Patents by Inventor Michael Jugl
Michael Jugl 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: 12226618Abstract: A drive train for a wind-up injection device, comprises a torsional energy storage adapted to be loaded or unloaded by a rotatable element, a rotatable user handle coupled with a button, a rotationally drivable expelling mechanism, and a clutch element coupled with the torsional energy storage via the rotatable element and comprising a ratchet for maintaining the rotatable element at one of a number of discrete angular positions, wherein via the rotatable element, the clutch element is adapted to transmit a torque from the user handle to the torsional energy storage or from the torsional energy storage to the expelling mechanism, and wherein the ratchet is switchable from one position to an adjacent position by a torque transmitted from the user handle to the torsional energy storage, and wherein the drive train is adapted to dampen torque peaks by a flexible impact portion in the area of the clutch element.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2019Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: SANOFIInventors: Michael Jugl, Matthew Meredith Jones, Axel Teucher, Stefan Blancke, Ralph Donald Quentin Collings, James Robert Coop, James Anthony West, Stephen Francis Gilmore, Daniel David Higgins, Mark Digby Teucher
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Patent number: 12214174Abstract: Data collection devices for attachment to injection devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, the data collection device includes: a body attachable to a dial member of the injection device, a sensor arrangement comprising a sensor and a scale, and a processor. The sensor is configured to detect a rotation of the body relative to a trigger of the injection device. The processor is configured to detect a rotation of the body relative to the trigger. One of the sensor and the scale is arranged in or on the body and wherein the other one of the sensor and the scale is located on the trigger or is rotationally lockable to the trigger configured to detect a rotation of the body relative to the trigger.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2022Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: SanofiInventors: Maurice Toporek, Michael Jugl, Günther Sendatzki, Oliver Charles Gazeley, Prasannah Nanayakkara, Aidan Michael O'Hare, Robert Veasey, David Aubrey Plumptre
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Publication number: 20240390600Abstract: An injection device for setting and injecting of a dose of a medicament includes: an acoustic feedback arrangement comprising: a first feedback element having a first engaging section and having a free end section located at a predetermined distance from the first engaging section, a second feedback element having a second engaging section configured to engage with the first engaging section, wherein the first feedback element is movable, pivotable or resiliently deformable along a first direction (d1) relative to the second feedback element from an initial state (i) towards a biased state (b), and a sound generator formed by the first engaging section or audibly engageable with the free end section of the first feedback element.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2024Publication date: November 28, 2024Inventors: Axel Teucher, Michael Jugl, Stefan Blancke
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Patent number: 12144969Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed to an attachment mechanism suitable for attaching for example a module to an object that is cylindrical or polygonal in cross section, e.g. to a portion of a drug delivery device. Further, the disclosure is directed to an electronic system, e.g. an electronic add-on module, which is configured to be, e.g. releasably, attached to a drug delivery device as well as an assembly comprising the electronic add-on module as well as the drug delivery device. The attachment mechanism may comprise a housing, a gripping portion with an elastically deformable sleeve and an actuator for operating the gripping portion between an open condition and a clamping condition. The actuator is configured to be operated to rotate the distal end and the proximal end of the sleeve relative to each other, thereby operating the gripping portion between the open condition and the clamping condition.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2024Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: SanofiInventors: Oliver Fogg, Michael Jugl, Martin Vitt
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Patent number: 12138428Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to an electronic add-on module configured for attachment to a drug delivery device and to an assembly comprising a drug delivery device and an electronic add-on module. The electronic add-on module may comprise a first portion with a main housing defining a longitudinal axis. The module comprises a gripping mechanism allowing attachment to drug delivery device dose dial user interfaces, e.g., a dial grip, and/or drug delivery device injection user interfaces, e.g., a dose button of varying diameters and shapes. The first portion comprises on an inner side of the main housing at least two elastically deformable arms each having a clamping section which is configured to be elastically deflected radially outwards with respect to the longitudinal axis from a unstressed, nominal position to a strained, deflected position.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2024Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: SanofiInventors: Michael Jugl, Martin Vitt, Paul Hayton, Ralph Donald Quentin Collings, Jakub Sekula
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Publication number: 20240358934Abstract: A data collection device comprises an attachment assembly for attaching the data collection device to a dose setting dial of a medicament administration device and a sensor configured to detected an identifier provided on a surface of an internal component of the medicament administration device, the sensor comprising an ultrasound sensor configured to detect a geometric identifier formed on the surface of the internal component of the medicament administration device. A system comprises the data collection device and the medicament administration device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2024Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventors: Michael Jugl, Michael Schabbach
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Patent number: 12076538Abstract: An injection device for setting and injecting of a dose of a medicament includes: an acoustic feedback arrangement comprising: a first feedback element having a first engaging section and having a free end section located at a predetermined distance from the first engaging section, a second feedback element having a second engaging section configured to engage with the first engaging section, wherein the first feedback element is movable, pivotable or resiliently deformable along a first direction (d1) relative to the second feedback element from an initial state (i) towards a biased state (b), and a sound generator formed by the first engaging section or audibly engageable with the free end section of the first feedback element.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2022Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: SanofiInventors: Axel Teucher, Michael Jugl, Stefan Blancke
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Patent number: 12059556Abstract: A data collection device comprises an attachment assembly for attaching the data collection device to a dose setting dial of a medicament administration device and a sensor configured to detected an identifier provided on a surface of an internal component of the medicament administration device, the sensor comprising an ultrasound sensor configured to detect a geometric identifier formed on the surface of the internal component of the medicament administration device. A system comprises the data collection device and the medicament administration device.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2022Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: SanofiInventors: Michael Jugl, Michael Schabbach
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Publication number: 20240226453Abstract: A drive train for a wind-up injection device is described. The drive train includes a torsional energy storage adapted to be loaded or unloaded by a rotatable element, a rotatable user handle, a rotationally driveable expelling mechanism adapted to expel the liquid drug, and a clutch element coupled with the torsional energy storage via the rotatable element and including a ratchet for maintaining the rotatable element at one of a number of discrete angular positions against the torque of the torsional energy storage. The clutch element is adapted to transmit the torque from the user handle to the torsional energy storage, or alternatively from the torsional energy storage to the expelling mechanism. The ratchet is switchable from one position to an adjacent position by a torque transmitted from the user handle to the torsional energy storage. The drive train is adapted to dampen torque peaks visco-elastically and/or visco-frictionally.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2023Publication date: July 11, 2024Inventors: Michael Jugl, Stefan Blancke, Axel Teucher, Ralph Donald Quentin Collings, James Robert Coop, James Anthony West, Stephen Francis Gilmore, Daniel David Higgins, Mark Digby Teucher, Anthony Paul Morris, Matthew Meredith Jones, William Geoffrey Arthur Marsh, Samuel Keir Steel
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Publication number: 20240157060Abstract: A button for a drug delivery device with a reduced operating loudness includes a plate-like button body forming a touch surface, wherein the plate-like button body is coupled by an axial supporting member to a noise-generating interface of the drug delivery device and movable into a longitudinal direction of the drug delivery device, wherein the plate-like button body includes a material composite with at least one first component consisting of a first material and at least one second component consisting of a second material different from the first material, wherein the at least one first component and the at least one second component are coupled via at least one coupling plane that is at least section wise slanted or perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. Further, the disclosure describes a button assembly for a drug delivery device which is shock resistant.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2024Publication date: May 16, 2024Inventors: Ralph Donald Quentin Collings, James Robert Coop, James Anthony West, Stephen Francis Gilmore, Daniel David Higgins, Mark Digby Teucher, Matthew Meredith Jones, Anthony Paul Morris, Sophie Sladen, William Geoffrey Arthur Marsh, Denny Lustosa Horn, Stefan Blancke, Michael Jugl
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Publication number: 20240131271Abstract: A drive train for a wind-up injection device is described. The drive train includes a torsional energy storage adapted to be loaded or unloaded by a rotatable element, a rotatable user handle, a rotationally driveable expelling mechanism adapted to expel the liquid drug, and a clutch element coupled with the torsional energy storage via the rotatable element and including a ratchet for maintaining the rotatable element at one of a number of discrete angular positions against the torque of the torsional energy storage. The clutch element is adapted to transmit the torque from the user handle to the torsional energy storage, or alternatively from the torsional energy storage to the expelling mechanism. The ratchet is switchable from one position to an adjacent position by a torque transmitted from the user handle to the torsional energy storage. The drive train is adapted to dampen torque peaks visco-elastically and/or visco-frictionally.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Michael Jugl, Stefan Blancke, Axel Teucher, Ralph Donald Quentin Collings, James Robert Coop, James Anthony West, Stephen Francis Gilmore, Daniel David Higgins, Mark Digby Teucher, Anthony Paul Morris, Matthew Meredith Jones, William Geoffrey Arthur Marsh, Samuel Keir Steel
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Patent number: 11931557Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a dosage measurement system for a medicament delivery device. The medicament delivery device comprises a medicament reservoir, a lead screw and a drive sleeve. The drive sleeve is rotatable to axially displace the lead screw relative to the drive sleeve to dispense medicament from the medicament reservoir. The dosage measurement system comprises a sensor unit and a processor. The sensor unit is configured to measure rotation of at least one of the drive sleeve and lead screw. The processor is configured to determine a dosage dispensed from the medicament reservoir based on the measured rotation of said at least one of the drive sleeve and lead screw.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2018Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: SanofiInventors: Michael Schabbach, Michael Jugl
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Patent number: 11918794Abstract: A button for a drug delivery device with a reduced operating loudness includes a plate-like button body forming a touch surface, wherein the plate-like button body is coupled by an axial supporting member to a noise-generating interface of the drug delivery device and movable into a longitudinal direction of the drug delivery device, wherein the plate-like button body includes a material composite with at least one first component consisting of a first material and at least one second component consisting of a second material different from the first material, wherein the at least one first component and the at least one second component are coupled via at least one coupling plane that is at least sectionwise slanted or perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. Further, the disclosure describes a button assembly for a drug delivery device which is shock resistant.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2018Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: SanofiInventors: Ralph Donald Quentin Collings, James Robert Coop, James Anthony West, Stephen Francis Gilmore, Daniel David Higgins, Mark Digby Teucher, Matthew Meredith Jones, Anthony Paul Morris, Sophie Sladen, William Geoffrey Arthur Marsh, Denny Lustosa Horn, Stefan Blancke, Michael Jugl
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Patent number: 11872381Abstract: A drive train for a wind-up injection device is described. The drive train includes a torsional energy storage adapted to be loaded or unloaded by a rotatable element, a rotatable user handle, a rotationally driveable expelling mechanism adapted to expel the liquid drug, and a clutch element coupled with the torsional energy storage via the rotatable element and including a ratchet for maintaining the rotatable element at one of a number of discrete angular positions against the torque of the torsional energy storage. The clutch element is adapted to transmit the torque from the user handle to the torsional energy storage, or alternatively from the torsional energy storage to the expelling mechanism. The ratchet is switchable from one position to an adjacent position by a torque transmitted from the user handle to the torsional energy storage. The drive train is adapted to dampen torque peaks visco-elastically and/or visco-frictionally.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2018Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: SanofiInventors: Michael Jugl, Stefan Blancke, Axel Teucher, Ralph Donald Quentin Collings, James Robert Coop, James Anthony West, Stephen Francis Gilmore, Daniel David Higgins, Mark Digby Teucher, Anthony Paul Morris, Matthew Meredith Jones, William Geoffrey Arthur Marsh, Samuel Keir Steel
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Patent number: 11865318Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an injection device configured to expel a dose of a medicament, the injection device comprising: an elongated housing extending in a longitudinal direction, a piston rod movable relative to the housing in a longitudinal distal direction to exert a dispensing pressure onto a bung of a cartridge at least partially filled with an injectable medicament, a rod extension movably arranged on or in a distal end of the piston rod, a driver operably engaged with the piston rod and movable relative to the housing in a longitudinal proximal direction for setting of the dose and movable relative to the housing in the longitudinal distal direction for dispensing of the dose, and an adjuster arranged on or in the driver and operably engaged with the rod extension to move the rod extension in longitudinal direction relative to the piston rod.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2019Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: SanofiInventors: Michael Jugl, Stefan Blancke
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Publication number: 20230338666Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wearable electronic device. The wearable electronic device includes a housing, a processor arranged inside the housing, and at least a first sensor that is connected to the processor and configured to detect at least one of a mechanical vibration or an acoustic noise caused or generated by a click noise generator of a handheld injection device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2021Publication date: October 26, 2023Inventors: Michael Jugl, Stefan Blancke
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Publication number: 20230302227Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a dose limiting mechanism for an injection device. The dose limiting mechanism includes a first elongated component comprising a first profiled structure, a second elongated component parallel to the first elongated component and comprising a second profiled structure facing the first profiled structure. A dose limiter is arranged between the first and second elongated components and includes first and second profile sections. The first profile section is engagable with the first profiled structure to transfer a longitudinal movement of the first elongated component to the dose limiter when the first elongated component is subject to a longitudinal movement in a distal direction during dose dispensing. The second profile section is engagable with the second profiled structure to retain a longitudinal position of the dose limiter relative to the second component when the first component is subject to a longitudinal movement in a proximal direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2021Publication date: September 28, 2023Inventors: Michael Jugl, Stefan Blancke
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Publication number: 20230293822Abstract: The present disclosure refers to a drug delivery device including, a dose setting and/or drive mechanism including a stationary housing having at least one internal groove on an inner surface; a driver positioned within the housing which is moveable relative to the housing during dose dialing and which is moveable relative to the housing during dose dispensing; and at least one flexible tab that is biased to engage the at least one internal groove such that the at least one flexible tab repeatedly engages and disengages the at least one internal groove during dose dialing or during dose dispensing, thereby performing an oscillating movement between two positions including a first position in which the at least one flexible tab engages the at least one internal groove and a second position in which the at least one flexible tab is disengaged from the at least one internal groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2021Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: Michael Jugl, Stefan Blancke
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Publication number: 20230173188Abstract: A mechanism unit for a drug delivery device, comprising a housing (10), a piston rod (30), and a dose setting and drive mechanism, which is configured to perform a dose setting operation and a dose delivery operation by transferring a delivery force to the piston rod (30) in order to drive the piston rod (30) in a distal direction in a dose delivery operation, wherein the dose setting and drive mechanism comprises a first drive member (40a), a second drive member (40b), and a clutch mechanism, which has at least two different states, a setting state and a delivery state, wherein, in the setting state, the second drive member (40b) is rotationally secured with respect to the housing (10) at least against rotation in a delivery direction, and wherein, in the delivery state, the second drive member (40b) is rotatable relative to the housing (10) in the delivery direction, wherein, in the setting state, the first drive member (40a) is rotatable relative to the second drive member (40b) at least in the delivery diType: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2021Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventors: Stefan Blancke, Michael Jugl
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Publication number: 20230073649Abstract: A data collection device comprises an attachment assembly for attaching the data collection device to a dose setting dial of a medicament administration device and a sensor configured to detected an identifier provided on a surface of an internal component of the medicament administration device, the sensor comprising an ultrasound sensor configured to detect a geometric identifier formed on the surface of the internal component of the medicament administration device. A system comprises the data collection device and the medicament administration device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2022Publication date: March 9, 2023Inventors: Michael Jugl, Michael Schabbach