Patents by Inventor Michael Parrott

Michael Parrott 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).

  • Patent number: 12274871
    Abstract: Some injection devices include an injection device body, a needle shroud retractable into the injection device body, a control spring coupled to the needle shroud and biased to cause the needle shroud to be at least partially extended from the injection device body in an initial position, and a hold detent mechanism coupled to at least the needle shroud. The hold detent mechanism is configured to (i) activate, when the needle shroud is retracted from the initial position into the injection device body to a hold position, to create a hold detent force, and (ii) deactivate, when the needle shroud is extracted from the hold position subsequent to the retraction, to release the hold detent force and enable the needle shroud to extend from the injection device body to substantially the initial position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Genzyme Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander Hee-Hanson, Thomas Lever, Michael Parrott, Robert Wilson
  • Patent number: 12274866
    Abstract: An injection device comprising: an injection device body; a plunger comprising one or more plunger recesses; biasing means for applying a biasing force to bias the plunger in a distal direction of the injection device; a casing at least partially enclosing the plunger, the casing comprising one or more toothed beams each comprising a tooth engageable with a corresponding plunger recess of the one or more plunger recesses; and a rotatable collar at least partially enclosing the casing and comprising one or more collar recesses on an inner surface of the rotatable collar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Genzyme Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander Hee-Hanson, Thomas Lever, Michael Parrott, Robert Wilson
  • Patent number: 12274875
    Abstract: An injection device includes a housing, a needle shroud movable within the housing between an extended position and a retracted position, and a needle shroud latch configured to hold the needle shroud in its retracted position. The needle shroud latch includes a button arranged at the housing such that a user can actuate the button by applying an actuation force to the button to hold the needle shroud in its retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Genzyme Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander Hee-Hanson, Thomas Lever, Michael Parrott, Robert Wilson
  • Patent number: 12274873
    Abstract: A medicament delivery device includes a needle disposed at a distal end of the medicament delivery device. The medicament delivery device includes a body for a syringe and a needle cover axially movable relative to the body between an extended position in which the needle cover covers the needle and a retracted position in which the needle protrudes from the distal end of the needle cover. The medicament delivery device includes a plunger axially movable relative to the body to dispense medicament from the medicament delivery device. The medicament delivery device includes a needle cover biasing mechanism configured to bias the needle cover distally from the retracted position to the extended position. The medicament delivery device includes a locking mechanism configured to be moved by the plunger from an initial configuration to an engaged configuration to prevent a distal movement of the needle cover biasing mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Genzyme Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander Hee-Hanson, Thomas Lever, Michael Parrott, Robert Wilson
  • Patent number: 12274872
    Abstract: This application relates to an injector device for delivery of a medicament, particularly to an auto-injector device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Genzyme Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander Hee-Hanson, Thomas Lever, Michael Parrott, Robert Wilson
  • Patent number: 12274874
    Abstract: A medicament delivery device for reducing a force required to activate the device includes a needle disposed at a distal end of the device, a needle cover, and a body. The needle cover is axially movable relative to the body between an initial position in which the needle cover covers the needle and an activated position for dispensing a medicament. The needle protrudes from a distal end of the needle cover when the needle cover is in the activated position. The medicament delivery device includes a carrier configured to support a syringe. The carrier is disposed within the needle cover and includes a deformable element configured to change from a first configuration in which the deformable element is engaged with the needle cover to a second configuration in which the deformable element is not engaged with the needle cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Genzyme Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander Hee-Hanson, Thomas Lever, Michael Parrott, Robert Wilson
  • Patent number: 12268858
    Abstract: A medicament delivery device reduces a force required for activation, and the medicament delivery device comprises: a needle at a distal end of the device; a needle cover and a body, wherein the needle cover is axially movable relative to the body between an initial position, in which the needle cover covers the needle, and an activated position for dispensing a medicament from the device; and a carrier configured to support a pre-filled syringe, wherein the carrier is disposed within the needle cover and comprises one or more resilient members, wherein the needle cover comprises one or more first slots and one or more second slots and the one or more resilient members are each configured to engage with a respective one of the one or more first slots when the needle cover is in the initial position, and to enter a respective one of the one or more second slots after a proximal movement of the needle cover from the initial position to an intermediate position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Genzyme Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander Hee-Hanson, Thomas Lever, Michael Parrott, Robert Wilson
  • Publication number: 20240376996
    Abstract: A depressurisation valve (100) for a pressurised cooling circuit, comprising a main valve (101), a pilot line (104) fluidically coupled to the inlet (110) and closable by a first control valve (105), the first control valve controlled by pressure at the inlet to open above a low pressure threshold, a valve dome (106) containing a first piston (107) coupled to the main valve, the valve dome being fluidically coupled to the pilot line, wherein in normal operation, pressure on the first piston urges the valve into the closed position, and when the pressure in the coolant circuit is lower than the low pressure threshold, the first control valve closes to allow the main valve to open, when the pressure in the coolant circuit is higher than the high pressure threshold, the second control valve is configured to open and reduce the pressure in the valve dome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Brett J. LONGSTAFFE, Michael PARROTT
  • Publication number: 20240355489
    Abstract: A depressurisation valve (100) for a pressurised cooling circuit, comprising a main valve (101), a pilot line (104) fluidically coupled to the inlet (110) and closable by a first control valve (105), the first control valve controlled by pressure at the inlet to open above a low pressure threshold, a valve dome (106) containing a first piston (107) coupled to the main valve, the valve dome being fluidically coupled to the pilot line, wherein in normal operation, pressure on the first piston urges the main valve into the closed position, and when the pressure in the coolant circuit is lower than the low pressure threshold, the first control valve closes to allow the main valve to open, when the pressure in the coolant circuit is higher than the high pressure threshold, a second control valve opens to transmit fluid pressure to apply a second force to the main valve opposing the first force to urge the main valve to the open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Brett J. LONGSTAFFE, Michael PARROTT
  • Patent number: 12110632
    Abstract: An automated ironing apparatus has a flexible steaming head for applying steam to a supported article. The flexible steaming head includes a device for shaping the flexible steaming head in at least two dimensions. A method of operating this apparatus for smoothing a garment includes a step of closing at least one opening in the garment, thereby to restrict gas flow through the at least one opening and introducing gas inside the garment thereby to smooth the garment. The step of closing at least one of the openings to be closed is effected by engaging the flexible steaming head with a surface of the garment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Eren Erturk, Rohan Kamdar, Christos Markides, Sergio Martinez, Michael Parrott
  • Publication number: 20230146409
    Abstract: An automated ironing apparatus has a flexible steaming head for applying steam to a supported article. The flexible steaming head includes a device for shaping the flexible steaming head in at least two dimensions. A method of operating this apparatus for smoothing a garment includes a step of closing at least one opening in the garment, thereby to restrict gas flow through the at least one opening and introducing gas inside the garment thereby to smooth the garment. The step of closing at least one of the openings to be closed is effected by engaging the flexible steaming head with a surface of the garment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Eren Erturk, Rohan Kamdar, Christos Markides, Sergio Martinez, Michael Parrott
  • Patent number: 6000679
    Abstract: A solenoid coil attachment mechanism includes a coil assembly with a wire end that projects from the coil assembly and an extending elongated leg that includes a latching mechanism. A carrier has a wall with an opening receiving the leg of the coil assembly and has a wire guide that is funnel shaped, has an open end and receives the end of the wire. A circuit board is attached to the carrier and the wire end is soldered directly to the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignees: General Motors Corporation, Delco Electronics Corp.
    Inventors: David Fredrick Reuter, Jerry Lee Newton, Jay P. Johnson, Rodney A. Lawrence, Jeffrey H. Burns, Alejandro Moreno, Raymundo Saenz, Richard Michael Parrott
  • Patent number: 5138811
    Abstract: There is disclosed a window of the kind having at least one light comprised by a non-metallic rectangular frame of wood or wood substitute material wherein said rectangular frame has a rebate around the inner edge of its outer face, a first extruded section secured to the walls of the rebate lying in the plane of the frame, a second extruded section engaged with said first section so as to be restrained against outward movement, resilient sealing strips on opposite inner edges of said first and second sections and a glazing unit firmly gripped around its perimeter between said sealing strips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1992
    Inventor: Michael Parrott