Patents Assigned to Norton Healthcare Limited
  • Patent number: 11771836
    Abstract: An assembly (47) for a medication delivery device (1) has a body (2), a dose setting part (8) configured to be operated by a user for selecting a size of a dose, a piston rod (13) configured to be moved axially without rotating for dispensing a medication, and a drive member (12) being directly coupled to the piston rod (13) for driving the piston rod (13) in a dose dispensing operation, wherein the drive member (12) moves in a proximal direction in a dose setting operation. The medication delivery device (1) into which the assembly is incorporated may be a single-shot, variable-dose injection device, e.g., a syringe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: NORTON HEALTHCARE LIMITED
    Inventors: Christopher James Smith, Dale Marc Comley, Lee Thomas Smith
  • Patent number: 11534555
    Abstract: An assembly for a medication delivery device having a body, a piston rod and a setting nut. The piston rod is rotatable relative to the body in a dose setting state and is axially movable in a distal direction with respect to the body in a dose delivering state. The setting nut is secured against rotational movement with respect to the body, but is axially movable relative to the body, being helically coupled with the piston rod to axially travel in the proximal direction for setting a dose of a medication due to a helical movement of the setting nut with respect to the piston rod when the piston rod is rotated in the dose setting state, and is able to axially travel in the distal direction for delivering the set dose of the medication when the piston rod is axially moved in the dose delivering state of the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: NORTON HEALTHCARE LIMITED
    Inventors: Christopher James Smith, Dale Marc Comley, Lee Thomas Smith
  • Patent number: 11529472
    Abstract: Injection monitoring circuitry is provided for coupling to part of an injection device having a syringe and a plunger rod. The injection monitoring circuitry has an input to receive force measurement data from a force sensor, the force measurement data includes a plurality of timestamped force measurements of force applied by a user to the injection device when an injection is administered to an injection site. Processing circuitry is provided to determine from the force measurement data when an end of injection has been reached, the end of injection corresponding to the plunger rod having reached an end position in a distal portion of the barrel of the syringe during administration of the injection by the user. Machine readable instructions and an injection monitoring method are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Norton Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Douglas James O'Rourke, Alan Sanders, Joseph Peter Corrigan, James Joseph Riley, Christopher John Clarke
  • Patent number: 11458255
    Abstract: An injection device comprising a housing (112), and a dose selector (116) operatively connectable to a dose indicator positioned within the housing. The dose selector and the dose indicator (118, 119) are capable of cooperating to set a dose to be ejected from the injection device. The injection device further comprises a spring (120) capable of storing energy necessary for ejecting the dose from the injection device. The spring is locked to the dose indicator such that a charging force can be transferred from the dose selector to the spring via the dose indicator to increase the energy stored by the spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Norton Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Karl James Hewson, George Bostock, George Robert Michael Savell, James Alexander Davies, Oliver Hart, Joshua Arieh Shenker
  • Patent number: 11446444
    Abstract: An injection device comprises a housing having a first longitudinal axis (L). The injection device further comprises a medicament cartridge holder and a drive assembly including a drive shaft. The drive shaft is arranged around the first longitudinal axis. The drive assembly is capable of providing an axial force for ejecting a dose of medicament from the injection device. The medicament cartridge holder and at least part of said drive assembly are arranged around a second longitudinal axis (LC) which is substantially parallel to but offset from the first longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Norton Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Karl James Hewson, George Bostock, George Robert Michael Savell
  • Patent number: 11433185
    Abstract: An injection device including a barrel having a medicament reservoir therein capable of fluid communication with a needle assembly at a distal end thereof and sealed at a proximal end thereof with a stopper. The injection device further includes a plunger rod having a distal rod end which is couplable with said stopper, wherein, when the plunger rod is coupled to the stopper, forward axial movement of the plunger rod causes forward axial movement of the stopper coupled thereto into the medicament reservoir in order to expel medicament through the needle assembly. Further, the plunger rod can be decoupled from the stopper by applying a rearward axial force on the plunger rod, said rearward axial decoupling force being less than a rearward axial force required to move the stopper rearwardly with respect to the barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: NORTON HEALTHCARE LIMITED
    Inventors: Christopher John Clarke, Joseph Peter Corrigan
  • Patent number: 11389594
    Abstract: An assembly for a medication delivery device includes a body, a piston rod, rotatable with respect to the body, for setting a dose of a medication, and axially movable in a distal direction for delivering the set dose, wherein, in cross-section, the piston rod includes a plurality of ratchet teeth to enable rotation of the piston rod during setting of a dose, and a stop member secured against axial and rotational movement, wherein the stop member mechanically cooperates with the piston rod, wherein, when setting the dose, the piston rod becomes aligned with the stop member, and wherein, when delivering the set dose, the piston rod is moved in the distal direction towards the stop member such that the piston rod and the stop member abut at the end of the dose delivery operation and further distal movement of the piston rod is prevented after dose delivery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: NORTON HEALTHCARE LIMITED
    Inventors: Christopher James Smith, Dale Marc Comley, Lee Thomas Smith
  • Patent number: 11376367
    Abstract: An assembly for a medication delivery device, wherein the assembly is configured to perform a dose setting operation, the assembly having a dose setting sleeve and a drive sleeve, wherein the dose setting sleeve has a first dosing track having a first length and defining a first size of a dose and a second dosing track having a second length and defining a second size of a dose, wherein the first length is different from the second length and the first size is different from the second size. The drive sleeve has an engagement feature configured to engage with one of the dosing tracks. The assembly is configured such the dose setting operation has a first step wherein the engagement feature is aligned with one of the dosing tracks and a second step wherein the engagement feature is moved along the dosing track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: NORTON HEALTHCARE LIMITED
    Inventors: Christopher James Smith, Dale Marc Comley, Lee Thomas Smith
  • Patent number: 11338089
    Abstract: An injection device comprising a housing (12) and a dose selector (16) to set a dose of medicament to be ejected from the injection device. A spring (20) coupled to the dose selector stores energy necessary for ejecting the dose from the injection device. A ratchet (25) arrangement is provided to rotationally couple a ratchet component and an internal surface of the housing in a coupled state and to allow relative rotation between the ratchet component and the internal surface of the housing in an uncoupled state. An over-torque feature (27) located between the dose selector and the spring is actuatable, when the rotation of the dose selector causes the charging force to exceed a defined limit, to reduce the charging force transferred from the dose selector to the spring. Both the ratchet component and the over-torque feature are provided on a single component (28).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Norton Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Karl James Hewson, George Bostock, George Robert Michael Savell, James Alexander Davies, Oliver Hart, Joshua Arieh Shenker, Matthew Alexander Morris, Matthew Keith Fordham
  • Patent number: 11338093
    Abstract: An injection device comprises a housing having a longitudinal axis, an axially-depressible dose button (430), a dose indicator (418), a dose setting mechanism operatively coupled to said dose indicator and capable of setting a dose to be ejected from the injection device and spring capable of storing energy necessary for ejecting the dose from the injection device. The spring (420) is coupled to the dose setting mechanism such that a charging force can be transferred from the dose setting mechanism to the spring to increase the energy stored by the spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Norton Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Karl James Hewson, Jeremy James Robert Kooyman, Xorge Castro Pelayo
  • Patent number: 11324893
    Abstract: An injection device comprises a dose selector, rotatable by a user to set a dose to be ejected from the injection device and a drive assembly including a drive shaft (140) and a plunger element (145), the drive assembly being capable of providing an axial force for ejecting a dose of medicament from a medicament container. A dose limit nut (141) is provided which is rotationally coupled to but not axially coupled to said drive shaft. The plunger element is threaded so that the dose limit nut is engaged with said plunger element via said thread, in order to guide relative axial movement between the dose limit nut and the plunger element. The dose limit nut is provided with dose limiting endstops which are capable of limiting axial travel of said dose limit nut with respect to said plunger element, so as to limit maximum and minimum doses of medicament which can be set by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Norton Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Karl James Hewson, George Bostock, George Robert Michael Savell
  • Patent number: 11278676
    Abstract: An injection device comprising a housing having a longitudinal axis, a dose selector (16) capable of being rotated about said longitudinal axis with respect to said housing by a user to set a dose of medicament to be ejected from the injection device and a spring (20) capable of storing energy necessary for ejecting the dose of medicament from the injection device. The spring is coupled to the dose selector such that a charging force can be transferred from the dose selector to the spring to increase the energy stored by the spring. The injection device further comprises a ratchet arrangement (25) moveable between an engaged state in which the spring is limited from unwinding from a currently selected dose and a disengaged state in which the spring is able to unwind and a drive assembly including a plunger element (23) capable of providing an axial force for ejecting a dose of medicament from the injection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Norton Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Karl James Hewson, Jeremy James Robert Kooyman, Xorge Castro Pelayo, James Alexander Davies, Oliver Hart, Joshua Arieh Shenker, Matthew Alexander Morris, Matthew Keith Fordham
  • Patent number: 11235106
    Abstract: An injection device comprises a housing, a dose indicator positioned within the housing and a dose selector operatively connectable to the dose indicator. The dose selector and the dose indicator are capable of cooperating with one another to set a dose to be ejected from the injection device. The dose indicator comprises an odometer including: i. a units (218) wheel operatively connected to the dose selector so that rotation of the dose selector also rotates the units wheel, and ii. a tens wheel (219) selectively engageable with the units wheel so that rotation of the units wheel also rotates the tens wheel. The dose indicator further comprises an axially-moveable shuttle lock (222) rotationally locked to the tens wheel and selectively engageable with the units wheel and the housing. The tens wheel is selectively engageable with the units wheel via said shuttle lock and, when the tens wheel is not engaged with the units wheel, the shuttle lock is rotationally locked to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Norton Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: James Alexander Davies, Oliver Hart, Karl James Hewson, Joshua Arieh Shenker
  • Patent number: 11045608
    Abstract: An injection device comprises a housing (12) having a longitudinal axis. The injection device further comprises a dose selector (16) capable of setting a dose to be ejected from the injection device and a dose indicator comprising a units wheel (18) operatively connectable to the dose selector so that rotation of the dose selector about the longitudinal axis also rotates the units wheel, and a tens wheel (19) selectively engageable with the units wheel so that rotation of the units wheel also rotates the tens wheel. A biasing means biases the dose indicator axially-rearwardly in the housing. An internal surface of the housing is provided with a tens housing feature selectively engageable with the tens wheel to prevent rotation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Norton Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Karl James Hewson, George Bostock, George Robert Michael Savell
  • Publication number: 20200164153
    Abstract: An assembly for a medication delivery device includes a body, a piston rod, rotatable with respect to the body, for setting a dose of a medication, and axially movable in a distal direction for delivering the set dose, wherein, in cross-section, the piston rod includes a plurality of ratchet teeth to enable rotation of the piston rod during setting of a dose, and a stop member secured against axial and rotational movement, wherein the stop member mechanically cooperates with the piston rod, wherein, when setting the dose, the piston rod becomes aligned with the stop member, and wherein, when delivering the set dose, the piston rod is moved in the distal direction towards the stop member such that the piston rod and the stop member abut at the end of the dose delivery operation and further distal movement of the piston rod is prevented after dose delivery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: NORTON HEALTHCARE LIMITED
    Inventors: Christopher James SMITH, Dale Marc COMLEY, Lee Thomas SMITH
  • Publication number: 20200164150
    Abstract: An assembly (47) for a medication delivery device (1) has a body (2), a dose setting part (8) configured to be operated by a user for selecting a size of a dose, a piston rod (13) configured to be moved axially without rotating for dispensing a medication, and a drive member (12) being directly coupled to the piston rod (13) for driving the piston rod (13) in a dose dispensing operation, wherein the drive member (12) moves in a proximal direction in the dose setting operation. The medication delivery device (1) into which the assembly is incorporated may be a single-shot, variable-dose injection device, e.g., a syringe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: NORTON HEALTHCARE LIMITED
    Inventors: Christopher James SMITH, Dale Marc COMLEY, Lee Thomas SMITH
  • Publication number: 20200093993
    Abstract: Injection monitoring circuitry is provided for coupling to part of an injection device having a syringe and a plunger rod. The injection monitoring circuitry has an input to receive force measurement data from a force sensor, the force measurement data includes a plurality of timestamped force measurements of force applied by a user to the injection device when an injection is administered to an injection site. Processing circuitry is provided to determine from the force measurement data when an end of injection has been reached, the end of injection corresponding to the plunger rod having reached an end position in a distal portion of the barrel of the syringe during administration of the injection by the user. Machine readable instructions and an injection monitoring method are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: NORTON HEALTHCARE LIMITED
    Inventors: Douglas James O'ROURKE, Alan SANDERS, Joseph Peter CORRIGAN, James Joseph RILEY, Christopher John CLARKE
  • Publication number: 20200093994
    Abstract: An injection device including a barrel having a medicament reservoir therein capable of fluid communication with a needle assembly at a distal end thereof and sealed at a proximal end thereof with a stopper. The injection device further includes a plunger rod having a distal rod end which is couplable with said stopper, wherein, when the plunger rod is coupled to the stopper, forward axial movement of the plunger rod causes forward axial movement of the stopper coupled thereto into the medicament reservoir in order to expel medicament through the needle assembly. Further, the plunger rod can be decoupled from the stopper by applying a rearward axial force on the plunger rod, said rearward axial decoupling force being less than a rearward axial force required to move the stopper rearwardly with respect to the barrel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: NORTON HEALTHCARE LIMITED
    Inventors: Christopher John CLARKE, Joseph Peter CORRIGAN
  • Publication number: 20200001017
    Abstract: An assembly for a medication delivery device having a body, a piston rod and a setting nut. The piston rod is rotatable relative to the body in a dose setting state and is axially movable in a distal direction with respect to the body in a dose delivering state. The setting nut is secured against rotational movement with respect to the body, but is axially movable relative to the body, being helically coupled with the piston rod to axially travel in the proximal direction for setting a dose of a medication due to a helical movement of the setting nut with respect to the piston rod when the piston rod is rotated in the dose setting state, and is able to axially travel in the distal direction for delivering the set dose of the medication when the piston rod is axially moved in the dose delivering state of the assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: NORTON HEALTHCARE LIMITED
    Inventors: Christopher James SMITH, Dale Marc COMLEY, Lee Thomas SMITH
  • Publication number: 20190374721
    Abstract: An assembly for a medication delivery device, wherein the assembly is configured to perform a dose setting operation, the assembly having a dose setting sleeve and a drive sleeve, wherein the dose setting sleeve has a first dosing track having a first length and defining a first size of a dose and a second dosing track having a second length and defining a second size of a dose, wherein the first length is different from the second length and the first size is different from the second size. The drive sleeve has an engagement feature configured to engage with one of the dosing tracks. The assembly is configured such the dose setting operation has a first step wherein the engagement feature is aligned with one of the dosing tracks and a second step wherein the engagement feature is moved along the dosing track.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: NORTON HEALTHCARE LIMITED
    Inventors: Christopher James SMITH, Dale Marc COMLEY, Lee Thomas SMITH