Patents by Inventor Garen Kouyoumjian

Garen Kouyoumjian 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: 10265478
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: Garen Kouyoumjian, Robert Veasey, David Plumptre, Christopher Jones, Catherine Anne MacDonald, James May
  • Patent number: 10213552
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: David Plumptre, Andrew Mark Lindsay, Catherine Anne Macdonald, Robert Veasey, Christopher Jones, Garen Kouyoumjian
  • Patent number: 10112749
    Abstract: The invention relates to a closure assembly (1) for a container (2) and a container thereof. The invention more particularly relates to a closure assembly which provides leak tight closure for liquid or viscous products and can be simply opened or closed with minimal effort and additionally can be inverted to stably rest on a horizontal surface to act as a tottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Nurani Dharmaraj Krishnaprakash Iyer, Wei Dong, Garen Kouyoumjian, Andrew Gordon Wallace, Sophie Louise Sladen
  • Publication number: 20180148235
    Abstract: The invention relates to a closure assembly (1) for a container (2) and a container thereof. The invention more particularly relates to a closure assembly which provides leak tight closure for liquid or viscous products and can be simply opened or closed with minimal effort and additionally can be inverted to stably rest on a horizontal surface to act as a tottle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Nurani Dharmaraj, Krishnaprakash IYER, Wei DONG, Garen KOUYOUMJIAN, Andrew Gordon WALLACE, Sophie Louise SLADEN
  • Patent number: 9878100
    Abstract: A medicated module (4) for an injection system to co-deliver at least two medicaments is disclosed where a primary delivery device containing a primary medicament accepts a medicated module (4) containing a single dose of a secondary medicament and where both medicaments are delivered through a hollow needle (3). The medicated module (4) does not require the user to manually engage a reservoir (22) containing the secondary medicament. Instead, a biasing member (48) automatically activates the reservoir (22) when the needle guard (42) is retracted. The needle guard (42) prevents accidental needle sticks before and after an injection, and locks after dose delivery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: David Moore, Garen Kouyoumjian, Christopher John Jones, James Mark Watson, John David Cross, Malcolm Stanley Boyd, Alasdair George Young, Naceur Rekaya
  • Patent number: 9750890
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an assembly forming a piston rod for advancing a cartridge bung in a drug delivery device, the assembly comprising a first member and a second member wherein in a first state, the first and the second member are moveable with respect to each other to adjust the length of the piston rod and wherein in a second state the first member is locked in position with respect to the second member in order to define a fixed length of the piston rod. Furthermore, it relates to a drug delivery device comprising the assembly and to a method for assembling such a drug delivery device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Garen Kouyoumjian, Robert Veasey, David Plumptre, Christopher Jones, Catherine Anne Macdonald, Matthew Jones
  • Patent number: 9714131
    Abstract: A sprayhead for use with an aerosol container, the sprayhead including a chassis capable of firm attachment to the container; a rotatable circular collar; a spray channel and associated actuator button; and an over-cap; the rotatable circular collar being rotatable between a first and second position, wherein, when the rotatable circular collar is in the first position, a holding feature of the rotatable circular collar interacts with a holding feature of the chassis and wherein the rotatable circular collar further includes a projection that interacts with a non-rotating feature of the overcap to produce an audible signal when the rotatable circular collar is rotated between its first and second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Amit Arora, Kassie Terra-Lynn Betts, Simon Lewis Bilton, Joseph Butler, Christopher John Jones, Garen Kouyoumjian
  • Patent number: 9555192
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Catherine Anne Macdonald, Robert Veasey, Garen Kouyoumjian, Christopher Jones, Alexander Ian Bailey
  • Patent number: 9533107
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: David Plumptre, Andrew Mark Lindsay, Catherine Anne Macdonald, Robert Veasey, Christopher Jones, Garen Kouyoumjian
  • Patent number: 9511926
    Abstract: A sprayhead for use with an aerosol container, the sprayhead including: a chassis; a rotatable circular collar; and a spray channel and associated actuator button, the spray channel passing through a central aperture in a bridge spanning a diameter of the collar, and being connectable to the aerosol container; the chassis including an annular skirt that, on a lower internal surface thereof, an annular valve cup securing bead that, when the sprayhead is attached to an aerosol container, grips the container such that the torque required to turn the chassis around the container is at least twice that required to turn the rotatable circular collar around the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Amit Arora, Kassie Terra-Lynn Betts, Simon Lewis Bilton, Joseph Butler, Christopher John Jones, Garen Kouyoumjian
  • Patent number: 9505546
    Abstract: A sprayhead including; a chassis capable of firm attachment to an aerosol container, the chassis including a circular platform and a peripheral skirt; a rotatable circular collar that includes a bridge that spans a diameter of the collar; and a spray channel and associated actuator button, the spray channel being designed to pass through a central aperture in the circular platform of the chassis and through a central aperture in the bridge; the chassis holding the spray channel and associated actuator button in a non-rotatable manner, and the collar being rotatable between a first position in which the spray channel is incapable of depression and a second position in which the spray channel is capable of depression when pressure is applied to the associated actuator button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Amit Arora, Kassie Terra-Lynn Betts, Simon Lewis Bilton, Joseph Butler, Christopher John Jones, Garen Kouyoumjian
  • Patent number: 9463278
    Abstract: A resettable drive mechanism for a drug delivery device (1) comprises a piston rod assembly (32) and an interaction member (23). The piston rod assembly (32) comprises a guide track (18) running along the piston rod assembly (32), the guide track (18) comprising at least one delivery section (18A) and at least one reset section (18B). The reset section (18B) is arranged to continue the delivery section (18A). The delivery section (18A) comprises at least one blocking means (19). The interaction member (23) is configured to cooperate with the guide track (18). For delivering a dose of a drug (24), the piston rod assembly (32) is axially displaceable in a dose delivery direction away from an axial starting position, the interaction member (23) cooperating with the delivery section (18A) and the blocking means (19) passing the interaction member (23) when the piston rod assembly (32) is displaced in the dose delivery direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Catherine Anne MacDonald, Robert Veasey, Christopher Jones, Garen Kouyoumjian
  • Patent number: 9463285
    Abstract: A medicated module for an injection system to co-deliver at least two medicaments is disclosed where a primary delivery device containing a primary medicament accepts a medicated module containing a single dose of a secondary medicament and where both medicaments are delivered through a hollow needle. The medicated module is initially in a locked state until attached to a drug delivery where interaction of the cartridge holder with the module bypass housing changes the module to a triggerable state. The medicated module does not require the user to manually engage a reservoir containing the secondary medicament. Instead, a biasing member automatically activates the reservoir when the needle guard is retracted when the module is in the triggerable state. The needle guard prevents accidental needle sticks before and after an injection, and locks after removal from the injection site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: David Richard Mercer, Garen Kouyoumjian, Malcolm Stanley Boyd, Michael Bainton, John David Cross
  • Patent number: 9446198
    Abstract: A medicated module for an injection system to co-deliver at least two medicaments is disclosed where a primary delivery device containing a primary medicament accepts a medicated module containing a single dose of a secondary medicament and where both medicaments are delivered through a hollow needle. The medicated module is initially in a locked state until attached to a drug delivery where a locking plate is moved to a triggering state. The medicated module does not require the user to manually engage a reservoir containing the secondary medicament. Instead, a biasing member automatically activates the reservoir when the needle guard is retracted when the module is in the triggering state. The needle guard prevents accidental needle sticks before and after an injection, and locks after dose delivery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: David Richard Mercer, Garen Kouyoumjian, Malcolm Stanley Boyd, Michael Bainton, John David Cross
  • Patent number: 9446202
    Abstract: A plunger (4) having engaging means and a lever (5) are arranged in a body (1). The lever has a first pivot that is stationary with respect to the body in the direction of an axis, a second pivot, and a third pivot formed by an engaging element of the lever. The pivots are arranged in such a manner that a rotation of the lever with respect to the first pivot moves the second pivot and the third pivot in the same direction with respect to the axis. The engaging element and the engaging means are shaped such that the lever is disengaged from the plunger when the second pivot is moved relatively to the plunger in the proximal direction (30), and the plunger is engaged with the lever when the second pivot is moved in the distal direction (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Veasey, Simon Lewis Bilton, Christopher Jones, Garen Kouyoumjian, Catherine Anne MacDonald
  • Patent number: 9440027
    Abstract: A module assembly for use with an injection system to co-deliver at least two medicaments is disclosed where a primary delivery device containing a primary medicament accepts the module that has an automatic triggering system activated by a dispense interface needle guard. When the module contains a single dose of a secondary medicament, both the primary and secondary medicaments are delivered through a single dispense interface, preferably a hollow needle. The module assembly does not require the user to manually engage a reservoir containing the secondary medicament. Instead, a trigger automatically activates movement of a lower hub when the needle guard is retracted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Garen Kouyoumjian, Malcolm Stanley Boyd, David Richard Mercer, Thomas Urs Thueer
  • Patent number: 9402962
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an assembly for a drug delivery device comprising a proximal end, a distal end and a moveable member, a dose member, a fixed member and coupling means, wherein in a first state, the moveable member is moveable in an axial direction with respect to the fixed member and the dose member and the coupling means retains the dose member to the fixed member, and wherein in a second state of the assembly, the moveable member is permanently connected with the dose member by means of the coupling means and the dose member is released from the fixed member and the assembly is configured to set and dispense a dose of a fluid medicinal product out of an assembled cartridge by movement of the dose member. Furthermore it relates to a method for setting-up a drug delivery device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Catherine Anne Macdonald, Robert Veasey, Garen Kouyoumjian, Christopher Jones, Andrew Mark Lindsay
  • Patent number: 9402960
    Abstract: A plunger and a lever are arranged in a body and provided with engaging elements engaging the lever with the plunger. The lever is disengageable from the plunger by a shift of the lever, thus enabling a movement of the plunger relatively to the body in the proximal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Robert Veasey, Simon Lewis Bilton, Christopher Jones, Garen Kouyoumjian, Catherine Anne Macdonald
  • Patent number: 9394096
    Abstract: An actuator cap for dispensing a liquid product, the cap comprising a rotatable outer body and an associated actuator button and a non-rotatable chassis and associated spray channel assembly; the outer body and actuator button being rotatable between: a first position in which the actuator button is non-elevated, the actuator button being incapable of depression in this position; a second position in which the actuator button is elevated across its full length and width relative to top surface of the outer body, the button still being incapable of depression in this position; and a third position in which the actuator button is elevated across its full length and width and tilted relative to top surface of the outer body, the button being capable of depression in this position; depression of the actuator button causing release of liquid product from an associated container through the spray channel assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Kassie Terra-Lynn Betts, Simon Lewis Bilton, Adrian Barclay Caroen, Christopher John Jones, Garen Kouyoumjian
  • Patent number: 9387294
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: David Plumptre, Andrew Mark Lindsay, Catherine Anne MacDonald, Robert Veasey, Garen Kouyoumjian, Christopher Jones