Patents by Inventor Howard William Biddle

Howard William Biddle 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).

  • Inhaler
    Patent number: 8474453
    Abstract: An inhaler is disclosed. The inhaler has a housing to receive an elongate strip of blisters each containing a dose of medicament and being sequentially movable into alignment with means for breaching a blister to enable a user to inhale said dose contained therein. The device has a spiral wound element within the housing that receives and coils said strip of blisters that have been breached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Vectura Delivery Devices Limited
    Inventors: Stephen William Eason, Matthew Sarkar, Graham Gibbins, Nicholas John Campling, Howard William Biddle, Tristian Roger Thornhill, Duncan James Bradley
  • INHALER
    Publication number: 20120037157
    Abstract: An inhaler (1) including a blister strip (2) is proposed. The unused blister strip is stored in a spiral (16). After use, the blister strip is conveyed into another spiral (17). Both spirals share a common space within the inhaler and may be separated by a loose guiding element (18). The spirals and the guiding element may comprise protrusions (19) to reduce sliding friction. Additionally or alternatively, a lubricant (31) may be used to reduce friction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicants: VECTURA DELIVERY DEVICES LIMITED, BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM GMBH, CD PATENTS
    Inventors: Marc Rohrschneider, Manuel Krakowka, Herbert Wachtel, Nicholas John Campling, Duncan James Bradley, Tristian Roger Thornhill, Howard William Biddle, Matthew Sarkar, Stephen Eason, Graham Gibbins
  • AEROSOL GENERATION
    Publication number: 20100327075
    Abstract: An aerosol generation mechanism where a liquid mass is arranged to impinge a liquid-phobic surface (3). The liquid spreads across the liquid-phobic surface (3) without wetting it and at some point breaks up into an aerosol cloud (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: 42 TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Howard William Biddle
  • Inhaler
    Publication number: 20090229608
    Abstract: An inhaler is disclosed. It comprises a housing to receive an elongate strip of blisters each containing a dose of medicament and being sequentially movable into alignment with means for breaching a blister to enable a user to inhale said dose contained therein. The device comprises a spiral wound element within the housing that receives and coils said strip of blisters that have been breached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: Ventura Delivery Devices Limited
    Inventors: Stephen William Eason, Matthew Sarkar, Graham Gibbins, Nicholas John Campling, Howard William Biddle, Tristian Roger Thornhill, Duncan James Bradley
  • Inhaler
    Publication number: 20090007908
    Abstract: An inhaler is disclosed. It comprises a housing to receive an elongate strip of blisters each containing a dose of medicament and being sequentially movable into alignment with means for breaching a blister to enable a user to inhale said dose contained therein. The device comprises a spiral wound element within the housing that receives and coils said strip of blisters that have been breached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: Vectura Delivery Devices Limited
    Inventors: Stephen William Eason, Matthew Sarkar, Graham Gibbins, Nicholas John Campling, Howard William Biddle, Tristian Roger Thornhill, Duncan James Bradley
  • Seed drill
    Patent number: 4026437
    Abstract: An apparatus for metering and transporting particulate material, particularly seeds, in which suction is continuously applied to holes in a surface of a drum to enable the particles to be picked up by the drum, an air pressure device being provided to produce an air stream for entraining and accelerating the particles along a transport passage away from the drum surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1975
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1977
    Assignee: Cambridge Consultants Ltd.
    Inventor: Howard William Biddle