Patents by Inventor Barry Alan KNIGHT
Barry Alan KNIGHT 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: 11331438Abstract: Provided is a cap for an injector comprising a syringe with a needle cover. The cap comprises a first cap body part in the form of a sleeve having forward and rear openings; a second cap body part in the form of a plug arranged for receipt by said forward opening of said sleeve form first cap body part, wherein said plug form second body part defines a plug top and an inner plug body, and wherein said inner plug body defines a protruding pocket; and arranged for receipt within said protruding pocket of the inner plug body, a metal connector defining plural needle cover gripping elements arranged around a central hub, wherein each gripping element is provided with one or more barbs for gripping the needle cover. The first cap body part, second cap body part and connector are provided as separate parts.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2018Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: UCB BIOPHARMA SPRLInventors: Barry Alan Knight, Marko Frederik Plevnik, Norihiko Inoue, Jamie Buckley, Lisa Hornsey
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Patent number: 11324896Abstract: Provided is a cap for an injector comprising a syringe with a needle cover. The cap comprises a cap body defining an inner and outer cap body; provided to the inner cap body, a grip for gripping the needle cover of said syringe; provided to the outer cap body, an opposing pair of recessed portions, wherein each recessed portion defines a recess base, and wherein each recessed portion is bounded by a peripheral lip; and provided to the recess base of each recessed portion, an over-coating. The cap body comprises a generally rigid material and each over-coating comprises a more flexible material. Each peripheral lip defines banks that extend beyond the over-coating of the recess base.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2018Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: UCB BIOPHARMA SPRLInventors: Barry Alan Knight, Marko Plevnik, Norihiko Inoue, Jamie Buckley, Lisa Hornsey
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Patent number: 10918792Abstract: Provided is a housing part for an auto-injector comprising a shell form body defining inner and outer shell surfaces and comprising a relatively hard or generally incompressible material; an over-coating formed of a relatively softer or more compressible material, the over-coating covering at least part of the outer shell surface of the shell form body; and at least one window defined in the shell form body, wherein the over-coating extends into the at least one window. Also provided is a housing comprising the housing part, and an auto-injector comprising the housing.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2015Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignees: USB Biopharma SPRL, Bespak Europe LimitedInventors: Martin John McLoughlin, Barry Alan Knight, Matt Ekman, Deborah Jane Norris
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Publication number: 20200306461Abstract: Provided is a cap for an injector comprising a syringe with a needle cover. The cap comprises a cap body defining an inner and outer cap body; provided to the inner cap body, a grip for gripping the needle cover of said syringe; provided to the outer cap body, an opposing pair of recessed portions, wherein each recessed portion defines a recess base, and wherein each recessed portion is bounded by a peripheral lip; and provided to the recess base of each recessed portion, an over-coating. The cap body comprises a generally rigid material and each over-coating comprises a more flexible material. Each peripheral lip defines banks that extend beyond the over-coating of the recess base.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2018Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: Barry Alan KNIGHT, Marko PLEVNIK, Norihiko INOUE, Jamie BUCKLEY, Lisa HORNSEY
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Publication number: 20200188607Abstract: Provided is a cap for an injector comprising a syringe with a needle cover. The cap comprises a first cap body part in the form of a sleeve having forward and rear openings; a second cap body part in the form of a plug arranged for receipt by said forward opening of said sleeve form first cap body part, wherein said plug form second body part defines a plug top and an inner plug body, and wherein said inner plug body defines a protruding pocket; and arranged for receipt within said protruding pocket of the inner plug body, a metal connector defining plural needle cover gripping elements arranged around a central hub, wherein each gripping element is provided with one or more barbs for gripping the needle cover. The first cap body part, second cap body part and connector are provided as separate parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2018Publication date: June 18, 2020Applicant: UCB Biopharma SPRLInventors: Barry Alan KNIGHT, Marko Frederik PLEVNIK, Norihiko INOUE, Jamie BUCKLEY, Lisa HORNSEY
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Patent number: 10483684Abstract: A housing for a USB connector plug includes a body for partly surrounding the USB connector plug. The body defines a forward aperture from which a plug head of the USB connector plug extends and a rearward aperture from which a cable of the USB connector plug extends. The body has an outer form, which defines on a first surface thereof, a thumb pad and on a second opposing surface, a finger pad. The outer form of the body is provided with a thumb push element that stands proud from a forward part of the thumb pad. The housing is configured as an over-housing for a conventional USB connector plug.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2016Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: UCB BIOPHARMA SPRLInventors: Barry Alan Knight, Oliver Frederik Stumpp
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Publication number: 20180337485Abstract: Provided is a housing for a USB connector plug comprising a body for partly surrounding the USB connector plug, the body defining a forward aperture from which a plug head of the USB connector plug extends and a rearward aperture from which a cable of the USB connector plug extends. The body has an outer form, which defines on a first surface thereof, a thumb pad and on a second opposing surface, a finger pad. The outer form of the body is provided with a thumb push element that stands proud from a forward part of the thumb pad. The housing may also be configured as an over-housing for a conventional USB connector plug.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2016Publication date: November 22, 2018Applicant: UCB BIOPHARMA SPRLInventors: Barry Alan KNIGHT, Oliver Frederik STUMPP
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Patent number: 10099013Abstract: Provided is a manual drive unit for use with a cassette unit comprising a cassette unit housing containing there within a syringe comprising a barrel for containing a volume of a liquid drug formulation; a hollow needle at a front end of the barrel, the hollow needle defining a needle tip for dispensing of the liquid drug formulation; and a plunger that is axially movable within the barrel. The manual drive unit comprises a manual drive unit housing defining a docking cavity and a needle delivery aperture, wherein said docking cavity is arranged for docking receipt of the cassette unit at a docking position; and received by the manual drive unit housing and axially movable relative thereto, a manually operable drive transfer element for transferring axial drive to the plunger of the syringe for moving the plunger into the barrel of the syringe to eject at least part of the volume of liquid drug formulation.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2014Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: UCB Biopharma SPRLInventors: Martin John McLoughlin, Michael James David Heald, Barry Alan Knight, Dirushan Pillay
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Publication number: 20170239419Abstract: Provided is a housing part for an auto-injector comprising a shell form body defining inner and outer shell surfaces and comprising a relatively hard or generally incompressible material; an over-coating formed of a relatively softer or more compressible material, the over-coating covering at least part of the outer shell surface of the shell form body; and at least one window defined in the shell form body, wherein the over-coating extends into the at least one window. Also provided is a housing comprising the housing part, and an auto-injector comprising the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2015Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: Martin John McLoughlin, Barry Alan Knight, Matt Ekman, Deborah Jane Norris
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Publication number: 20160193414Abstract: Provided is a manual drive unit for use with a cassette unit comprising a cassette unit housing containing there within a syringe comprising a barrel for containing a volume of a liquid drug formulation; a hollow needle at a front end of the barrel, the hollow needle defining a needle tip for dispensing of the liquid drug formulation; and a plunger that is axially movable within the barrel. The manual drive unit comprises a manual drive unit housing defining a docking cavity and a needle delivery aperture, wherein said docking cavity is arranged for docking receipt of the cassette unit at a docking position; and received by the manual drive unit housing and axially movable relative thereto, a manually operable drive transfer element for transferring axial drive to the plunger of the syringe for moving the plunger into the barrel of the syringe to eject at least part of the volume of liquid drug formulation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2014Publication date: July 7, 2016Inventors: Martin John MCLOUGHLIN, Michael James David HEALD, Barry Alan KNIGHT, Dirushan PILLAY
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Patent number: D795194Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2016Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: UCB Biopharma SPRLInventors: Barry Alan Knight, Oliver Frederik Stumpp
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Patent number: D806034Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2016Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: UCB Biopharma SPRLInventors: Barry Alan Knight, Oliver Frederik Stumpp
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Patent number: D816834Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2017Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: UCB BIOPHARMA SPRLInventors: Barry Alan Knight, Marko Plevnik, Norihiko Inoue, Jamie Buckley, Lisa Hornsey
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Patent number: D816835Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2017Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: UCB BIOPHARMA SPRLInventors: Barry Alan Knight, Marko Plevnik, Norihiko Inoue, Jamie Buckley, Lisa Hornsey
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Patent number: D819804Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2017Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: UCB Biopharma SPRLInventors: Barry Alan Knight, Marko Plevnik, Norihiko Inoue, Jamie Buckley, Lisa Hornsey
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Patent number: D819805Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2017Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: UCB Biopharma SPRLInventors: Barry Alan Knight, Marko Plevnik, Norihiko Inoue, Jamie Buckley, Lisa Hornsey
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Patent number: D999906Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: UCB Biopharma SRLInventors: Barry Alan Knight, David Francis Philbrick