Patents by Inventor Anne MacDonald
Anne MacDonald 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: 9375534Abstract: A first output member is rotatable around an axis relatively to the body. A second output member is movable relatively to the body along the axis. The first output member and the second output member are rotationally coupled. A drive feature is provided to generate a rotation of the first output member. A part which is removable from and attachable to the body is provided so that the first output member is unidirectionally rotationally coupled with the drive feature when the part is attached to the body.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2010Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Robert Veasey, Simon Lewis Bilton, Christopher Jones, Garen Kouyoumjian, Catherine Anne MacDonald
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Patent number: 9358340Abstract: A method for securing a cartridge (4) in a cartridge holder (3) is provided, the method comprising the steps of inserting the cartridge (4) into the cartridge holder (3), the cartridge holder (3) having a proximal end and a distal end, axially displacing the cartridge (4) in a proximal direction with respect to the cartridge holder (3) from a distal initial position to a proximal end position and securing the cartridge (4) in the end position against displacement in the distal direction with respect to the cartridge holder (3). An assembly for a drug delivery device (1) is provided comprising a cartridge (4), an adjusting member (12, 25, 28, 34) and a cartridge holder (3). The cartridge holder (3) has a distal end and a proximal end. The adjusting member (12, 25, 28, 34) is secured to the cartridge holder (3). The adjusting member (12, 25, 28, 34) holds a distal portion of the cartridge (4) at a distance with respect to a distal portion of the cartridge holder (3).Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2010Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbHInventors: Christopher Jones, Robert Veasey, Garen Kouyoumjian, Catherine Anne MacDonald, Michael Jugl, Gunther Sendatzki
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Patent number: 9358341Abstract: A drive member for driving a piston rod in a drug delivery device is provided. The drive member is configured to be driven in a rotational movement by an actuating member. The drive member comprises a track for transmitting a driving load from the actuating member to the drive member. The track comprises both sections running in a distal and sections running in a proximal direction of the drive member. Moreover, a drug delivery device comprising such a drive member is provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2010Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: David Plumptre, Andrew Mark Lindsay, Catherine Anne Macdonald, Robert Veasey, Christopher Jones, Garen Kouyoumjian
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Patent number: 9352098Abstract: A first input member and a second input member are arranged along a first axis and coupled in such a manner that a movement of the first input member along the first axis is converted into a rotational movement of the second input member with respect to the body . A first output member and a second output member are arranged along a second axis and coupled in such a manner that a rotational movement of the first output member is converted into a movement of the second output member along the second axis with respect to the body. The second input member and the first output member are releasably rotationally coupled.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2010Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbHInventors: Robert Veasey, Simon Lewis Bilton, Christopher Jones, Garen Kouyoumjian, Catherine Anne MacDonald
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Publication number: 20160110239Abstract: Systems and methods for identifying failed customer experience in distributed computer systems. An example method may comprise: receiving, by a processing device of a distributed computer system, a first application layer message associated with a request originated by a client computer system responsive to an action by a user, wherein the first application layer message comprises a transaction identifier identifying a sequence of messages originated by one or more components of the distributed computer system and associated with the request; identifying a pre-defined byte pattern comprised by the first application layer message; and identifying, based on the pre-defined byte pattern, at least one of: a system error associated with the transaction or an application error associated with the transaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2014Publication date: April 21, 2016
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Publication number: 20160074595Abstract: A drive member for driving a piston rod in a drug delivery device is provided. The drive member is configured to be driven in a rotational movement by an actuating member. The drive member comprises a track for transmitting a driving load from the actuating member to the drive member. The track comprises both sections running in a distal and sections running in a proximal direction of the drive member. Moreover, a drug delivery device comprising such a drive member is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2015Publication date: March 17, 2016Inventors: David Plumptre, Adrew Mark Lindsay, Catherine Anne Macdonald, Robert Veasey, Christopher Jones, Garen Kouyoumjian
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Patent number: 9265891Abstract: An assembly of a drug delivery device with a longitudinal axis (L) is given, comprising a body (1) with a proximal end (2) and a distal end (3). The drug delivery device further comprises a drive assembly and a first button member (4). The drive assembly is at least partially arranged within the body (1) and is adapted to facilitate dispense of a medicinal product. The first button member (4) acts on the drive assembly to prepare the drug delivery device for dispensing the medicinal product. The first button member (4) is adapted to be detachable from the body (1) after the preparation of the drug delivery device is completed.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2010Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbHInventors: Catherine Anne MacDonald, Robert Veasey, Garen Kouyoumjian, Christopher Jones, Andrew Mark Lindsay, Michael Bainton
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Patent number: 9186460Abstract: An assembly of a drug delivery device comprises a body (10) having a distal end (11) and a proximal end (12), a drive assembly (4) arranged substantially within the body (10) to facilitate dispense of a medicinal product and a button member (5) arranged at the proximal end (12) of the body (10) and adapted to act upon the drive assembly (4). The drive assembly (4) has an initial pre-ready state, a transient state and a ready state; in the pre-ready and transient states the button member (5) is twistable with respect to the body (10) to act upon the drive assembly (4) and wherein in the ready state the button member (5) is axially moveable but not substantially twistable with respect to the body (10) to act upon the drive assembly (4) to dispense a dose of the medicinal product.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2010Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbHInventors: Catherine Anne MacDonald, Robert Veasey, Garen Kouyoumjian, Christopher Jones, Andrew Mark Lindsay, Michael Bainton
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Patent number: 9180255Abstract: A resettable drive assembly for a drug delivery device (1) is provided. The drive assembly comprises a drive unit (3) for driving a piston rod (5) in a dispense operation of the device (1). The drive unit (3) comprises a first drive member (35), a second drive member (37) and locking means preventing a relative rotational movement of the first (35) and the second drive member (37) during a dispense operation and allowing a relative rotational movement for enabling a resetting of the device (1). Moreover, a drug delivery device (1) comprising a resettable drive assembly is provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2010Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbHInventors: Garen Kouyoumjian, Robert Veasey, David Plumptre, Christopher Jones, Catherine Anne MacDonald, James May
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Patent number: 8968259Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a resettable drive mechanism for use in a drug delivery device. The drug delivery device is having a distal direction and a proximal direction. The drive mechanism comprises a drive rack engaged with a drive gear, a piston rack engaged with a piston gear and coupling means for coupling the drive gear with the piston gear. In a first state of the drive mechanism, the drive gear and the piston gear are coupled and the piston rack moves in distal direction when the drive rack is moved in distal direction. In a second state of the drive mechanism, the drive gear and the piston gear are decoupled and the piston rack is moveable in proximal direction for resetting the drive mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2010Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbHInventors: Robert Veasey, George Cave, Christopher Jones, Garen Kouyoumjian, Catherine Anne Macdonald
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Patent number: 8939945Abstract: A lead screw (5) with a screw thread (6) is arranged in a body (1) along an axis (4) and coupled to a lead screw nut (7) with a drive feature (8), so that the lead screw is helically rotatable in the lead screw nut. The lead screw and the lead screw nut are provided with stop features (9) interfering with a rotation of the lead screw in the lead screw nut when a force is applied to the lead screw in an axial direction. The lead screw nut has a surface area facing a guide feature (10) of the body. This surface area has a slope (12) varying around the axis. The assembly interacts such that the lead screw nut rotates in one rotational direction when a force is applied to the lead screw in the axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2010Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbHInventors: Robert Veasey, David Plumptre, Christopher Jones, Garen Kouyoumjian, Catherine Anne MacDonald
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Patent number: 8911402Abstract: A drug delivery device comprising: a device body, an operating member which is configured to be movable relative to the device body for operating the drug delivery device, a preventing member which prevents movement of the operating member relative to the device body for operating the drug delivery device, wherein the preventing member is removable to allow movement of the operating member relative to the device body for operating the drug delivery device.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2010Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbHInventors: Robert Veasey, Garen Kouyoumjian, Christopher Jones, Catherine Anne Macdonald, Marcus James Blachford, James Andrew Holt
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Publication number: 20130035647Abstract: A first input member (6) and a second input member (7) are arranged along a first axis (4) and coupled in such a manner that a movement of the first input member along the first axis is converted into a rotational movement of the second input member with respect to the body (1). A first output member (8) and a second output member (9) are arranged along a second axis (5) and coupled in such a manner that a rotational movement of the first output member is converted into a movement of the second output member along the second axis with respect to the body. The second input member and the first output member are releasably rotationally coupled.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2010Publication date: February 7, 2013Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Robert Veasey, Simon Lewis Bilton, Christopher Jones, Garen Kouyoumjian, Catherine Anne MacDonald
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Publication number: 20130030409Abstract: The instant application is directed to an assembly for a drug delivery device which is arranged to operate in two distinct modes, a priming mode starting from a pre-priming state and a dispense mode operating in a post-priming state, and a drug delivery device comprising this assembly. The assembly comprises a dose member, an actuating member and a piston rod which is configured to act on a bung of an assembled cartridge containing the drug. In the pre-priming state the actuating member is configured to be moved by a user such that the movement of the actuating member causes a movement of the dose member and such that the movement of the dose member causes a movement of the piston rod. In the post-priming state the dose member is configured to be moved by a user without causing a movement of the actuating member in order to perform a set and dispense action of the drug delivery device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2010Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Catherine Anne Macdonald, Robert Veasey, Garen Kouyoumjian, Christopher Jones, Alexander Ian Bailey
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Publication number: 20130006193Abstract: According to one aspect, a resettable drive assembly for a drug delivery device is provided for. The resettable drive assembly may comprise a housing having a proximal end and a distal end, a piston rod being rotatable with respect to the housing and being axially displaceable with respect to the housing between a proximal start position and a distal end position, a drive member for distally displacing the piston rod towards the end position when dispensing a dose, and a stop member. The drive assembly may be configured such that the drive member is operable to interact with the piston rod for forming an unlockable first interlock, the first interlock being operable to block proximal movement of the piston rod with respect to the drive member. The drive assembly may be configured such that the stop member is operable to interact with the piston rod for forming an unlockable second interlock, the second interlock being operable to block proximal movement of the piston rod with respect to the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2010Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Robert Veasey, Simon Lewis Bilton, Christopher Jones, Garen Kouyoumjian, Catherine Anne Macdonald
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Publication number: 20120310168Abstract: A drug delivery device (4) for dispensing one or more doses of a drug is provided. The device (4) comprises a drive member (1) for driving a piston rod (5) and a dose member (46) for actuating the drive member (1). The piston rod (5) is coupled to the drive member (1) such that a relative translational movement of the drive member (1) and the piston rod (5) is allowed and a relative rotational movement is prevented. The drive member (1) is configured to be driven by the dose member (46) around the longitudinal axis in a first (110) and a second rotational direction (111) opposite to each other. Furthermore, a drug delivery device (4) is provided, wherein the drive member (1) has stable and unstable states and wherein in an unstable state the drive member (1) is biased by biasing means (3) towards a stable state.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2010Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: David Plumptre, Andrew Mark Lindsay, Catherine Anne MacDonald, Robert Veasey, Garen Kouyoumjian, Christopher Jones
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Publication number: 20120310172Abstract: A drug delivery device (10) is given, comprising a body (12) and a moveable button member (14), wherein in a pre-ready state of the drug delivery device (10) there is a misalignment between the body (12) and the button member (14). This misalignment is perceivable by a user of the drug delivery device (10). In a ready state of the drug delivery device (10), the button member (14) and the body (12) are aligned and the alignment is perceivable by a user of the drug delivery device (10).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2010Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Catherine Anne MacDonald, Robert Veasey, Garen Kouyoumjian, Christopher Jones, Andrew Mark Lindsay, Michael Bainton
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Publication number: 20120310206Abstract: An injection device (1) for administering a fixed dose of a medication is provided. The injection device (1) comprises a housing (2) wherein a drive mechanism comprising a drive member (3) is at least partially enclosed and a dosing element (34) which is fixed relative to the drive member (3). Here, a dose can be set by rotating the dosing element (34) relative to the housing (2) in a dose set direction (105) and the dose can be dispensed by pushing the dosing element (34) towards the housing (2). Moreover, a method is provided for operating an injection device (1) for the administration of a fixed dose of a medication: A dose can be set by rotating a dosing element (34), a dose can be dispensed by pushing the dosing element (34) towards the housing (2) and a dose can be cancelled by rotating the dosing element (34) in a direction (106) opposite to the dose set direction (105).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2010Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Garen Kouyoumjian, Robert Veasey, David Plumptre, Christopher Jones, Catherine Anne MacDonald, James May
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Publication number: 20120302964Abstract: An assembly of a drug delivery device with a longitudinal axis (L) is given, comprising a body (1) with a proximal end (2) and a distal end (3). The drug delivery device further comprises a drive assembly and a first button member (4). The drive assembly is at least partially arranged within the body (1) and is adapted to facilitate dispense of a medicinal product. The first button member (4) acts on the drive assembly to prepare the drug delivery device for dispensing the medicinal product. The first button member (4) is adapted to be detachable from the body (1) after the preparation of the drug delivery device is completed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2010Publication date: November 29, 2012Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Catherine Anne MacDonald, Robert Veasey, Garen Kouyoumjian, Christopher Jones, Andrew Mark Lindsay, Michael Bainton
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Publication number: 20120296285Abstract: An assembly of a drug delivery device comprises a body (10) having a distal end (11) and a proximal end (12), a drive assembly (4) arranged substantially within the body (10) to facilitate dispense of a medicinal product and a button member (5) arranged at the proximal end (12) of the body (10) and adapted to act upon the drive assembly (4). The drive assembly (4) has an initial pre-ready state, a transient state and a ready state; in the pre-ready and transient states the button member (5) is twistable with respect to the body (10) to act upon the drive assembly (4) and wherein in the ready state the button member (5) is axially moveable but not substantially twistable with respect to the body (10) to act upon the drive assembly (4) to dispense a dose of the medicinal product.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2010Publication date: November 22, 2012Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Catherine Anne MacDonald, Robert Veasey, Garen Kouyoumjian, Christopher Jones, Andrew Mark Lindsay, Michael Bainton