reservoir (1) to the applicator (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Frédéric Duquet, Francis Moreau
  • Publication number: 20220096761
    Abstract: A device having a body (10), a reservoir (100) axially slidable relative to the body (10), a metering valve (200), a blocking element (500), a triggering element (600), a triggering system controlled by inhalation (60), an actuating member (800) cooperating with the blocking element (500), a cover (11) with a central axial sleeve (110) with a lower axial edge (111), a push member (810) mounted in the cover around the central axial sleeve (110), and a spring (850) disposed around the central axial sleeve (110) between a bottom of the cover and the push member. The lower axial edge (111) of the central axial sleeve is deformed after assembly of the push member and the spring in order to produce a retention collar of the push member and form a pre-assembled subassembly that is fixed to the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: David FABIEN, Matthieu CAVATORTA, Jeremy TOURNOIS, Matthieu WALTER
  • Patent number: 11278925
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser head for mounting on a dispenser member, such as a pump, and including a bearing surface for actuating the dispenser member, and a spray wall that is perforated with a network of holes through which the fluid under pressure passes so as to be sprayed in small droplets, the dispenser head being characterized in that it further includes a suction chamber of volume that is variable, such that the volume of the suction chamber decreases when pressure is exerted on the bearing surface and increases when the pressure on the bearing surface is relaxed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Stephane Beranger, Frederic Duquet, Julien Sagliet
  • Patent number: D947359
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Fabien Adam, Cyril Meziere
  • Patent number: D948028
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: APTAR FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Fabien Adam, Cyril Meziere