Patents by Inventor Ngoc-Jane Lam

Ngoc-Jane Lam 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: 20230347071
    Abstract: A needle shield removal assembly includes a needle shield gripper configured to operatively engage a needle shield, and a gripper holder, wherein the needle shield gripper is secured to the gripper holder via a connection interface, wherein the connection interface is formed by a holder interface feature engaging a gripper interface feature, wherein the gripper holder has an opening configured to receive the needle shield gripper and/or the needle shield, wherein the holder interface feature is offset from the opening, wherein the gripper holder defines a receiving space within which the needle shield gripper is received, wherein the receiving space has an axial extension, and wherein the needle shield gripper and the gripper holder are adjusted to one another to reduce mechanical contact of a) the gripper holder and a bent region of the needle shield gripper and/or b) the gripper holder and an edge of the needle shield gripper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Uwe Dasbach, Robin Einwächter, Phillip Hintermeier, Ulrik Michael Jakobi, Ngoc Jane Lam, Raik Reimer
  • Publication number: 20210252230
    Abstract: A drug delivery device is proposed which comprises: a housing defining an interior; a reservoir which is adapted to contain a drug or contains a drug, the reservoir being retained in the interior; and a closure part which is secured relative to the housing and has to be disconnected from the housing to get access to the reservoir within the interior, wherein the closure part is secured relative to the housing by a connection, wherein the connection comprises a welded connection, and wherein the welded connection is formed between two join partners, i.e. a first join partner and a second join partner. Further, a method for manufacturing a drug delivery device is disclosed as is a use associated with drug delivery devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Ngoc Jane Lam, Tobias Stever
  • Patent number: 10933201
    Abstract: A drug delivery device comprises a housing and a mechanical assembly, which is at least partially accommodated in the housing. The mechanical assembly comprises a predetermined breaking member, which is configured to be damaged when forcefully separated from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventor: Ngoc-Jane Lam
  • Patent number: 10617825
    Abstract: A drug delivery device (1) is provided comprising a housing (2), a cartridge holder (3) which is adapted and arranged for receiving a cartridge (4) for holding a plurality of doses of a drug (5), wherein the cartridge holder (3) is removable from the housing (2) to enable an exchange of the cartridge (4), a piston rod (9) adapted and arranged to be moved from an initial position towards an end position for dispensing a dose of drug (5) from the device (1) and to be moved from the end position back towards the initial position to perform a reset operation of the device (1), and at least one resilient member (20, 25). The at least one resilient member (20, 25) is in direct mechanical contact with the piston rod (9) and the resilient member (20, 25) is adapted and arranged to prevent an unintentional movement of the piston rod (9) towards the initial position due to mechanical cooperation with the piston rod (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: Tobias Stever, Ngoc-Jane Lam, Ulrik Jakobi
  • Publication number: 20180085537
    Abstract: A drug delivery device comprises a housing and a mechanical assembly, which is at least partially accommodated in the housing. The mechanical assembly comprises a predetermined breaking member, which is configured to be damaged when forcefully separated from the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventor: Ngoc-Jane Lam
  • Publication number: 20170143907
    Abstract: A drug delivery device (1) is provided comprising a housing (2), a cartridge holder (3) which is adapted and arranged for receiving a cartridge (4) for holding a plurality of doses of a drug (5), wherein the cartridge holder (3) is removable from the housing (2) to enable an exchange of the cartridge (4), a piston rod (9) adapted and arranged to be moved from an initial position towards an end position for dispensing a dose of drug (5) from the device (1) and to be moved from the end position back towards the initial position to perform a reset operation of the device (1), and at least one resilient member (20, 25). The at least one resilient member (20, 25) is in direct mechanical contact with the piston rod (9) and the resilient member (20, 25) is adapted and arranged to prevent an unintentional movement of the piston rod (9) towards the initial position due to mechanical cooperation with the piston rod (9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Tobias Stever, Ngoc-Jane Lam, Ulrik Jakobi
  • Patent number: 9370623
    Abstract: A drive assembly for a medication delivery device is provided, comprising a piston rod which is movable from a start position to an end position for medication delivery and resettable from the end position to the start position. The drive assembly further comprises a guide member, being in engagement with the piston rod, and an impeding element for impeding a movement of the guide member during a reset of the piston rod and thereby impeding the reset of the piston rod. Furthermore, a medication delivery device comprising the drive assembly is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Tobias Stever, Ngoc-Jane Lam, Ulrik Jakobi, Nils Basso, Olaf Zeckai, Meinolf Werner
  • Patent number: 9272096
    Abstract: A drive assembly for a drug delivery device is disclosed. The drive assembly is connectable with a cartridge holder and comprises a housing, a piston rod, the piston rod being movable in a distal direction for drug delivery, and a guide nut, the guide nut being rotatable relative to the housing around an axis of the assembly and provided for guiding the piston rod. A locking means is provided which is enabled to take an engaged state in which the locking means is engaged with the guide nut in order to prevent rotation of the guide nut and to take a disengaged state in which the locking means is disengaged from the guide nut in order to allow rotation of the guide nut. Moreover, a coupling means is provided, the coupling means being rotatable relative to the housing around the axis of the assembly for interaction with the locking means in order to change between the engaged state and the disengaged state of the locking means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Christiane Schneider, Tobias Stever, Michael Harms, Ulrik Jakobi, Ngoc-Jane Lam, Torsten Kraft
  • Publication number: 20140343510
    Abstract: A drive assembly for a medication delivery device is provided, comprising a piston rod which is movable from a start position to an end position for medication delivery and resettable from the end position to the start position. The drive assembly further comprises a guide member, being in engagement with the piston rod, and an impeding element for impeding a movement of the guide member during a reset of the piston rod and thereby impeding the reset of the piston rod. Furthermore, a medication delivery device comprising the drive assembly is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: Tobias Stever, Ngoc-Jane Lam, Ulrik Jakobi, Nils Basso, Olaf Zeckai, Meinolf Werner