Patents by Inventor Liam Philip McGuinness

Liam Philip McGuinness 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).

  • Publication number: 20150209531
    Abstract: An inhaler comprising a housing defining a chamber to receive a strip having a plurality of blisters each containing a dose of medicament for inhalation by a user is disclosed. It comprises an actuating lever and a blister strip drive member rotatably mounted in the chamber to sequentially move each blister into a blister opening position. The blister strip drive member and the actuating lever comprise a drive gear and a drive gear element, respectively, that cooperate to effect rotation of the blister strip drive member in response to rotation of the actuating lever. The drive gear and drive gear element are disposed on the outside of the housing remote from the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Andreas Mark Meliniotis, Stephen William Eason, Roger William Clarke, Liam Philip McGuinness
  • Patent number: 8931480
    Abstract: An inhaler comprising a housing to receive a strip having a plurality of blisters is disclosed. Each blister has a puncturable lid and contains a dose of medicament for inhalation by a user. A mouthpiece is pivotally mounted to the housing through which a dose of medicament is inhaled by a user. The inhaler also has an actuating mechanism including a lever operable to sequentially move each blister into alignment with a blister piercing member depending from the mouthpiece. The actuating lever is also operable to cause the mouthpiece to pivot so that the blister piercing member punctures the lid of an aligned blister so that, when a user inhales through the mouthpiece, an airflow through the blister is generated to entrain the dose contained therein and carry it, via the mouthpiece, into the user's airway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Vectura Delivery Devices Limited
    Inventors: Andreas Mark Meliniotis, Stephen William Eason, Roger William Clarke, Liam Philip McGuinness
  • Patent number: 8763608
    Abstract: An inhaler comprising a housing to receive a strip having a plurality of blisters is disclosed. Each blister has a puncturable lid and contains a dose of medicament for inhalation by a user. A mouthpiece is pivotally mounted to the housing through which a dose of medicament is inhaled by a user. The inhaler also has an actuating mechanism including a lever operable to sequentially move each blister into alignment with a blister piercing member depending from the mouthpiece. The actuating lever is also operable to cause the mouthpiece to pivot so that the blister piercing member punctures the lid of an aligned blister so that, when a user inhales through the mouthpiece, an airflow through the blister is generated to entrain the dose contained therein and carry it, via the mouthpiece, into the user's airway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Vectura Delivery Devices Limited
    Inventors: Andreas Mark Meliniotis, Stephen William Eason, Roger William Clarke, Liam Philip McGuinness
  • Publication number: 20120138055
    Abstract: An inhaler comprising a housing to receive a strip having a plurality of blisters is disclosed. Each blister has a puncturable lid and contains a dose of medicament for inhalation by a user. A mouthpiece is pivotally mounted to the housing through which a dose of medicament is inhaled by a user. The inhaler also has an actuating mechanism including a lever operable to sequentially move each blister into alignment with a blister piercing member depending from the mouthpiece. The actuating lever is also operable to cause the mouthpiece to pivot so that the blister piercing member punctures the lid of an aligned blister so that, when a user inhales through the mouthpiece, an airflow through the blister is generated to entrain the dose contained therein and carry it, via the mouthpiece, into the user's airway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: Vectura Delivery Devices Limited
    Inventors: Andreas Mark MELINIOTIS, Stephen William Eason, Roger William Clarke, Liam Philip McGuinness
  • Publication number: 20120132205
    Abstract: An inhaler comprising a housing to receive a strip having a plurality of blisters is disclosed. Each blister has a puncturable lid and contains a dose of medicament for inhalation by a user. A mouthpiece is pivotally mounted to the housing through which a dose of medicament is inhaled by a user. The inhaler also has an actuating mechanism including a lever operable to sequentially move each blister into alignment with a blister piercing member depending from the mouthpiece. The actuating lever is also operable to cause the mouthpiece to pivot so that the blister piercing member punctures the lid of an aligned blister so that, when a user inhales through the mouthpiece, an airflow through the blister is generated to entrain the dose contained therein and carry it, via the mouthpiece, into the user's airway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: Vectura Delivery Devices Limited
    Inventors: Andreas Mark Meliniotis, Stephen William Eason, Roger William Clarke, Liam Philip McGuinness
  • Patent number: D693458
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Vectura Delivery Devices Limited
    Inventors: Matthew Paul Wright, Roger William Clarke, Liam Philip McGuinness, Andreas Mark Meliniotis