Patents by Inventor Lelio CEREDA
Lelio CEREDA 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: 11964097Abstract: An inhaler for delivery of a medicament by inhalation includes an inhaler body for receiving a canister having a dispensing valve. A drive mechanism is provided for driving the canister from a rest position in which the valve is closed to an actuating position in which the valve is open. A resetting mechanism is provided for resetting the drive mechanism. A return mechanism is provided for returning the canister from the actuating position to the rest position, wherein the return mechanism comprises a damping system that is configured to enable the canister to automatically return from the actuating position to the rest position within a predetermined time period. A method of operation of an inhaler is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2019Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: AstraZeneca ABInventors: Bill Treneman, Charlotte Leeder, Andrew Halket, Simon Ingram, Chris Hurlstone, Valerio Lelio Cereda, Joe Daintrey, Warren Isaacs, Martin Karlsson, Jake Christofferson, Rune Ducce, Simon Berry
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Publication number: 20240024591Abstract: The invention provides an aerosol generator (21) for an inhalation device, comprising a vibratable membrane (25), a support member (22), a flexible connector (40) and an annular piezoelectric element (30) having first (33) and second (34) conductive regions on its first (31) and second (32) surfaces. The second conductive region (34) extends onto the first surface of the piezoelectric element to form a contact region (38) so that there are two electrical contacts on the first surface (31). The flexible connector (40) has a surface (42) which is an electrical insulator with first (47) and second (48) conductive regions that correspond to the first conductive region (34) and to the contact region (38) on the piezoelectric element respectively. It has two āSā shaped legs (43, 44) for making electrical connection to a controller that provides a driving current to the piezoelectric element.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2021Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Martin HUBER, Sebastian SCHWENDNER, Lelio CEREDA, Werner NOTT
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Publication number: 20210299356Abstract: There is provided drug delivery devices comprising a drug container assembly with a needle and automatic needle insertion and drug delivery mechanisms. Aspects of the devices described include a noise-generation mechanism to indicate the completion of drug delivery, a mechanism for triggering drug delivery following needle insertion, front-end activation of the device and a safety mechanism for covering the needle after use and methods of assembly of the devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Inventors: Valerio Lelio Cereda, Ralph George Lamble, Jonathan Lawson, Michael Charles Savill, Susanna Elizabeth McRobert White, Martyn James Young, Matthew Egerton Young
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Patent number: 11058820Abstract: There is provided drug delivery devices comprising a drug container assembly with a needle and automatic needle insertion and drug delivery mechanisms. Aspects of the devices described include a noise-generation mechanism to indicate the completion of drug delivery, a mechanism for triggering drug delivery following needle insertion, front-end activation of the device and a safety mechanism for covering the needle after use and methods of assembly of the devices.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2018Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: OVAL MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDInventors: Valerio Lelio Cereda, Ralph George Lamble, Jonathan Lawson, Michael Charles Savill, Susanna Elizabeth McRobert White, Martyn James Young, Matthew Egerton Young
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Publication number: 20210008302Abstract: An inhaler for delivery of a medicament by inhalation is disclosed. The inhaler comprises the following components. An inhaler body for receiving a canister having a dispensing valve. A drive mechanism comprising a biasing means such as a spring and a moving component such as a yoke, the drive mechanism for driving the canister, when received in the inhaler body, from a rest position in which the valve is closed to at least an actuating position in which the valve is open. The drive mechanism drives the canister when the biasing means is released from a loaded configuration to move the moving component from a first position to a second position. A resetting mechanism, for example a mouthpiece cap arrangement for pushing upwardly on the yoke, for resetting the drive mechanism by moving the moving component from the second position to the first position and reloading the biasing means to the loaded configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2019Publication date: January 14, 2021Inventors: BILL TRENEMAN, CHARLOTTE LEEDER, ANDREW HALKET, SIMON INGRAM, CHRIS HURLSTONE, VALERIO LELIO CEREDA, JOE DAINTREY, WARREN ISAACS, MARTIN KARLSSON, JAKE CHRISTOFFERSON, RUNE DUCCE, SIMON BERRY
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Publication number: 20190117893Abstract: There is provided drug delivery devices comprising a drug container assembly with a needle and automatic needle insertion and drug delivery mechanisms. Aspects of the devices described include a noise-generation mechanism to indicate the completion of drug delivery, a mechanism for triggering drug delivery following needle insertion, front-end activation of the device and a safety mechanism for covering the needle after use and methods of assembly of the devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: Valerio Lelio Cereda, Ralph George Lamble, Jonathan Lawson, Michael Charles Savill, Susanna Elizabeth McRobert White, Martyn James Young, Matthew Egerton Young
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Patent number: 10207051Abstract: There is provided drug delivery devices including a drug container assembly with a needle and automatic needle insertion and drug delivery mechanisms. Aspects of the devices described include a noise-generation mechanism to indicate the completion of drug delivery, a mechanism for triggering drug delivery following needle insertion, front-end activation of the device and a safety mechanism for covering the needle after use and methods of assembly of the devices.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2014Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: OVAL MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDInventors: Valerio Lelio Cereda, Ralph George Lamble, Michael Charles Savill, Susanna Elizabeth McRobert White, Martyn James Young, Matthew Egerton Young, Jonathan Lawson
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Publication number: 20160193412Abstract: There is provided drug delivery devices comprising a drug container assembly with a needle and automatic needle insertion and drug delivery mechanisms. Aspects of the devices described include a noise-generation mechanism to indicate the completion of drug delivery, a mechanism for triggering drug delivery following needle insertion, front-end activation of the device and a safety mechanism for covering the needle after use and methods of assembly of the devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2014Publication date: July 7, 2016Inventors: Valerio Lelio Cereda, Ralph George Lamble, Jonathan Lawson, Michael Charles Savill, Susanna Elizabeth McRobert White, Martyn James Young, Matthew Egerton Young