Patents by Inventor Joseph Butler
Joseph Butler 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: 10213560Abstract: An injection device includes a housing, a dose setting member being operable in a first direction to set a desired dose to be dispensed, and a piston rod being adapted to cooperate with a piston so as to cause a set dose to be injected from a cartridge. Further, a first part and a second part of the injection device are provided, which are adapted to perform a relative rotational movement with respect to each other during dispensing of a dose, and which are adapted to provide a non-visual feedback signal to a user only at the end of dispensing of a set dose. The dose setting member is further operable in a second direction which is opposite to the first direction to cancel a set dose. A third part is movable between a dose setting or cancelling position and a dose dispensing position relative to the first part and/or the second part, which third part contacts the first part and/or the second part in its dose setting or cancelling position or in its dose dispensing position.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2014Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: SanofiInventors: Joseph Butler, Matthew Jones
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Patent number: 10201662Abstract: An injection device includes a housing containing a cartridge containing a medicament and a movable bung. The housing includes an inner thread. The injection device includes a piston rod for moving the bung during dose dispensing. The piston rod includes an outer thread engaging the inner thread of the housing a bearing at its end facing the bung. The injection device further includes a driver coupled to the piston rod for driving the piston rod during dose dispensing. In the unused delivery state of the device, the bearing abuts the bung. The invention further refers to an assembly method for such an injection device.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2014Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: SanofiInventors: Anthony Paul Morris, William Marsh, Matthew Jones, Joseph Butler, David Aubrey Plumptre, Robert Veasey
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Publication number: 20190045374Abstract: There is disclosed in one example a computing apparatus, including: a hardware platform; and a service chain pre-placement analyzer to operate on the hardware platform and configured to: receive a total utility input for a service chain placement; predict a mobility pattern for the service chain placement; and compute an average utility for the service chain placement, wherein the average utility is a product of the total utility and the mobility pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2018Publication date: February 7, 2019Applicant: Intel CorporationInventors: Radhika Loomba, Leonard Feehan, Joseph Butler, Thijs Metsch
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Patent number: 10195346Abstract: A drug delivery device for administering a drug is presented having a body adapted to retain a cartridge containing a drug, at least one electrical unit and a port for electrically contacting the electrical unit, an adapter for attaching an injection needle to the drug delivery device, a safety mechanism arranged to prevent contacting the electrical unit through the port whilst an injection needle is in fluid communication with the cartridge and arranged to prevent establishing a fluid communication between an injection needle and the cartridge whilst the port is configured to allow contacting the electrical unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2014Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Samuel Steel, Paul Richard Draper, Joseph Butler, George Cave, David Richard Mercer
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Publication number: 20190030250Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic module for recording information of a drug delivery device, the electronic module comprising at least one connector, wherein at least one connector is adapted to be connected to a port of the drug delivery device and wherein at least one connector is adapted to be connected to a port of a computer. Furthermore, the invention relates to a drug delivery device, comprising a port for connecting to the connector of the electronic module.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2018Publication date: January 31, 2019Inventors: Samuel Steel, Paul Richard Draper, Joseph Butler, George Cave, David Richard Mercer
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Patent number: 10188801Abstract: A dose setting mechanism having a locking mechanism for preventing selection of a dose in a drug delivery device is disclosed. The dose setting mechanism includes a locking mechanism that prevents movement of the dose setting mechanism. When a correct cartridge is inserted into the drug delivery device, the locking mechanism unlocks so as to allow movement of the dose setting mechanism. In one arrangement, the locking mechanism prevents rotation of the dose setting mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2011Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbHInventors: Joseph Butler, Richard James Vincent Avery
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Patent number: 10173005Abstract: The invention relates to a drug delivery device for administering a drug, comprising: a body adapted to retain a cartridge containing a drug, at least one electrical unit (EU) and a port for electrically contacting the electrical unit (EU), an adapter for attaching an injection needle to the drug delivery device, a safety mechanism (S1 to S6) arranged to prevent access to the port while an injection needle is in fluid communication with the cartridge and arranged to prevent establishing a fluid communication between an injection needle and the cartridge while the port is accessible.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2014Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Paul Richard Draper, George Cave, Joseph Butler
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Publication number: 20180361071Abstract: A drug delivery device for administering a drug is presented having a body, at least one electrical unit and a port for electrically contacting the electrical unit, an adapter for attaching an injection needle to the drug delivery device, a safety mechanism arranged to prevent contacting the electrical unit whilst an injection needle is in fluid communication with the drug delivery device and arranged to prevent establishing a fluid communication whilst the electrical unit is contactable.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2018Publication date: December 20, 2018Inventors: Paul Richard Draper, George Cave, Joseph Butler, Samuel Steel, David Richard Mercer, Simon Bilton Lewis
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Patent number: 10130772Abstract: A handheld injection device includes a housing, a rotatable dose setting member and a power reservoir coupled to the dose setting member. Energy is stored in the power reservoir during rotation of the dose setting member. The injection device also includes a release member for receiving a force from a user and a rotatably arranged drive member engaging with a drive track of a piston rod. The device further includes a release clutch rotationally constrained to the housing and releasably engaging the drive member. The release clutch is positionable in a first axial position when the release member is in a dose setting position and in a second axial position when the release member is in a dose injection position. The axial position of the drive member within the housing remains constant when the release member is in its dose setting position and in its dose injection position.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2014Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: SanofiInventors: Joseph Butler, Matthew Jones, David Aubrey Plumptre, William Marsh, Robert Veasey
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Patent number: 10120727Abstract: Examples may include techniques for allocating configurable computing resources from a pool of configurable computing resources to a logical server or virtual machine. The logical server or virtual machine may use allocated configurable computing resources to implement, execute or run a workload.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2015Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Katalin K. Bartfai-Walcott, Alexander Leckey, John Kennedy, Chris Woods, Giovani Estrada, Joseph Butler, Michael J. McGrath, Slawomir Putyrski
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Publication number: 20180304027Abstract: The invention refers to a handheld injection device comprising a housing, a dose indicator positioned within and axially constrained to the housing and rotatable with respect to the housing during dose setting and during dose dispensing, a gauge element, which is at least partly interposed between the housing and the dose indicator, wherein the gauge element is axially guided within the housing and in threaded engagement with the dose indicator such that rotation of the dose indicator causes an axial displacement of the gauge element. A contrast element having a first marking is provided and at least a region of the gauge element is provided with a second marking, with the first marking and/or the second marking being visible through a first window or aperture in the housing depending on the axial position of the gauge element within the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2018Publication date: October 25, 2018Inventors: William Marsh, Anthony Paul Morris, Joseph Butler, Matthew Jones
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Patent number: 10102035Abstract: Examples are described for computing resource discovery and management for a system of configurable computing resources that may include disaggregate physical elements such as central processing units, storage devices, memory devices, network input/output devices or network switches. In some examples, these disaggregate physical elements may be located within one or more racks of a data center.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2015Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Katalin K. Bartfai-Walcott, John Kennedy, Thijs Metsch, Chris Woods, Giovani Estrada, Alexander Leckey, Joseph Butler, Slawomir Putyrski
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Patent number: 10092705Abstract: The invention refers to an injection device comprising a housing (10), containing a cartridge (170) with an amount of liquid to be dispensed, a drive sleeve (41), which is rotationally constrained to the housing (10) during dose setting and spring driven rotatable relative to the housing (10) during dose dispensing, a dose dial member (60) for setting a dose to be dispensed, which is rotatable relative to the housing (10) during dose setting and during dose dispensing, and which is rotationally coupled to the drive sleeve (41) during dose dispensing. The device further comprises a last dose protection mechanism (41, 50, 60) for preventing the setting of a dose, which exceeds the amount of liquid left in the cartridge (170), with a limiter (50), which is interposed between the drive sleeve (41) and the dose dial member (60). Further, the device comprises two different display members (110, 120), each indicating the set dose.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2014Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: SanofiInventors: Daniel David Higgins, Joseph Butler, David Aubrey Plumptre, Matthew Jones
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Patent number: 10086141Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic module for recording information of a drug delivery device, the electronic module comprising at least one connector, wherein at least one connector is adapted to be connected to a port of the drug delivery device and wherein at least one connector is adapted to be connected to a port of a computer. Furthermore, the invention relates to a drug delivery device, comprising a port for connecting to the connector of the electronic module.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2014Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Samuel Steel, Paul Richard Draper, Joseph Butler, George Cave, David Richard Mercer
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Patent number: 10064996Abstract: A drug delivery device for administering a drug is presented having a body, at least one electrical unit and a port for electrically contacting the electrical unit, an adapter for attaching an injection needle to the drug delivery device, a safety mechanism arranged to prevent contacting the electrical unit whilst an injection needle is in fluid communication with the drug delivery device and arranged to prevent establishing a fluid communication while the electrical unit is contactable.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2014Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Paul Richard Draper, George Cave, Joseph Butler, Samuel Steel, David Richard Mercer, Simon Bilton Lewis
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Publication number: 20180248768Abstract: Disclosed is a mechanism to identify and quantify influence between data center entities across the physical, allocation, virtual, and service layers. A landscaping system builds an interaction topology. A feature selection mechanism selects metrics that correlate entities connected by the topology. The selected features are then modeled via predictive and inferential modeling techniques. The models generate interaction factors (IFs) that quantify a percentage of a metric for a cloud network entity that is caused by other cloud network entities coupled via the interaction topology. Interaction Confidence Levels (ICLs) are also calculated for the IFs to indicate a level of statistical confidence in the corresponding IF values. The IFs are then employed by a cloud infrastructure management system to optimize allocation of cloud network resources.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2017Publication date: August 30, 2018Applicant: Intel CorporationInventors: Annie Ibrahim Rana, Vincenzo Riccobene, Thijs Metsch, Guiseppe Petralia, Joseph Butler, Marcin Spoczynski
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Publication number: 20180236184Abstract: A coding system for a drug reservoir, where the drug reservoir is intended for use with a reservoir holder of a drug delivery device. The coding system includes a collar fitted around the drug reservoir. The collar includes a coding feature that is configured to pass through a corresponding coding feature provided by the reservoir holder of the drug delivery device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2018Publication date: August 23, 2018Inventors: Richard James Vincent Avery, Joseph Butler
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Publication number: 20180212821Abstract: Methods, systems, and storage media for telemetry adaptation are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, a networking device may include a data collector agent module to receive measurement data from measurement sources according to an initial telemetry policy and to provide the measurement data to the one or more servers of the monitoring system. The networking device may include an anomaly detection module to receive measurement data from the data collector agent module, to detect an anomaly in the measurement data, and to provide an indication of the anomaly to the data collector agent module for the data collector agent module to provide a first modified telemetry policy for the measurement sources.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2017Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: GIOVANI ESTRADA, VICTOR BAYON-MOLINO, MICHAEL J. MCGRATH, JOSEPH BUTLER
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Publication number: 20180206010Abstract: In one embodiment, a system comprises a scoring engine comprising at least one processor and memory. The scoring engine is to generate, based on telemetry information obtained from a plurality of nodes of a computing infrastructure, a first availability score for a first node of the plurality of computing infrastructure nodes and a second availability score for a second node of the plurality of computing infrastructure nodes. The scoring engine is further to generate, based on the first availability score of the first computing infrastructure node and the second availability score of the second computing infrastructure node, an edge tension score for a link between the first node and the second node.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2018Publication date: July 19, 2018Applicant: Intel CorporationInventors: Annie Ibrahim Rana, Joseph Butler, Thijs Metsch, Alexander Leckey, Vincenzo Mario Riccobene, Giovani Estrada
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Patent number: 10010679Abstract: A handheld injection device includes a housing and a dose indicator positioned within and axially constrained to the housing and rotatable with respect to the housing during dose setting and during dose dispensing. The dose indicator includes a flexible clicker arm which, only during dispense, is displaced in a first radial direction and, when the device reaches its minimum dose position, in a second, opposite radial direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2014Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: SanofiInventors: William Marsh, Anthony Paul Morris, Joseph Butler, Matthew Jones