Patents by Inventor James Alexander Senior
James Alexander Senior 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: 11857769Abstract: A drug delivery system for injecting a medicament includes a housing, a container configured to receive a medicament including a stopper configured to move within the container and a closure, a needle in fluid communication with the container, a spacer configured to be engaged with the stopper, a first plunger, a first spring configured to bias the first plunger in an axial direction, second plunger disposed about the first plunger, a second spring configured to bias the second plunger in an axial direction. The first plunger is configured to move the spacer and the container relative to the housing via the first spring to establish fluid communication between the container and the patient needle, and the second plunger is configured to move the spacer and the stopper relative to the container via the second spring.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Oliver Charles Gazeley, David Aubrey Plumptre, Malcolm Stanley Boyd, Gareth James Lewis, James Alexander Senior
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Patent number: 11779701Abstract: A drug delivery system for injecting a medicament is provided. The system includes a container configured to receive a medicament; a drive assembly which, upon actuation, is configured to expel the medicament from the container; a needle for injecting the medicament to a patient; a fluid path assembly comprising a tube in fluid communication with the container and the needle for conducting fluid from the container to the needle; and a tube crimping arrangement configured to engage the tube to block fluid flow through the tube. The drive assembly causes the tube crimping arrangement to engage the tube after a dose of the medicament has been delivered to the patient through the needle.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Jamie Anthony Salter, Oliver Charles Gazeley, David Aubrey Plumptre, James Alexander Senior, Gareth James Lewis, Malcolm Stanley Boyd, Javier Eduardo Nadal
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Publication number: 20230248920Abstract: A needle actuator assembly for a drug delivery system includes a needle actuator body having a guide surface, a needle shuttle having a cam surface, with the needle shuttle moveable along a vertical axis between a first position and a second position. The needle shuttle is configured to move between the first and second position through engagement between the guide surface of the needle actuator body and the cam surface of the needle shuttle. The assembly further including a needle received by the needle shuttle.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: Michael Vincent Quinn, Mohammed Yassir Mahdi, Oliver Charles Gazeley, James Alexander Senior, Malcolm Stanley Boyd
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Publication number: 20230191029Abstract: The present disclosure refers to a housing element for a drug delivery device. The housing element comprises longitudinal axis and defines an interior space for receiving components of a drive mechanism of the drug delivery device and at least a portion of a cartridge of the drug delivery device. The housing element comprises an engagement feature for axially constraining the housing element to a cartridge holder of the drug delivery device. In order to constrain the cartridge in the housing element, it further comprises at least one crush web protruding radially inwards into the interior space. The at least one crush web is angled relative to the longitudinal axis of the housing element by at least 3° such that when the cartridge is introduced into the interior space the at least one crush web folds radially outwards.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2021Publication date: June 22, 2023Inventors: James Alexander Senior, Harry Robert Lester, David Aubrey Plumptre, Robert Frederick Veasey, Thomas Khong
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Patent number: 11654248Abstract: A needle actuator assembly for a drug delivery system includes a needle actuator body having a guide surface, a needle shuttle having a cam surface, with the needle shuttle moveable along a vertical axis between a first position and a second position. The needle shuttle is configured to move between the first and second position through engagement between the guide surface of the needle actuator body and the cam surface of the needle shuttle. The assembly further including a needle received by the needle shuttle.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Michael Vincent Quinn, Mohammed Yassir Mahdi, Oliver Charles Gazeley, James Alexander Senior, Malcolm Stanley Boyd
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Publication number: 20220257867Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Inventors: Richard James Vincent Avery, Malcolm Stanley Boyd, Oliver Charles Gazeley, Gareth James Lewis, David Aubrey Plumptre, James Alexander Senior
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Patent number: 11357918Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 15, 2018Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Richard James Vincent Avery, Malcolm Stanley Boyd, Oliver Charles Gazeley, Gareth James Lewis, David Aubrey Plumptre, James Alexander Senior
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Publication number: 20210346605Abstract: The present invention refers to a drug delivery device comprising a housing (5, 10) with an opening (12), a piston rod (11) having a proximal end and a distal end, at least a portion with an interface (14) adapted to engage the opening (12) for guiding the piston rod (11) during a distal or proximal movement of the piston rod (11) relative to the housing (5, 10) and at least one first attachment element (15) located at the distal end, and a bearing (16) with at least one second attachment element (17, 18) for rotatable attachment of the bearing (16) at the distal end of the piston rod (11). The at least one first attachment element (15) and/or the at least one second attachment element (17, 18) is elastically deformable in a radial direction for snap engagement of the piston rod (11) and the bearing (5, 10).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2019Publication date: November 11, 2021Inventors: James Alexander Senior, Harry Robert Lester, David Aubrey Plumptre, Robert Veasey
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Publication number: 20210178060Abstract: A drug delivery system for injecting a medicament is provided. The system includes a container configured to receive a medicament; a drive assembly which, upon actuation, is configured to expel the medicament from the container; a needle for injecting the medicament to a patient; a fluid path assembly comprising a tube in fluid communication with the container and the needle for conducting fluid from the container to the needle; and a tube crimping arrangement configured to engage the tube to block fluid flow through the tube. The drive assembly causes the tube crimping arrangement to engage the tube after a dose of the medicament has been delivered to the patient through the needle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2021Publication date: June 17, 2021Inventors: Jamie Anthony Salter, Oliver Charles Gazeley, David Aubrey Plumptre, James Alexander Senior, Gareth James Lewis, Malcolm Stanley Boyd, Javier Eduardo Nadal
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Patent number: 10960134Abstract: A drug delivery system for injecting a medicament is provided. The system includes a container configured to receive a medicament; a drive assembly which, upon actuation, is configured to expel the medicament from the container; a needle for injecting the medicament to a patient; a fluid path assembly comprising a tube in fluid communication with the container and the needle for conducting fluid from the container to the needle; and a tube crimping arrangement configured to engage the tube to block fluid flow through the tube. The drive assembly causes the tube crimping arrangement to engage the tube after a dose of the medicament has been delivered to the patient through the needle.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2018Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Jamie Anthony Salter, Oliver Charles Gazeley, David Aubrey Plumptre, James Alexander Senior, Gareth James Lewis, Malcolm Stanley Boyd, Javier Eduardo Nadal
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Patent number: 10881806Abstract: A drive mechanism for an injection device for setting and dispensing of a dose of a medicament includes an inner body fixable inside a housing of the injection device, the inner body including an elongated shaft extending in an axial direction. The elongated shaft includes an outer thread and a blocking structure on an outer circumference. The drive mechanism includes a tubular-shaped display member having an inner thread engaged with the outer thread of the inner body, a dose member axially displaceable between a dose setting position and a dose dispensing position relative to the inner body, and a blocking sleeve axially fixed to the dose member, rotationally fixed to the display member and including at least one blocking element to axially engage with the blocking structure to block an axial displacement of the dose member from the dose setting position towards the dose dispensing position.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2016Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: James Alexander Senior, Elliot Baxter
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Patent number: 10842944Abstract: A drive mechanism for an injection device includes an inner body fixable inside a housing. An elongated shaft of the inner body extends in an axial direction. The shaft includes an outer thread and a blocking structure on an outer circumference. A tubular-shaped display member has an inner thread engaged with the outer thread of the inner body (20). A dose member is axially displaceable between a dose setting position and a dose dispensing position relative to the display member. The dose member includes at least one blocking element displaceable, pivotable or bendable in radial direction between a blocking position and a release position and engageable with the blocking structure for inducing a radial displacement of the blocking element. In the blocking position, the blocking element axially abuts with the blocking structure and with the display member to block an axial displacement of the dose member from the dose setting position towards the dose dispensing position.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2016Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deustschland GMBHInventor: James Alexander Senior
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Publication number: 20200360612Abstract: A drug delivery system for injecting a medicament includes a housing, a container configured to receive a medicament including a stopper configured to move within the container and a closure, a needle in fluid communication with the container, a spacer configured to be engaged with the stopper, a first plunger, a first spring configured to bias the first plunger in an axial direction, second plunger disposed about the first plunger, a second spring configured to bias the second plunger in an axial direction. The first plunger is configured to move the spacer and the container relative to the housing via the first spring to establish fluid communication between the container and the patient needle, and the second plunger is configured to move the spacer and the stopper relative to the container via the second spring.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2020Publication date: November 19, 2020Inventors: Oliver Charles Gazeley, David Aubrey Plumptre, Malcolm Stanley Boyd, Gareth James Lewis, James Alexander Senior
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Patent number: 10835682Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a drive mechanism for an injection device. The mechanism includes an inner body fixable inside a housing of the injection device and including an elongated shaft extending in an axial direction. The shaft includes an outer thread and a blocking structure on an outer circumference. A tubular-shaped display member has an inner thread engaged with the outer thread of the inner body. A dose member is axially displaceable relative to the inner body or the display member between a dose setting position and a dose dispensing position. A blocking ring is axially engageable with the dose member, rotationally fixed to the display member and includes a blocking element to axially engage with the blocking structure for blocking an axial displacement of the dose member from the dose setting position towards the dose dispensing position.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2016Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: James Alexander Senior, Elliot Baxter, David Aubrey Plumptre, Robert Frederick Veasey
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Patent number: 10792432Abstract: A drug delivery system for injecting a medicament includes a housing, a container configured to receive a medicament including a stopper configured to move within the container and a closure, a needle in fluid communication with the container, a spacer configured to be engaged with the stopper, a first plunger, a first spring configured to bias the first plunger in an axial direction, second plunger disposed about the first plunger, a second spring configured to bias the second plunger in an axial direction. The first plunger is configured to move the spacer and the container relative to the housing via the first spring to establish fluid communication between the container and the patient needle, and the second plunger is configured to move the spacer and the stopper relative to the container via the second spring.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2017Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Oliver Charles Gazeley, David Aubrey Plumptre, Malcolm Stanley Boyd, Gareth James Lewis, James Alexander Senior
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Publication number: 20200197621Abstract: A needle actuator assembly for a drug delivery system includes a needle actuator body having a guide surface, a needle shuttle having a cam surface, with the needle shuttle moveable along a vertical axis between a first position and a second position. The needle shuttle is configured to move between the first and second position through engagement between the guide surface of the needle actuator body and the cam surface of the needle shuttle. The assembly further including a needle received by the needle shuttle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2020Publication date: June 25, 2020Inventors: Michael Vincent Quinn, Mohammed Yassir Mahdi, Oliver Charles Gazeley, James Alexander Senior, Malcolm Stanley Boyd
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Patent number: 10603445Abstract: A needle actuator assembly for a drug delivery system includes a needle actuator body having a guide surface, a needle shuttle having a cam surface, with the needle shuttle moveable along a vertical axis between a first position and a second position. The needle shuttle is configured to move between the first and second position through engagement between the guide surface of the needle actuator body and the cam surface of the needle shuttle. The assembly further including a needle received by the needle shuttle.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2017Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Michael Vincent Quinn, Mohammed Yassir Mahdi, Oliver Charles Gazeley, James Alexander Senior, Malcolm Stanley Boyd
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Publication number: 20190151557Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a drive mechanism for an injection device. The mechanism includes an inner body fixable inside a housing of the injection device and including an elongated shaft extending in an axial direction. The shaft includes an outer thread and a blocking structure on an outer circumference. A tubular-shaped display member has an inner thread engaged with the outer thread of the inner body. A dose member is axially displaceable relative to the inner body or the display member between a dose setting position and a dose dispensing position. A blocking ring is axially engageable with the dose member, rotationally fixed to the display member and includes a blocking element to axially engage with the blocking structure for blocking an axial displacement of the dose member from the dose setting position towards the dose dispensing position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2016Publication date: May 23, 2019Inventors: James Alexander Senior, Elliot Baxter, David Aubrey Plumptre, Robert Frederick Veasey
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Publication number: 20190151558Abstract: A drive mechanism for an injection device includes an inner body fixable inside a housing. An elongated shaft of the inner body extends in an axial direction. The shaft includes an outer thread and a blocking structure on an outer circumference. A tubular-shaped display member has an inner thread engaged with the outer thread of the inner body (20). A dose member is axially displaceable between a dose setting position and a dose dispensing position relative to the display member. The dose member includes at least one blocking element displaceable, pivotable or bendable in radial direction between a blocking position and a release position and engageable with the blocking structure for inducing a radial displacement of the blocking element. In the blocking position, the blocking element axially abuts with the blocking structure and with the display member to block an axial displacement of the dose member from the dose setting position towards the dose dispensing position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2016Publication date: May 23, 2019Inventor: James Alexander Senior
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Patent number: 10286150Abstract: The present invention relates to a drug delivery device (6) comprising a dose button (1). Furthermore it relates to a method for manufacturing a dose button (1) by using a cutting-off process. The aim of the present invention is to minimize the risk of using a drug delivery device (6) containing a wrong drug. By means of tactile features, a drug delivery device (6) is distinguishable from another drug delivery device (6) containing another type of drug. This tactile feature is manufactured by using a dose button (1) out of metal which is milled or lathed.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2010Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Inventors: Michael Harms, Steffen Raab, Udo Stauder, Richard James Vincent Avery, Christopher Nigel Langley, James Alexander Senior, James Alexander Davies