Patents by Inventor Paul A. Morris

Paul A. Morris 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: 10695502
    Abstract: A drive mechanism of a drug delivery device and a respective drug delivery device for setting and dispensing of a dose of a medicament are presented, where the drive mechanism has an elongated housing extending in an axial direction, a piston rod to operably engage with a piston of a cartridge containing the medicament, a dosing arrangement manually and axially displaceable relative to the housing for setting and dispensing of the dose, and an accessory drive operably engaged with the piston rod to support a manually operated dose dispensing displacement of the dosing arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: Paul Richard Draper, Anthony Paul Morris, Stephen Francis Gilmore
  • Patent number: 10688246
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an injection device for setting and dispensing of a dose of a medicament, the device including an elongated housing to accommodate a cartridge filled with the medicament and sealed with a piston, a piston rod extending along a first axis and being threadedly or slidingly engaged with the housing to apply a distally directed thrust to the piston of the cartridge, a drive member rotationally or threadedly engaged with the piston rod and having a wheel section or geared section, and a drive sleeve extending along a second axis at a radial distance from the first axis and having a geared section to mesh with the wheel section or geared section of the drive member, wherein a first radial distance between first and second axes at a distal end of the drive sleeve differs from a second radial distance between first and second axes at a proximal end of the drive sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Anthony Paul Morris, Matthew Meredith Jones, Oliver Benjamin Brown
  • Patent number: 10675418
    Abstract: A drug delivery device includes a piston rod which extends along a longitudinal axis of the drug delivery device, wherein the piston rod is adapted to apply an axial load in the distal direction to a cartridge bung in order to dispense a medicament contained in the cartridge. In order to improve the convenience of the injection process and to mitigate the risk of underdosing due to a blocked needle a cartridge bung load indicator is provided, located at the distal end of the piston rod and adapted to abut against the cartridge bung, wherein the cartridge bung load indicator comprises an indicator element that audibly, tangibly and/or visually indicates a load state of the piston rod to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Oliver Charles Gazeley, James Lewis Gareth, Daniel Thomas De Sausmarez Lintell, Matthew Meredith Jones, Robert Frederick Veasey, David Plumptre, Anthony Paul Morris
  • Publication number: 20200173815
    Abstract: A sensor device is removably attachable to a drug delivery device. The sensor device comprises an array of optical sensors arranged within the sensor device such that, when the sensor device is attached to the drug delivery device, which has a first movable element configured to move along a path parallel to the longitudinal axis of the drug delivery device, each optical sensor is operable to detect light received at different locations along the path and to output a signal indicative of an amount of detected light. Circuitry is configured to receive the signals output from the optical sensors and, based on the received signals, determine information associated with a location along the path of the first movable element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Matthew Jones, Samuel Steel, Barry Yates, Anthony Paul Morris
  • Patent number: 10661016
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed to a drug delivery device for selecting and dispensing a number of user variable doses of a medicament and to a housing for such a device. The housing comprises an outer housing with a distal end and a cartridge holder with a proximal end, which, when the cartridge holder is attached to the outer housing, is inserted into the distal end of the outer housing. The outer housing is provided with a first fixture for axially constraining a further component part to the outer housing. When the cartridge holder is attached to the outer housing, the proximal end of the cartridge holder axially extends to the first fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventor: Anthony Paul Morris
  • Publication number: 20200155762
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement for detecting a position of a plunger (4) relative to a bung (3) in a drug cartridge (1), comprising a proximity sensor (5) located close to a distal end (6) of the plunger (4) facing the bung (3) and aligned to receive light reflected by the bung (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Paul Richard Draper, Anthony Paul Morris, Stephen Francis Gilmore
  • Patent number: 10652150
    Abstract: In various embodiments, an apparatus, a non-transitory computer-readable media, and a method are provided, involving a technique to: determine one or more operations each associated with a respective outside scope identifier that identifies at least one region of a network and that is includable in path information for routing data along a network path that includes a border node of each region of the network, wherein, for each region, the one or more operations associated with the respective outside scope identifier is for processing by the border node of each region as a result of routing the data along the network path; generate a packet including the path information, and one or more headers that include: one or more pointer portions and one or more operation portions; and transmit the packet along the network path from the network device, wherein the generation of the packet comprises: writing, to the one or more headers, one or more pointers to the one or more pointer portions, and one or more operation
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: SITTING MAN, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Paul Morris
  • Patent number: 10652133
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system and apparatus are provided comprising: a first node configured to receive a packet, wherein the packet comprises an internet protocol (IP) header; and update the packet, wherein updating the packet comprises writing information to a destination address of the IP header, and the information comprises a segment identifier (SID).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: SITTING MAN, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Paul Morris
  • Patent number: 10652134
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system and apparatus are provided comprising: a first node configured to receive information that identifies a path from a first node to a second node; and generate a set of segment identifiers, wherein the set of segment identifiers encodes the path and each segment identifier within the set of segment identifiers is included in one or more respective tables stored at each segment routing enabled node along the path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: SITTING MAN, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Paul Morris
  • Patent number: 10639428
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed to a drug delivery device for selecting and dispensing a number of user variable doses of a medicament and to an insert for such a device. The insert comprises a cup-shaped body with a distal end and a proximal end. The body has a sidewall and a tube which extends centrally through the cup-shaped body in a longitudinal direction, thereby defining an annular space between the sidewall and the tube. The annular space is open in the proximal direction for receiving a compression spring. The tube comprises a thread provided at an inner surface of the tube. Further, the tube, the sidewall and/or a second part comprise a clutch feature for rotationally constraining a component part to the insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventor: Anthony Paul Morris
  • Patent number: 10625022
    Abstract: A sensor device removably attachable to a drug delivery device includes a sensing arrangement arranged within the sensor device and circuitry configured to process signals provided by the sensing arrangement. The sensing arrangement is configured such that, when the sensor device is attached to the drug delivery device, the sensing arrangement is operable to read encoded information present on a rotatable component internal to the drug delivery device and that is able to be sensed through a window or aperture of the drug delivery device, and is operable to sense through the window or aperture at least a part of a drive mechanism of the drug delivery device. The circuitry is configured to determine information relating to a set dose, and to determine information relating to whether the drug delivery device is in a dose setting mode or whether the device is in a dose delivery mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Rehbein, Samuel Steel, Anthony Paul Morris, Matthew Meredith Jones, Robert Veasey, Richard James Vincent Avery, William Marsh
  • Patent number: 10613737
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems are described for sharing a folder and any contents (e.g. file(s)) thereof, via at least one communication. In an aspect, the folder and any contents (e.g. file(s)) thereof may be shared through a specific combination of capabilities or operations involving an email message and a file explorer interface without an attachment included with the at least one email message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Motion Offense, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Paul Morris
  • Patent number: 10603435
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a drive mechanism for use in a drug delivery device having a cartridge, the mechanism comprising a base element, a toothed piston rod movable from a first retracted position corresponding to a full cartridge to a second extended position corresponding to an empty cartridge, wherein the piston rod is guided within and movable relative to the base portion, and a drive gear having a pinion, which is rotatably held in the base element and in meshed engagement with the toothed piston rod, wherein the toothed piston rod comprises multiple rigid rod pieces which are connected by hinges, and a drive spring, which is fixed to the base element with one end and fixed to the drive gear with another end and which exerts a force or torque to the drive gear for rotating the drive gear relative to the base element, which rotation results in a movement of the toothed piston rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: William Geoffrey Arthur Marsh, Matthew Meredith Jones, Joseph Butler, Anthony Paul Morris
  • Patent number: 10598518
    Abstract: A sensor device (2) is removably attachable to a drug delivery device (12). The sensor device comprises an array (20) of optical sensors arranged within the sensor device such that, when the sensor device is attached to the drug delivery device, the drug delivery device having a first movable element (14) which is configured to move along a path parallel to the longitudinal axis of the drug delivery device, each optical sensor is operable to detect light received at different locations along the linear path and to output a signal indicative of an amount of detected light; and circuitry (21) configured to receive the signals output from the optical sensors and, based on the received signals, to determine information associated with a location along the path of the first movable element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: Matthew Jones, Samuel Steel, Barry Yates, Anthony Paul Morris
  • Patent number: 10599403
    Abstract: A method is provided, comprising: developing at least a portion of a particular application that is configured to be installed on at least one device including an operating system, a web browser, and another application; via at least one network, receiving, at at least one server and from the at least one device, a request initiated via the another application or the particular application of the at least one device; and in response to the request, serving, to the at least one device via the at least one network, the web page that includes the HTTP link such that, in response to a selection of the HTTP link via the another application or the particular application of the at least one device, the HTTP link causes the operating system to: based on a result of the analysis involving the first information and the second information, open the HTTP link utilizing the web browser of the at least one device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: SITTING MAN, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Paul Morris
  • Patent number: 10589032
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a display arrangement for an injection device for displaying the size of a dose of a medicament, the display arrangement comprising: a housing (60) providing a rotation axis (3) extending in an axial direction (4), a first display member (22) rotatably supported inside the housing (60) with regard to the rotation axis (3) and having at least one cam (32) radially offset from the rotation axis (3), a second display member (24) rotatably supported inside the housing (60) with regard to the rotation axis (3) and arranged axially adjacent to the first display member (24), a coupling member (26) rotatably engaged with the second display member (24), wherein the coupling member (26) is engaged with the at least one cam (32) of the first display member (22) when the first display member (22) is in a predefined angular position or angular range, wherein the coupling member (26) and the first display member (22) are mutually engaged via a retaining arrangement (48) when the cam (32)
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Matthew Jones, Anthony Paul Morris, Aled Meredydd James, Paul Roger Griffin
  • Patent number: 10594594
    Abstract: In various embodiments, an apparatus, a non-transitory computer-readable media, and a method are provided, involving a technique to: receive, from at least one other node in a network, a plurality of segment identifiers, utilizing at least one of a link state protocol, a distance vector protocol, or a path vector protocol; store the plurality of segment identifiers associated with nodes represented in a topology of at least a portion of the network; select, from the plurality of segment identifiers in the data structure and based on a specified policy, a first sequence of segment identifiers that identify a first sequence of at least one of: one or more nodes, one or more network interfaces, or one or more network regions, at least partially in a first path segment that communicatively couples the transmitting node with a receiving node in the network; identify, based on a segment identifier in a first subsequence, of the first sequence of segment identifiers, that precedes a second subsequence of the first s
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: SITTING MAN, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Paul Morris
  • Patent number: 10587548
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses are provided that are configured to: display, at a first node, at least one first interface with a first user interface element and a second user interface element; display, at the first node, at least one second interface; generate a first message; display, at the second node, at least one third interface; generate a second message that does not include a file attachment with the second message; display, at the first node, at least one fourth interface with a reference to at least one file; and allow access, at the first node, to the at least one file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Motion Offense, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Paul Morris
  • Patent number: 10587505
    Abstract: In various embodiments, an apparatus, a non-transitory computer-readable media, and a computer-implemented method are provided to: detect, by a current node in a network path along which first data is transmitted from a transmitting node to a receiving node in a network, network path information that is based on a first policy and is in a header of a first packet that is specified according to a Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) network protocol, the network path information in the header of the first packet being for use by the current node in transmitting the first data from the transmitting node to the receiving node along the network path, where the network path information in the header of the first packet includes a plurality of identifiers; in connection with the first packet; and select, by the current node and using the network path information in the header of the first packet, one of: a region scoped node identifier, a first scope-specific node identifier, or a node scoped network interface iden
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: SITTING MAN, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Paul Morris
  • Patent number: 10574562
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system and apparatus are provided comprising: a first node configured to receive an index value, wherein the index value is globally unique within a network domain, receive a base value, wherein the base value comprises one of a plurality of segment routing values, and the plurality of segment routing values comprises a set of segment routing values configured to identify nodal segments, calculate a segment identifier (segment ID) based on the index value and the base value, and calculate a next hop segment ID based on the index value and a second base value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: SITTING MAN, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Paul Morris