Patents by Inventor David Aubrey Plumptre

David Aubrey Plumptre 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: 12214174
    Abstract: Data collection devices for attachment to injection devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, the data collection device includes: a body attachable to a dial member of the injection device, a sensor arrangement comprising a sensor and a scale, and a processor. The sensor is configured to detect a rotation of the body relative to a trigger of the injection device. The processor is configured to detect a rotation of the body relative to the trigger. One of the sensor and the scale is arranged in or on the body and wherein the other one of the sensor and the scale is located on the trigger or is rotationally lockable to the trigger configured to detect a rotation of the body relative to the trigger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Maurice Toporek, Michael Jugl, Günther Sendatzki, Oliver Charles Gazeley, Prasannah Nanayakkara, Aidan Michael O'Hare, Robert Veasey, David Aubrey Plumptre
  • Publication number: 20250032725
    Abstract: A drug delivery device for setting and dispensing doses of a liquid drug is described. The device includes a housing and a dose setting and drive mechanism with a dose setting member and a dose setting drum. The dose setting and drive mechanism is configured to perform a dose setting operation for setting a dose to be delivered by the drug delivery device by rotating the dose setting member relative to the housing and a dose delivery operation for delivering the set dose during rotation of the dose setting drum relative to dose setting member the housing. The dose setting drum includes an array of encoder features at its proximal end. The dose setting member has at least one aperture located in a proximal end surface that is coincident with at least a portion of the array of encoder features of the dose setting drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Tom Alexander Earwaker, Oliver Charles Gazeley, Adam Moyo Harvey-Cook, Matthew Meredith Jones, Harry Robert Lester, David Aubrey Plumptre, James Senior, Robert Frederick Veasey
  • Publication number: 20250032719
    Abstract: An arrangement of drug delivery devices is provided with interchangeable members and non-interchangeable members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Steven Wimpenny, David Aubrey Plumptre, Robert Veasey, Ian McFaul, Hugh Smith, Paul Griffin
  • Publication number: 20250025636
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a drug delivery device for setting and dispensing doses of a liquid drug. The device comprises a housing and a dose setting and drive mechanism with a dose setting member. The dose setting and drive mechanism is, at least partially, arranged within the housing and is configured to perform a dose setting operation for selecting a dose to be delivered by the drug delivery device by moving the dose setting member relative to the housing and a dose delivery operation for delivering the set dose by axially displacing the dose setting member along an axis. The maximum radial extension perpendicular to the axis of the dose setting member is smaller than the maximum radial extension of a region of the housing located adjacent to the dose setting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Tom Alexander Earwaker, Oliver Charles Gazeley, Adam Moyo Harvey-Cook, Matthew Meredith Jones, Harry Robert Lester, David Aubrey Plumptre, James Alexander Senior, Robert Veasey
  • Patent number: 12201814
    Abstract: A cartridge assembly for a drug delivery device is described. The cartridge assembly includes a cartridge containing a drug, the cartridge including a dispensing end; a cartridge holder, the cartridge holder defining an interior cartridge holding section, where the cartridge is arranged within the cartridge holding section; and a fixing feature. The fixing feature includes a fixing surface, in particular a radially oriented surface, which is arranged to abut a cartridge surface of the cartridge, in particular a radially oriented surface, to prevent removal of the cartridge from the cartridge holder such that the cartridge is permanently secured in the cartridge holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Steven Wimpenny, David Aubrey Plumptre, Robert Veasey, Ian McFaul, Hugh Smith, Paul Griffin
  • Patent number: 12201817
    Abstract: A drive assembly for a drug delivery system including a plunger member configured to engage and move a stopper within a container, a biasing member configured to move the plunger member, and an adjustable spacer assembly positioned between the plunger member and the stopper. The spacer assembly includes a spacer element attached to the stopper and at least one shim or includes a spacer element and a holder to which the spacer element is attached. The holder may be attached to the stopper and the spacer element may be attached to the holder by a threaded engagement. Also, a drug delivery system for injecting a medicament, the system including a container configured to receive a medicament, the container comprising a stopper configured to move within the container and a closure, a drive assembly as described above, and a needle actuator assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Richard James Vincent Avery, Malcolm Stanley Boyd, Oliver Charles Gazeley, Gareth James Lewis, David Aubrey Plumptre, James Alexander Senior
  • Publication number: 20250018126
    Abstract: The present disclosure refers to a drug delivery device for setting and dispensing doses of a liquid drug which may be used together with a module for detecting the amount of a dose selected and/or delivered. The device comprises a housing and a dose setting and drive mechanism with a dose setting member. The dose setting and drive mechanism is configured to perform a dose setting operation for selecting a dose to be delivered by rotating the dose setting member relative to the housing and a dose delivery operation for delivering the set dose by pushing the dose setting member axially towards the housing without relative rotation therebetween. The dose setting member comprises a set of axially directed stop teeth formed at its distal end which are configured to engage with a set of counterstop teeth located on the housing at the end of the dose delivery operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Tom Alexander Earwaker, Oliver Charles Gazeley, Adam Moyo Harvey-Cook, Matthew Meredith Jones, Harry Robert Lester, David Aubrey Plumptre, James Alexander Senior, Robert Veasey
  • Publication number: 20250009977
    Abstract: A drug delivery device for setting and dispensing doses of a liquid drug. The device comprises a housing and a dose setting and drive mechanism with a dose setting member and a dose setting drum. The dose setting and drive mechanism is configured to perform a dose setting operation for selecting a dose to be delivered, and a dose delivery operation for delivering the set dose. The dose setting drum comprises a set of clutch teeth that are engagable with a mating set of teeth on the dose setting member. The clutch teeth and the mating teeth are engaged during a dose setting operation to prevent rotation therebetween and the clutch teeth and the mating teeth are disengaged during a dose delivery operation allowing relative rotation between the dose setting drum and the dose setting member. The clutch teeth are formed on an external surface of the dose setting drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Tom Alexander Earwaker, Oliver Charles Gazeley, Adam Moyo Harvey-Cook, Matthew Meredith Jones, Harry Robert Lester, David Aubrey Plumptre, James Senior, Robert Veasey
  • Patent number: 12186541
    Abstract: An assembly for a drug delivery device is provided, the assembly comprising a feedback feature. The feedback feature is configured to indicate an end of the dispense operation to a user by giving an audible and/or tactile feedback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: David Aubrey Plumptre, Naceur Rekaya, Paul Richard Draper, Paul Roger Griffin, Stephen Francis Gilmore
  • Patent number: 12186537
    Abstract: A cartridge assembly for a drug delivery device is described. The cartridge assembly includes (i) a cartridge containing a drug, the cartridge including a dispensing end; (ii) a cartridge holder, the cartridge holder defining an interior cartridge holding section, in which the cartridge is arranged within the cartridge holding section; and (iii) a fixing member. The fixing member includes a fixing surface arranged to abut a cartridge surface of the cartridge, in particular a radially oriented surface. The cartridge surface is a proximal surface which faces away from the dispensing end of the cartridge, and the cartridge surface is arranged between the dispensing end of the cartridge and the end opposite of the dispensing end. The fixing member includes a securing surface which is arranged to abut a holder surface of the cartridge holder. Further, a drug delivery device and a method for assembling the cartridge assembly are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Steven Wimpenny, David Aubrey Plumptre, Robert Frederick Veasey, Ian McFaul, Hugh Smith, Paul Griffin
  • Publication number: 20240382688
    Abstract: A data collection device for attachment to an injection device, such as an injector pen, includes a sensor arrangement to detect movement of a movable component of the injection device relative to the data collection device during delivery of a medicament by the injection device, and a processor arrangement configured to, based on said detected movement, determine a medicament dosage administered by the injection device. The processor arrangement may monitor the time that has elapsed since the medicament dosage was administered, and control a display to show the mediacament dosage and elapsed time to provide a memory aid to the user. In an example embodiment, the sensor arrangement includes an optical encoder and the movable component includes a plurality of light barrier formations. The movable component may be a number sleeve that provides a visual indication of a dose programmed into the injection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Frank Erbstein, Paul Richard Draper, Robert Frederick Veasey, David Aubrey Plumptre, Joseph Butler
  • Publication number: 20240374833
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an injection device for setting and injecting pre-set or user-selectable doses of a medicament, the injection device comprising an elongated housing defining a longitudinal direction and configured to accommodate a cartridge containing the medicament, and a detector arrangement operable to detect a relative movement between a first element and a second element. The first element is subject to a first movement relative to the second element along a first longitudinal direction for setting of a dose, the first element is subject to a second movement relative to the second element along a second longitudinal direction for dispensing of the dose, one of the first movement and the second movement is a helical movement, and the other one of the first movement and the second movement is a sliding movement in the longitudinal direction. The second element comprises at least one reference element fixed to the second element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Oliver Charles Gazeley, Gavin Newman, Aidan Michael O'Hare, David Aubrey Plumptre, Robert Veasey, Craig Ashley Mason, Anthony Paul Morris
  • Patent number: 12138430
    Abstract: An arrangement of drug delivery devices is provided with interchangeable members and non-interchangeable members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Steven Wimpenny, David Aubrey Plumptre, Robert Veasey, Ian McFaul, Hugh Smith, Paul Griffin
  • Publication number: 20240350735
    Abstract: A drug delivery system for injecting a medicament includes a container including a closure and a stopper configured to move within the container from a pre-use position to a post-use position. The system includes a drive assembly configured to move the stopper between first and second positions, and a spacer assembly engaged with the stopper configured to be engaged by the drive assembly. The spacer assembly includes a first spacer portion received within the stopper, a second spacer portion spaced from the first spacer portion, an inner plunger, and a spacer shuttle received by the inner plunger. The inner plunger, the spacer shuttle, and the second portion are configured to move relative to the stopper, where movement of the second spacer portion is restricted by the spacer shuttle, movement of the spacer shuttle is restricted by the inner plunger, and movement of the inner plunger is restricted by the stopper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Vincent Quinn, Trivikrama Bhanoji Pala, Philip Song, David Aubrey Plumptre, Malcolm Stanley Boyd, Peter Quinn
  • Patent number: 12076537
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an injection device for setting and injecting pre-set or user-selectable doses of a medicament, the injection device comprising an elongated housing defining a longitudinal direction and configured to accommodate a cartridge containing the medicament, and a detector arrangement operable to detect a relative movement between a first element and a second element. The first element is subject to a first movement relative to the second element along a first longitudinal direction for setting of a dose, the first element is subject to a second movement relative to the second element along a second longitudinal direction for dispensing of the dose, one of the first movement and the second movement is a helical movement, and the other one of the first movement and the second movement is a sliding movement in the longitudinal direction. The second element comprises at least one reference element fixed to the second element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Oliver Charles Gazeley, Gavin Newman, Aidan Michael O'Hare, David Aubrey Plumptre, Robert Veasey, Craig Ashley Mason, Anthony Paul Morris
  • Patent number: 12070584
    Abstract: A data collection device for attachment to an injection device, such as an injector pen, includes a sensor arrangement to detect movement of a movable component of the injection device relative to the data collection device during delivery of a medicament by the injection device, and a processor arrangement configured to, based on said detected movement, determine a medicament dosage administered by the injection device. The processor arrangement may monitor the time that has elapsed since the medicament dosage was administered, and control a display to show the mediacament dosage and elapsed time to provide a memory aid to the user. In an example embodiment, the sensor arrangement includes an optical encoder and the movable component includes a plurality of light barrier formations. The movable component may be a number sleeve that provides a visual indication of a dose programmed into the injection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: Frank Erbstein, Paul Richard Draper, Robert Frederick Veasey, David Aubrey Plumptre, Joseph Butler
  • Patent number: 12053620
    Abstract: A drug delivery system for injecting a medicament includes a container including a closure and a stopper configured to move within the container from a pre-use position to a post-use position. The system includes a drive assembly configured to move the stopper between first and second positions, and a spacer assembly engaged with the stopper configured to be engaged by the drive assembly. The spacer assembly includes a first spacer portion received within the stopper, a second spacer portion spaced from the first spacer portion, an inner plunger, and a spacer shuttle received by the inner plunger. The inner plunger, the spacer shuttle, and the second portion are configured to move relative to the stopper, where movement of the second spacer portion is restricted by the spacer shuttle, movement of the spacer shuttle is restricted by the inner plunger, and movement of the inner plunger is restricted by the stopper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Michael Vincent Quinn, Trivikrama Bhanoji Pala, Philip Song, David Aubrey Plumptre, Malcolm Stanley Boyd, Peter Quinn
  • Publication number: 20240221891
    Abstract: A method for associating dose related data captured with and stored in an add-on device to a drug delivery device by means of an external computing device is described. The method includes: providing a drug delivery device comprising identification information, providing an add-on device, comprising communication means allowing the add-on device to communicate with an external computing device, means for capturing and storing dose related data, wherein the add-on device is adapted to be releasably mounted on and in engagement with the drug delivery device, providing an external computing device comprising, means for receiving the identification information from the drug delivery device, communication means allowing the external control device to communicate with the add-on device, processor means, and storage means comprising a computer program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Alexander Allerdings, Adam Moyo Harvey-Cook, David Aubrey Plumptre, Oliver Charles Gazeley, Robert Veasey, Aiden Michael O`Hare
  • Publication number: 20240148980
    Abstract: A needle actuator assembly for a drug delivery system includes a housing, a needle having retracted and extended positions, a needle actuator body received within the housing and configured to move from a pre-use position where the needle is in the retracted position to a use position where the needle is in the extended position and to a post-use position where the needle is in the retracted position, with the needle actuator having a button contact surface, and an actuator button received by the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Oliver Charles Gazeley, Gareth James Lewis, David Aubrey Plumptre, Malcolm Stanley Boyd
  • Publication number: 20240115810
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to medicament injection devices. An injection device includes: a movable dosage programming component comprising a rotary encoder system having a predefined angular periodicity, a sensor arrangement including a first optical sensor configured to detect movement of the movable dosage programming component relative to the sensor arrangement during dosing of a medicament, wherein the first optical sensor is configured to operate in a strobe-sampling mode at a first frequency, a second optical sensor configured to detect movement of the rotary encoder system relative to the second optical sensor wherein the second optical sensor is configured to operate in a strobe-sampling mode at a second frequency lower than the first frequency, and a processor arrangement configured to, based on the detected movement, determine a medicament dosage administered by the injection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Schabbach, Anthony Paul Morris, Ronald Antony Smith, Brian Charles Molyneux, Paul Richard Draper, Craig Ashley Mason, Oliver Charles Gazeley, Daniel Edward Clark, David Aubrey Plumptre, Aidan Michael O'Hare, Richard James Thomas, Felix Kramer, Beat Wyss, Philipp Müller