Patents by Inventor Andreas Mark Meliniotis
Andreas Mark Meliniotis 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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Publication number: 20200147326Abstract: The invention provides a dosing system for an inhalation device, comprising a filling chamber (10); a reservoir chamber (31) which supplies liquid (3) to an aerosol generator (301); and a plunger (20) which includes an overflow chamber (25) and which is pivotable about a hinge (50). The filling chamber has an inner wall (12) which is higher on the side adjacent to the hinge than on the opposite side. When the filling chamber is filled with liquid and the plunger is pivoted into the filling chamber, part of the liquid is displaced over the lower side (17) of the inner wall into the reservoir chamber and some or all of the remaining liquid is displaced into the overflow chamber. The invention also provides an inhalation device comprising the dosing system and a method for dosing liquid to the inhalation device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2018Publication date: May 14, 2020Inventors: Paul GOODWIN, Andreas Mark MELINIOTIS, Roger William CLARKE, Tobias KOLB
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Patent number: 9289564Abstract: A blister piercing element for puncturing the lid of a blister containing a dose of medicament for inhalation by a user. The piercing element has an outlet opening for the passage of medicament entrained in an airflow out of the blister and, a piercing head extending beyond and overhanging the opening that cuts a flap in a lid of a blister and pushes it away from the opening during insertion.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2006Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: Vectura Delivery Devices LimitedInventors: Quentin John Harmer, Roger William Clarke, Stephen William Eason, Andreas Mark Meliniotis
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Publication number: 20150209531Abstract: An inhaler comprising a housing defining a chamber to receive a strip having a plurality of blisters each containing a dose of medicament for inhalation by a user is disclosed. It comprises an actuating lever and a blister strip drive member rotatably mounted in the chamber to sequentially move each blister into a blister opening position. The blister strip drive member and the actuating lever comprise a drive gear and a drive gear element, respectively, that cooperate to effect rotation of the blister strip drive member in response to rotation of the actuating lever. The drive gear and drive gear element are disposed on the outside of the housing remote from the chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2015Publication date: July 30, 2015Inventors: Andreas Mark Meliniotis, Stephen William Eason, Roger William Clarke, Liam Philip McGuinness
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Patent number: 8944055Abstract: An inhaler is disclosed. It comprises a housing to receive a strip having a surface and a plurality of blister pockets depending from said surface. Each blister pocket contains a dose of medicament for inhalation by a user. The inhaler has a blister strip drive mechanism including a blister strip drive member shaped to contact the strip along a line defined by the crease between a blister pocket and said surface, to drive said strip.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2009Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Vectura Delivery Devices LimitedInventors: Graham Gibbins, Ben Tyers, Andreas Mark Meliniotis
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Patent number: 8931480Abstract: An inhaler comprising a housing to receive a strip having a plurality of blisters is disclosed. Each blister has a puncturable lid and contains a dose of medicament for inhalation by a user. A mouthpiece is pivotally mounted to the housing through which a dose of medicament is inhaled by a user. The inhaler also has an actuating mechanism including a lever operable to sequentially move each blister into alignment with a blister piercing member depending from the mouthpiece. The actuating lever is also operable to cause the mouthpiece to pivot so that the blister piercing member punctures the lid of an aligned blister so that, when a user inhales through the mouthpiece, an airflow through the blister is generated to entrain the dose contained therein and carry it, via the mouthpiece, into the user's airway.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2011Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: Vectura Delivery Devices LimitedInventors: Andreas Mark Meliniotis, Stephen William Eason, Roger William Clarke, Liam Philip McGuinness
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Patent number: 8763608Abstract: An inhaler comprising a housing to receive a strip having a plurality of blisters is disclosed. Each blister has a puncturable lid and contains a dose of medicament for inhalation by a user. A mouthpiece is pivotally mounted to the housing through which a dose of medicament is inhaled by a user. The inhaler also has an actuating mechanism including a lever operable to sequentially move each blister into alignment with a blister piercing member depending from the mouthpiece. The actuating lever is also operable to cause the mouthpiece to pivot so that the blister piercing member punctures the lid of an aligned blister so that, when a user inhales through the mouthpiece, an airflow through the blister is generated to entrain the dose contained therein and carry it, via the mouthpiece, into the user's airway.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2011Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Vectura Delivery Devices LimitedInventors: Andreas Mark Meliniotis, Stephen William Eason, Roger William Clarke, Liam Philip McGuinness
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Publication number: 20120138055Abstract: An inhaler comprising a housing to receive a strip having a plurality of blisters is disclosed. Each blister has a puncturable lid and contains a dose of medicament for inhalation by a user. A mouthpiece is pivotally mounted to the housing through which a dose of medicament is inhaled by a user. The inhaler also has an actuating mechanism including a lever operable to sequentially move each blister into alignment with a blister piercing member depending from the mouthpiece. The actuating lever is also operable to cause the mouthpiece to pivot so that the blister piercing member punctures the lid of an aligned blister so that, when a user inhales through the mouthpiece, an airflow through the blister is generated to entrain the dose contained therein and carry it, via the mouthpiece, into the user's airway.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2011Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicant: Vectura Delivery Devices LimitedInventors: Andreas Mark MELINIOTIS, Stephen William Eason, Roger William Clarke, Liam Philip McGuinness
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Publication number: 20120132205Abstract: An inhaler comprising a housing to receive a strip having a plurality of blisters is disclosed. Each blister has a puncturable lid and contains a dose of medicament for inhalation by a user. A mouthpiece is pivotally mounted to the housing through which a dose of medicament is inhaled by a user. The inhaler also has an actuating mechanism including a lever operable to sequentially move each blister into alignment with a blister piercing member depending from the mouthpiece. The actuating lever is also operable to cause the mouthpiece to pivot so that the blister piercing member punctures the lid of an aligned blister so that, when a user inhales through the mouthpiece, an airflow through the blister is generated to entrain the dose contained therein and carry it, via the mouthpiece, into the user's airway.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2011Publication date: May 31, 2012Applicant: Vectura Delivery Devices LimitedInventors: Andreas Mark Meliniotis, Stephen William Eason, Roger William Clarke, Liam Philip McGuinness
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Publication number: 20110048420Abstract: An inhaler is disclosed. It comprises a housing to receive a strip having a surface and a plurality of blister pockets depending from said surface. Each blister pocket contains a dose of medicament for inhalation by a user. The inhaler has a blister strip drive mechanism including a blister strip drive member shaped to contact the strip along a line defined by the crease between a blister pocket and said surface, to drive said strip.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2009Publication date: March 3, 2011Applicant: Vectura Delivery Devices LimitedInventors: Graham Gibbins, Ben Tyers, Andreas Mark Meliniotis
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Publication number: 20090090362Abstract: A blister piercing element for puncturing the Hd of a blister containing a dose of medicament for inhalation by a user is disclosed. The piercing element comprising an outlet opening for the passage of medicament entrained in an airflow out of the blister and, a piercing head extending beyond and overhanging the opening that cuts a flap in a lid of a blister and pushes it away from the opening during insertion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2006Publication date: April 9, 2009Applicant: Vectura Group PLCInventors: Quentin John Harmer, Roger William Clarke, Stephen William Eason, Andreas Mark Meliniotis
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Publication number: 20080135441Abstract: A blister pack comprising a plurality of spaced blister cavities each configured to receive and store an individual dose of medicament for inhalation by a user is disclosed. The pack includes a foil layer and an outer polymer layer and each blister cavity, or a number of blister cavities, are separated from an adjacent blister cavity, or number of adjacent blister cavities, by a region of weakness formed by substantially removing or displacing a portion of the outer polymer layer from the foil layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2006Publication date: June 12, 2008Applicant: Vectura Group PLCInventors: Andreas Mark Meliniotis, Peter Alan Evans, Stephen William Eason, Quentin John Harmer
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Patent number: D693458Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2012Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Vectura Delivery Devices LimitedInventors: Matthew Paul Wright, Roger William Clarke, Liam Philip McGuinness, Andreas Mark Meliniotis
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Patent number: D755950Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2014Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: VECTURA DELIVERY DEVICES LIMITEDInventors: Andreas Mark Meliniotis, Roger William Clarke, Liam Philip McGuiness