Patents by Inventor Aled Meredydd James

Aled Meredydd James 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: 12251538
    Abstract: An autoinjector includes a housing and a drive chassis arranged linearly moveable within the housing. The drive chassis includes a dispensing limb and a trigger limb. The trigger limb and the dispensing limb are arranged in parallel to one another and are connected to one another at a respective distal end of the dispensing limb and the trigger limb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Medmix Switzerland AG
    Inventors: William Geoffrey Arthur Marsch, Anthony Paul Morris, Matthew Meredith Jones, Aled Meredydd James
  • Patent number: 12011037
    Abstract: A cartridge for releasable connection to an electronic cigarette includes a substance to be vaporized and is provided with an electrical circuitry, wherein the electrical circuitry includes circuit terminals configured to engage with circuit connectors located on a main body of the electronic cigarette and configured to establish a data connection between the cartridge and the main body, a memory for storing data, and wherein the circuit terminals of the cartridge are located on a housing of the cartridge, and one or more of the plurality of circuit terminals, or at least initial connection portions thereof, are provided at different positions in the longitudinal direction of the cartridge relative to the longitudinal positions of the circuit connectors, or at least initial connection portions thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: JT International S.A.
    Inventors: Aled Meredydd James, Aidan O'Hare, Shane Day
  • Patent number: 11980749
    Abstract: An autoinjector basically includes a housing, a pre-filled syringe, a drive chassis, and a needle guard. The pre-filled syringe is mounted in the housing. The drive chassis is configured to move a plunger in the pre-filled syringe to dispense medicament via an urging force from a drive spring. The needle guard is moveable in the housing between a storage state, a dispensing state, and a lock-out state. The needle guard is biased towards an extended position by a lock-out spring. The needle guard selectively engages the housing to establish a frontmost position of the needle guard in the storage state, and an offset position of the needle guard in the lock-out state. The offset position is axially offset from the frontmost position in the distal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: MEDMIX SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: William Geoffrey Arthur Marsh, Anthony Paul Morris, Matthew Meredith Jones, Aled Meredydd James
  • Patent number: 11406762
    Abstract: A drug delivery device comprising a housing body; a piston rod configured to rotate in a rotational direction during dose dispensing under a driving force; and a threaded insert, wherein the piston rod is in threaded engagement with the threaded insert such that during the dose dispensing. the piston rod displaces axially in a distal direction relative to the threaded insert for displacement of a cartridge hung. The threaded insert is movable relative to a stop provided in the housing body and a spring is provided to bias the threaded insert against the stop so that the rotation of the piston rod causes the threaded insert to move away from the stop in response to reaction forces, induced by the cartridge bung into the threaded insert, acting on the piston rod in a proximal direction when the reaction forces exceed a biasing force of the spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Markus Ploch, Aled Meredydd James, Anthony Paul Morris, Matthew Meredith Jones, Oliver Charles Gazeley, Robert Veasey, David Aubrey Plumptre
  • Patent number: 11376617
    Abstract: A spray device includes a bottle portion, a sleeve, and an engine. The engine includes a spring that when compressed pressurizes a chamber containing a dispensable amount of fluid from the bottle portion. The sleeve and the engine are configured to be torquable onto the bottle without compressing the spring. Rotation of the sleeve relative to the bottle by a user pressurizes a chamber containing fluid from the bottle. Auditory and/or tactile feedback is provided to the user during rotation of the sleeve thereby allowing the user to select an amount of the fluid to be dispensed. The engine includes a main spring that when compressed pressurizes a chamber containing a dispensable amount of fluid from the bottle. The spring is enclosed between a cup and a cap, which have been fused together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Alternative Packaging Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Brad Barron, Adam Moyo Harvey-Cook, Aled Meredydd James, Thomas Henry Thompson Louth, Matthew James Edwards
  • Publication number: 20210274842
    Abstract: A cartridge for releasable connection to an electronic cigarette includes a substance to be vaporized and is provided with an electrical circuitry, wherein the electrical circuitry includes circuit terminals configured to engage with circuit connectors located on a main body of the electronic cigarette and configured to establish a data connection between the cartridge and the main body, a memory for storing data, and wherein the circuit terminals of the cartridge are located on a housing of the cartridge, and one or more of the plurality of circuit terminals, or at least initial connection portions thereof, are provided at different positions in the longitudinal direction of the cartridge relative to the longitudinal positions of the circuit connectors, or at least initial connection portions thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: JT International S.A.
    Inventors: Aled Meredydd James, Aidan O'Hare, Shane Day
  • Patent number: 10589032
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a display arrangement for an injection device for displaying the size of a dose of a medicament, the display arrangement comprising: a housing (60) providing a rotation axis (3) extending in an axial direction (4), a first display member (22) rotatably supported inside the housing (60) with regard to the rotation axis (3) and having at least one cam (32) radially offset from the rotation axis (3), a second display member (24) rotatably supported inside the housing (60) with regard to the rotation axis (3) and arranged axially adjacent to the first display member (24), a coupling member (26) rotatably engaged with the second display member (24), wherein the coupling member (26) is engaged with the at least one cam (32) of the first display member (22) when the first display member (22) is in a predefined angular position or angular range, wherein the coupling member (26) and the first display member (22) are mutually engaged via a retaining arrangement (48) when the cam (32)
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Matthew Jones, Anthony Paul Morris, Aled Meredydd James, Paul Roger Griffin
  • Publication number: 20190231979
    Abstract: A drug delivery device comprising a housing body; a piston rod configured to rotate in a first direction during dose dispensing under a driving force; and a threaded insert, wherein the piston rod is in threaded engagement with the threaded insert such that during dose dispensing, the piston rod displaces axially in a distal direction relative to the threaded insert for displacement of a cartridge bung. The threaded insert is movable relative to a stop provided in the housing body and a resilient means is provided to bias the threaded insert against the stop so that rotation of the piston rod causes the threaded insert to move away from the stop in response to reaction forces acting on the piston rod (in a proximal direction when the reaction forces exceed the biasing force of the resilient means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Markus Ploch, Aled Meredydd James, Anthony Paul Morris, Matthew Meredith Jones, Oliver Charles Gazeley, Robert Frederick Veasey, David Aubrey Plumptre
  • Patent number: 10322234
    Abstract: The invention relates to an Apparatus, especially a delivery device, comprising a housing (4100), a retainer (4200, 4200?) for holding a cartridge (4220, 4220?), a cover part (4240, 4240?) for accessing the retainer (4200, 4200?), the cover part (4240, 4240?) being moveable relative to the housing (4100) between an open and a closed position, wherein the apparatus further comprises cover part biasing means for exerting a biasing force onto the cover part (4240, 4240?) in the closed position to bias the cover part (4240, 4240?) inwardly and/or distally against the housing (4100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: Neal Alexander Blundred, Aled Meredydd James
  • Patent number: 9844630
    Abstract: A locking mechanism is provided for use with a reservoir and a reservoir holder so as to prevent unwanted tampering with the reservoir. The mechanism comprises a main body with an aperture that is coupled to the reservoir. A hinged flange is provided on the main body. The flange folds inwards at the pivot point provided by the hinge, toward the aperture of the main body, allowing the mechanism to pass over the ferrule of the reservoir. Once the mechanism is placed over the cartridge, the flange folds toward the reservoir at the pivot point, flexing away from the main body. The flange rests against the underside of the reservoir ferrule, thereby retaining the reservoir within the locking mechanism. The locking mechanism may be for use with either a disposable or a reusable delivery device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Richard James Vincent Avery, Aled Meredydd James
  • Patent number: 9730859
    Abstract: A drug reservoir comprises of a housing having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the housing is configured to hold a medicament; and a removable feature disposed on at least one of the proximal end and the distal end, wherein the removable feature covers at least in part one of the proximal end and the distal end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Aled Meredydd James, James Andrew Holt, Richard James Vincent Avery
  • 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
  • Patent number: 9687612
    Abstract: A dose setting mechanism that prevents dispensing of a drug when an incorrect cartridge assembly is attached to the dose setting mechanism. Dispense of a drug may be allowed by preventing rotation of a spindle nut of a drug delivery device, and dispense of a drug may be prevented by not preventing rotation of the spindle nut. Preventing dispense of a drug may be accomplished by preventing rotation of the spindle when an incorrect cartridge assembly is inserted. Preventing dispense of a drug may be accomplished by preventing the spindle from applying an axial force on the cartridge when an incorrect cartridge assembly is inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Richard James Vincent Avery, Paul Richard Draper, Aled Meredydd James
  • Patent number: 9656024
    Abstract: The invention resides in a hand-held medicament delivery device which comprises a housing containing a first electrical circuit and a battery, a medicament delivery mechanism, and a protective cap releasably securable to the housing. The housing also includes a contactless switch and the cap a switch actuator. The switch is operable between an on state in which the first electrical circuit is connected to the battery and an off state in which the first electrical circuit is disconnected from the battery. The invention also resides in a method of controlling power in a hand held medicament delivery device comprising the steps of actuating a contactless switch in the housing by an actuator in a housing cap when the switch and actuator are in proximity, the actuation of the switch signalling to a microprocessor that the cap is on the housing, detecting the status of the device by the microprocessor, and only if the microprocessor determines the device is inactive, powering down the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Ilona Eggert, Aidan Michael O'Hare, Barry Yates, Aled Meredydd James, John E. Hayes David Cross
  • Patent number: 9649447
    Abstract: An assembly is presented having a reservoir holder, a dose setting mechanism, and flexible fastener configured to fasten the reservoir holder to the dose setting mechanism, wherein the flexible fastener is provided at one of the reservoir holder and the dose setting mechanism. The flexible fastener is configured to releasably fasten the reservoir holder and the dose setting mechanism to each other. Moreover, said flexible fastener is arranged on a retention ring provided at the one of the reservoir holder and the dose setting mechanism. Furthermore, a drug delivery device with such an assembly is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Richard James Vincent Avery, Aled Meredydd James
  • Publication number: 20170043097
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a A display arrangement for an injection device for displaying the size of a dose of a medicament, the display arrangement comprising: —a housing (60) providing a rotation axis (3) extending in an axial direction (4), —a first display member (22) rotatably supported inside the housing (60) with regard to the rotation axis (3) and having at least one cam (32) radially offset from the rotation axis (3), —a second display member (24) rotatably supported inside the housing (60) with regard to the rotation axis (3) and arranged axially adjacent to the first display member (24), —a coupling member (26) rotatably engaged with the second display member (24), wherein the coupling member (26) is engaged with the at least one cam (32) of the first display member (22) when the first display member (22) is in a predefined angular position or angular range, —wherein the coupling member (26) and the first display member (22) are mutually engaged via a retaining arrangement (48) when the cam
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Matthew Jones, Anthony Paul Morris, Aled Meredydd James, Paul Roger Griffin
  • Publication number: 20160346482
    Abstract: The invention resides in a hand-held medicament delivery device which comprises a housing containing a first electrical circuit and a battery, a medicament delivery mechanism, and a protective cap releasably securable to the housing. The housing also includes a contactless switch and the cap a switch actuator. The switch is operable between an on state in which the first electrical circuit is connected to the battery and an off state in which the first electrical circuit is disconnected from the battery. The invention also resides in a method of controlling power in a hand held medicament delivery device comprising the steps of actuating a contactless switch in the housing by an actuator in a housing cap when the switch and actuator are in proximity, the actuation of the switch signalling to a microprocessor that the cap is on the housing, detecting the status of the device by the microprocessor, and only if the microprocessor determines the device is inactive, powering down the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Ilona Eggert, Aidan Michael O'Hare, Barry Yates, Aled Meredydd James, John E. Hayes David Cross
  • Patent number: 9504793
    Abstract: A medicament delivery device is presented for the administration of one or more drug agents, wherein the device comprises a retainer for holding a medicament cartridge. The retainer is moveable between an open and closed position. A position sensor for generating a position output is indicative of whether the retainer is in the open or closed position. Further, a cartridge sensor generates a cartridge output indicative of whether the retainer is holding a medicament cartridge. A controller controls a predetermined operation of the device in dependence on the output of the position sensor and on the output of the cartridge sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Ilona Eggert, Christopher Nigel Langley, Shane Alistair Day, Aled Meredydd James
  • Patent number: 9402965
    Abstract: A medicament delivery device comprises a housing having a longitudinal axis, a medicament delivery mechanism within the housing, a dispense interface disengagement actuator and a detachable dispense interface. The interface is moveable between a first operative position in which the dispense interface is securely engaged and at least partially contained within the housing, and a second non-operative position in which the dispense interface is partially engaged and at least partially extending from the housing such that it can be detached from the housing manually. The travel of the dispense interface from the first position to the second position is along the longitudinal axis in a direction away from the housing and the movement from the first to the second position is actuated by the dispense interface disengagement actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Marc Holtwick, Ilona Eggert, Christopher Nigel Langley, Aled Meredydd James
  • Patent number: D885656
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: JT International S.A.
    Inventors: Richard Brian Clough, Etienne Bougeot, Aled Meredydd James