Patents Assigned to Aventis
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Patent number: 11654243Abstract: A dose setting mechanism for a drug delivery device is disclosed. The mechanism comprises an outer housing and an inner housing having an external groove. The inner housing guides a driver to dispense a set dose. A dial sleeve is disposed between the outer and inner housing and is rotatably engaged with the inner housing. When a dose is set, the dial sleeve is rotated and translates away from both the outer housing and the inner housing.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2019Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventor: David Plumptre
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Publication number: 20230149326Abstract: A pharmaceutical or food composition including alverine, 4-hydroxy alverine, a derivative thereof, or a salt thereof and their uses are disclosed. The composition is useful for preventing, alleviating, or treating muscular weakness-related diseases. When myoblasts are treated with the alverine, 4-hydroxy alverine, derivative thereof, or salt thereof, differentiation into myotubes is promoted. Therefore, the alverine, 4-hydroxy alverine, derivative thereof, or salt thereof can be effectively used in the promotion of differentiation of myoblasts and the prevention, alleviation, or treatment of muscular weakness-related diseases.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2021Publication date: May 18, 2023Applicant: AVENTI INC.Inventors: Ki-Sun KWON, Younglang LEE, Jong Hyun YOON, Seung-Min LEE, Chang Hoon JEON, Tai Hwan HA, Do Yeun JEONG
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Patent number: 11642463Abstract: The disclosure relates to a drug delivery device, comprising: an outer needle sleeve; a cartridge containing a dosage of a medicament and sealed with a sealing element that is arranged across an open distal end of the cartridge; a cartridge carrier adapted to hold the cartridge; a needle hub adapted to hold a double ended hollow needle; an inner needle sleeve arranged between the needle hub and the cartridge carrier; a removable cap coupled to the inner needle sleeve and adapted to cover and seal the needle; and a first locking mechanism adapted to lock the inner needle sleeve against axial movement in the proximal direction with respect to the cartridge carrier in an initial state, wherein in the initial state, the needle is spaced from the cartridge in the distal direction, and wherein the first locking mechanism is releasable by a rotational movement of the cap with respect to the outer needle sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2019Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventor: Michael Helmer
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Patent number: 11642469Abstract: A medication delivery device and/or dosing mechanisms suitable for use in medication delivery devices, in particular in pen-type injectors, preferably having a dose setting system and a drive device enabling the administration of a medicinal product from a single- or multi-dose medication cartridge.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2019Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Michael Harms, Steffen Raab, Dominic George Webber, James Robert Howarth, Trevor John Beckett, Geoffrey Philip Gray, John David Cross
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Patent number: 11638786Abstract: Described is a medicament delivery device (1), comprising a body (2), a container carrier (7) for retaining a medicament container within the body (2) and being slidably disposed in the body (2), a sleeve (6) slidably coupled to body (2), and a piston rod (11) coupled to the body (2) and the container carrier (7). The piston rod (11) and the container carrier (7) provide a feedback as the container carrier (7) moves from a first position (P1) to a second position (P2) relative to the body (2).Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2020Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Winfried Huthmacher, Peter Nober
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Patent number: 11623046Abstract: Apparatus for recording information concerning the use of an injection device, the apparatus comprising: one or more sensors for providing information indicative of how the injection device is used; a processor configured to analyse said information detected by the one or more sensors to determine use information, said use information corresponding to how the injection device is used; and a memory for storing said use information in an image format such that said use information can be retrieved from the memory and displayed in an image.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventor: George Cave
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Patent number: 11617834Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a drug delivery device, comprising a shell adapted to contain one of a plurality of medicament containers prefilled with different deliverable volumes of a medicament. The shell is transparent at least in an area adapted to contain the medicament container, and a label adapted to be arranged on the shell. The label comprises a foil having a first surface and a second surface, which is adapted to be connected to the shell. At least one cutout or transparent area is arranged in the foil adapted to be placed on the shell such that a medicament container arrangeable or arranged within the shell is visible through the cutout or transparent area. The cutout or transparent area exhibits a size adapted to allow inspection of the deliverable volume of medicament within the medicament container when the label is applied to the shell.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2017Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventor: Uwe Dasbach
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Patent number: 11612691Abstract: According to the invention, an auto-injector for administering a dose of a liquid medicament (M) comprises of a substantially cylindrical housing arranged to contain a pre-filled syringe filled with the medicament (M), a needle shroud slibably arranged with respect to the housing and adapted to rest on the skin of a patient receiving an injection, a releasable drive means arranged within the housing that is capable of, upon release, translating the needle shroud in a proximal direction (P) towards a safe position (PS) and a rotating collar rotatably arranged within the housing. The needle shroud in the safe position (PS) surrounds the injection needle after the injection has been carried out. The rotating collar engages the needle shroud in a manner that forces the rotating collar to rotate within the housing when the needle shroud is translated in the proximal direction (P).Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2022Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Yannick Hourmand, Timothy Donald Barrow-Williams, Matthew Ekman
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Patent number: 11612696Abstract: The present disclosure concerns a bearing for a piston rod body for a drug delivery device. The bearing has an axis and comprises a first and a second surface which are spaced apart in the direction of the axis and a third surface, wherein the third surface connects the first and the second surface, wherein an opening is provided in each of the first and the third surface, and wherein the opening in the first surface is connected to the opening in the third surface. Further, the present disclosure concerns a piston rod body and a piston rod arrangement comprising said bearing and the piston rod body.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Stephen David Butler, Mark Philip Horlock
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Patent number: 11612684Abstract: An encapsulation device for use with a drug delivery device comprises a housing containing a syringe, wherein the encapsulation device comprises at least: a body and a cap, wherein the body has an inner surface forming a cavity configured to retain an end of an outer surface of the housing of the drug delivery device, and the cap has an inner surface forming a cavity configured to retain the opposite end of the drug delivery device, and, in an assembled state of the encapsulation device, the cap and the body are releasably interconnected with each other to encapsulate the drug delivery device.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2018Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventor: Michael Helmer
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Patent number: 11612695Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a drug delivery device, having a longitudinal axis and comprising a plunger movable along the longitudinal axis and a guide curve adapted to engage at least one part of the plunger so as to guide the plunger when the plunger is being released to move along the longitudinal axis.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2018Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Uwe Dasbach, Marc Schader, Michael Kneip, Matthias Rau, Peter Nober
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Patent number: 11607495Abstract: According to the invention, an auto-injector for administering a dose of a liquid medicament (M) comprises of a substantially cylindrical housing arranged to contain a pre-filled syringe filled with the medicament (M), a needle shroud slibably arranged with respect to the housing and adapted to rest on the skin of a patient receiving an injection, a releasable drive means arranged within the housing that is capable of, upon release, translating the needle shroud in a proximal direction (P) towards a safe position (PS) and a rotating collar rotatably arranged within the housing. The needle shroud in the safe position (PS) surrounds the injection needle after the injection has been carried out. The rotating collar engages the needle shroud in a manner that forces the rotating collar to rotate within the housing when the needle shroud is translated in the proximal direction (P).Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2022Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Yannick Hourmand, Timothy Donald Barrow-Williams, Matthew Ekman
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Patent number: 11609105Abstract: A sensor device is removably attachable to a drug delivery device. The sensor device comprises an array of optical sensors arranged within the sensor device such that, when the sensor device is attached to the drug delivery device, which has a first movable element configured to move along a path parallel to the longitudinal axis of the drug delivery device, each optical sensor is operable to detect light received at different locations along the path and to output a signal indicative of an amount of detected light. Circuitry is configured to receive the signals output from the optical sensors and, based on the received signals, determine information associated with a location along the path of the first movable element.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2021Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Matthew Jones, Samuel Steel, Barry Yates, Anthony Paul Morris
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Patent number: 11607490Abstract: The present disclosure relates in one aspect to a measuring arrangement for measuring a volume occupied by a liquid medium inside a liquid reservoir, the measuring arrangement including a container having an interior volume containing a gas reservoir filled with a gaseous medium and containing a liquid reservoir filled with a liquid medium, wherein the gas reservoir and the liquid reservoir are hermetically separated by an impenetrable separation wall, a volume modulator to induce a volume change of the gas reservoir, a pressure sensor arranged inside the gas reservoir to measure a pressure change of the gaseous medium in response to the volume change of the gas reservoir, and a controller connectable to the pressure sensor, wherein the controller is configured to calculate the volume of the liquid reservoir on the basis of the pressure change and the volume change.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2017Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Rene Richter, Robert Witt, Richard Guenther, Thomas Nagel
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Patent number: 11607487Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a medicament delivery device comprising a medicament receiving element, at least one fluid chamber having a fluid outlet configured to direct fluid vapour towards the medicament receiving element, a heating element for heating the fluid in the at least one fluid chamber. The device is configured such that, in use, the heating element heats the fluid in the at least one fluid chamber to at least partially evaporate the fluid so that the vapor pressure in the at least one fluid chamber increases until the fluid is expelled out of the at least one fluid chamber through the fluid outlet towards the medicament receiving element and entrains the medicament towards the patient's skin.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2017Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Thomas Klemm, Dietmar Hammen
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Patent number: 11596744Abstract: 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: April 14, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Michael Schabbach, Christian Nessel, Daniel Auernhammer, Beate Franke, Francisco Soares
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Patent number: 11590288Abstract: A drug delivery device that includes a housing. The housing contains a syringe, and the syringe includes a container containing a liquid medicament. The container includes an aperture at a distal end and through which the liquid medicament can be dispensed. The syringe includes a stopper within the container. The stopper is moveable between a first longitudinal position and a second longitudinal position relative to the container, to cause dispensing of the liquid medicament through the aperture. The syringe includes at least one identifying means identifying the liquid medicament.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2017Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Michael Helmer, Marc Schader
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Patent number: 11587662Abstract: The invention refers to a medical device for supporting health control. In order to provide safe access to a dose helper functionality, the device has a first storage means arranged to store an initial data matrix with at least one initial parameter set containing at least two initial data entries for one parameter of the dose helper functionality; receiving means arranged to receive initialization data and/or security data, preferably from a second storage means, for example provided by a hardware key; selecting means operable to select based at least in part on the initialization data one data entry for each initial parameter set as initial data or one initial parameter template containing a reference to one data entry for each initial parameter set as initial data; and first activation means arranged to activate, preferably based at least in part on the security data, execution of the dose helper functionality based on the selected initial data.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2013Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbHInventors: Axel Teucher, Frank Roethke, Florian Schauderna, Marcus-Meinolf Dittrich, Andrew Tubb, Timothy Golnik, Joseph Flaherty
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Patent number: 11577026Abstract: A drive mechanism for a medication delivery device containing a resilient member and having a rotation member configured to be rotated in a first direction during setting of a dose of a medication and to be rotated in a second direction during delivery of the dose, where the rotation member is coupled to a drive member that is coupled to a piston rod such that on dose delivery the piston rod is displaced in a distal direction to dispense a medicament and where the resilient member prevents movement of the drive member and the piston rod during dose setting.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2019Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Steffen Raab, Ulrich Bruggemann
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Patent number: 11571505Abstract: A needle assembly for use with a drug delivery device comprises a cap releasably secured to the drug delivery device and a blocking member. The blocking member comprises a disinfectant swab and a user graspable portion. The blocking member is configured to be physically moved with respect to the needle assembly by a user. The needle assembly is configured such that in an initial position, the blocking member blocks the cap from being removed from the drug delivery device and movement of the blocking member from the initial position causes the disinfectant swab to contact a septum of a cartridge retained within the drug delivery device.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2016Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Michael Helmer, Winfried Huthmacher