Patents by Inventor Alain Schmidlin
Alain Schmidlin 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: 11607486Abstract: The invention concerns an injector device (100), comprising access means (110, 115) configured to selectively allow and prevent a cartridge (120) storing a pharmaceutical product (122) from being removed from the injector device (100), a self-test unit (130) configured to cause a self-test of at least one of an electronic component and an electronic assembly of the injector device (100), and a control unit (140) configured to control the access means (110, 115) to allow the cartridge (120) to be removed from the injector device (100) in case the self-test has failed.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2018Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: Alain Schmidlin, Mario Iobbi, Erich Studer, Andrew Bryant, Chinmay Deodhar, Rajan Patel
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Publication number: 20220257468Abstract: A pharmaceutical container may include a cylindrical hollow container body (100) defining a hollow chamber (111) to receive a pharmaceutical liquid, the container body (100) including a portion on a sidewall (121) of the container body (100), wherein the portion has a longitudinal extension along the longitudinal axis of the container body (100) and a circumferential extension along the circumference of the container body (100), thereby forming a window (122) through the sidewall (121) of the container body (100) into the hollow chamber (111), the window (122) comprising two long edges (124) and two short edges (125), and a Near Field Communication (NFC) antenna (110) arranged on the outer surface (120) of the sidewall (121) of the container, the antenna (110) including one or a plurality of nested antenna windings (150), each of them surrounding an interior periphery (140) including a substantially longitudinal portion (141) arranged along the two long edges (124) of the window (122), and a substantially cirType: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Inventors: Andrew BRYANT, Alain Schmidlin, Daniel Latham, Gabriel Iobbi, Arun Venkatasubramanian, Thomas Richard Redman, Timothy Duncan Wooller, Franck Rubiconi, Robert George Milner, Richard Andrew Hall, Symon Cotton, Simon Peter Attard
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Publication number: 20220217511Abstract: The invention provides a communication module for an autoinjector comprising a detector component configured to detect an injector usage event to obtain injector usage information and a transmitter component configured to wirelessly transmit injector usage information to a receiving device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2021Publication date: July 7, 2022Inventors: Andrew Bryant, Neil Cammish, Mark Horlock, John Palmer-Felgate, Claudio Rossi, Alain Schmidlin, Rafael Weiler
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Patent number: 11324661Abstract: A pharmaceutical container includes a cylindrical hollow container body defining a hollow chamber to receive a pharmaceutical liquid, the container body including a portion on a sidewall) of the container body, wherein the portion has a longitudinal extension along the longitudinal axis of the container body and a circumferential extension along the circumference of the container body, thereby forming a window through the sidewall of the container body into the hollow chamber. In embodiments of the invention, the window comprises two long edges and two short edges, and a Near Field Communication (NFC) antenna. In embodiments of the invention, the antenna comprises one or a plurality of nested antenna windings.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2017Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: Andrew Bryant, Alain Schmidlin, Daniel Latham, Gabriel Iobbi, Arun Venkatasubramanian, Thomas Richard Redman, Timothy Duncan Wooller, Franck Rubiconi, Robert George Milner, Richard Andrew Hall, Symon Cotton, Simon Peter Attard
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Patent number: 11103420Abstract: A medical device (100) comprises a container receiver unit (110) configured to receive and hold a container (120), wherein the container (120) accommodates a pharmaceutical product (125) and comprises a first communication tag (130) configured to store information regarding the pharmaceutical product (125), a reader unit (140) configured to wirelessly read the information from the first communication tag (130), and a control unit (150) configured to control the medical device (100) based on the information read from the first communication tag (130). The medical device (100) further comprises an opening or a transparent window (165) allowing to at least partially see from the outside the container (120) inserted into the container receiver unit (110), wherein the reader unit (140) comprises a first antenna unit (142, 144), and the container (120) inserted into the container receiver unit (110) is located between (i) the opening or the transparent window (165) and (ii) the first antenna unit (142, 144).Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2018Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: NOVARTIS AGInventors: Alain Schmidlin, Mario Iobbi, Erich Studer, Andrew Bryant, Chinmay Deodhar, Rajan Patel, Samuel Coendet, Vivek Gajera, Prakash Parmar
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Patent number: 10923222Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system (100) for administering a pharmaceutical product. The system comprises a container (102) accommodating a pharmaceutical product. The container (102) comprises a wireless communication unit (112) and a memory (116) which stores an administration scheme specifically adapted to the pharmaceutical product accommodated in the container (102). The administration scheme specifies at least one administration-related parameter to be adhered to in administering the pharmaceutical product to a patient. The system further comprises a wireless communication device (104; 206; 208) configured to read the administration scheme from the memory (116) of the container (102) and to perform at least one action based on the administration scheme.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2018Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: NOVARTIS AGInventors: Alain Schmidlin, Mario Iobbi, Erich Studer, Andrew Bryant
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Publication number: 20200121848Abstract: The invention concerns an injector device (100), comprising access means (110, 115) configured to selectively allow and prevent a cartridge (120) storing a pharmaceutical product (122) from being removed from the injector device (100), a self-test unit (130) configured to cause a self-test of at least one of an electronic component and an electronic assembly of the injector device (100), and a control unit (140) configured to control the access means (110, 115) to allow the cartridge (120) to be removed from the injector device (100) in case the self-test has failed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2018Publication date: April 23, 2020Inventors: Alain Schmidlin, Mario Iobbi, Erich Studer, Andrew Bryant, Chinmay Deodhar, Rajan Patel
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Publication number: 20200114068Abstract: A driving mechanism (100) for an injector device comprises a coil spring (10) having a proximal end (12) and a distal end (14), a spring guide (20) adapted to guide a movement of the coil spring (10), and an actuator (50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60) adapted to cause a force on the proximal end (12) of the coil spring (10), wherein the spring guide (20) comprises a curved part (22) having a curved shape. An injector device comprises a driving mechanism (100) and a needle ejection mechanism comprising a hollow skin needle, wherein the driving mechanism (100) is adapted to cause a dispensing of a drug from a cartridge (70) through the hollow skin needle and an ejection of the hollow skin needle from the injector device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2018Publication date: April 16, 2020Inventors: Alain Schmidlin, Mario Iobbi, Erich Studer, Andrew Bryant, Chinmay Deodhar, Rajan Patel
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Publication number: 20200108209Abstract: A needle ejection and retraction mechanism (10) comprises a needle (12), a needle hub (14) connected to the needle (12) and adapted to be displaced in a distal direction and in a proximal direction, a first spring mechanism (16) compressed to exert a force in the distal direction on the needle hub (14) and adapted to cause the needle (12) to eject in the distal direction, a second spring mechanism (18) compressed to exert a force in the proximal direction on the needle hub (14) and adapted to cause the needle (12) to retract in the proximal direction after it has been ejected in the distal direction, and an actuator (20) which is adapted to activate the exertion of the force in the distal direction on the needle hub (14) and the exertion of the force in the proximal direction on the needle hub (14).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2018Publication date: April 9, 2020Inventors: Alain Schmidlin, Mario Iobbi, Erich Studer, Andrew Bryant, Chinmay Deodhar, Rajan Patel
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Publication number: 20200111556Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system (100) for administering a pharmaceutical product. The system comprises a container (102) accommodating a pharmaceutical product. The container (102) comprises a wireless communication unit (112) and a memory (116) which stores an administration scheme specifically adapted to the pharmaceutical product accommodated in the container (102). The administration scheme specifies at least one administration-related parameter to be adhered to in administering the pharmaceutical product to a patient. The system further comprises a wireless communication device (104; 206; 208) configured to read the administration scheme from the memory (116) of the container (102) and to perform at least one action based on the administration scheme.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2018Publication date: April 9, 2020Inventors: Alain Schmidlin, Mario Iobbi, Erich Studer, Andrew Bryant
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Publication number: 20200107992Abstract: A medical device (100) comprises a container receiver unit (110) configured to receive and hold a container (120), wherein the container (120) accommodates a pharmaceutical product (125) and comprises a first communication tag (130) configured to store information regarding the pharmaceutical product (125), a reader unit (140) configured to wirelessly read the information from the first communication tag (130), and a control unit (150) configured to control the medical device (100) based on the information read from the first communication tag (130). The medical device (100) further comprises an opening or a transparent window (165) allowing to at least partially see from the outside the container (120) inserted into the container receiver unit (110), wherein the reader unit (140) comprises a first antenna unit (142, 144), and the container (120) inserted into the container receiver unit (110) is located between (i) the opening or the transparent window (165) and (ii) the first antenna unit (142, 144).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2018Publication date: April 9, 2020Inventors: Alain Schmidlin, Mario Iobbi, Erich Studer, Andrew Bryant, Chinmay Deodhar, Rajan Patel, Samuel Coendet, Vivek Gajera, Prakash Parmar
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Publication number: 20200075149Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system (100) for use of a pharmaceutical product. The system comprises a container (102) accommodating a pharmaceutical product, the container (102) comprising a wireless communication unit (112) and a memory (116) which stores pairing-specific information for one or more medical devices (104), and a medical device (104) enabled for wireless communication with the wireless communication unit (112) of the container (102) and configured to read the pairing-specific information from the memory (116) of the container (102) to verify whether the container (102) is permitted to be used by the medical device (104).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2018Publication date: March 5, 2020Inventors: Alain Schmidlin, Mario Iobbi, Erich Studer, Andrew Bryant
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Publication number: 20200069872Abstract: A piercing mechanism for piercing a cartridge (10) comprises a cartridge container (20) adapted to receive and hold a cartridge (10) and allow a movement of the cartridge (10) from a start position via a piercing state to an end position, the cartridge (10) comprising a septum (14) covering a dispensing port (15) and a piston (12) adapted to be moved from a proximal position along an axial direction of the cartridge (10) to a distal position, a hollow needle (30) having a distal end (31) and a proximal end (32), the hollow needle (30) being immovably fixed in the piercing mechanism and adapted to pierce the septum (14) with the proximal end (32) when the cartridge (10) is moved from the start position via the piercing state to the end position, a plunger (40) adapted to cause the movement of the piston (12) when the plunger (40) is moved from a first position to a second position, wherein the second position is closer to the hollow needle (30) than the first position, and a spring mechanism (50) adapted to beType: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2018Publication date: March 5, 2020Inventors: Alain Schmidlin, Mario Iobbi, Erich Studer, Andrew Bryant, Chinmay Deodhar, Rajan Patel
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Publication number: 20190038507Abstract: A pharmaceutical container may include a cylindrical hollow container body (100) defining a hollow chamber (111) to receive a pharmaceutical liquid, the container body (100) including a portion on a sidewall (121) of the container body (100), wherein the portion has a longitudinal extension along the longitudinal axis of the container body (100) and a circumferential extension along the circumference of the container body (100), thereby forming a window (122) through the sidewall (121) of the container body (100) into the hollow chamber (111), the window (122) comprising two long edges (124) and two short edges (125), and a Near Field Communication (NFC) antenna (110) arranged on the outer surface (120) of the sidewall (121) of the container, the antenna (110) including one or a plurality of nested antenna windings (150), each of them surrounding an interior periphery (140) including a substantially longitudinal portion (141) arranged along the two long edges (124) of the window (122), and a substantially cirType: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2017Publication date: February 7, 2019Inventors: Andrew Bryant, Alain Schmidlin, Daniel Latham, Gabriel Iobbi, Arun Venkatasubramanian, Thomas Richard Redman, Timothy Duncan Wooller, Franck Rubiconi, Robert George Milner, Richard Andrew Hall, Symon Cotton, Simon Peter Attard
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Patent number: D839411Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2017Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: Tobias Wohlfahrt, Samuel Coendet, Johannes Egger, Gabriel Iobbi, Alain Schmidlin, Mads Sabra, Agathe Buffard, Muriel Didier, Erich Studer, Andrew Bryant
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Patent number: D839412Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2017Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: Tobias Wohlfahrt, Samuel Coendet, Johannes Egger, Gabriel Iobbi, Alain Schmidlin, Mads Sabra, Agathe Buffard, Muriel Didier, Erich Studer, Andrew Bryant
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Patent number: D839413Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2017Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: Tobias Wohlfahrt, Samuel Coendet, Johannes Egger, Gabriel Iobbi, Alain Schmidlin, Mads Sabra, Agathe Buffard, Muriel Didier, Erich Studer, Andrew Bryant
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Patent number: D839414Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2017Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: Tobias Wohlfahrt, Samuel Coendet, Johannes Egger, Gabriel Iobbi, Alain Schmidlin, Mads Sabra, Agathe Buffard, Muriel Didier, Erich Studer, Andrew Bryant
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Patent number: D839415Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2017Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: Tobias Wohlfahrt, Samuel Coendet, Johannes Egger, Gabriel Iobbi, Alain Schmidlin, Mads Sabra, Agathe Buffard, Muriel Didier, Erich Studer, Andrew Bryant
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Patent number: D839416Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2017Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: Tobias Wohlfahrt, Samuel Coendet, Johannes Egger, Gabriel Iobbi, Alain Schmidlin, Mads Sabra, Agathe Buffard, Muriel Didier, Erich Studer, Andrew Bryant