Patents by Inventor Philippe Blank

Philippe Blank 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: 20160067417
    Abstract: Handheld drug injection device (10) for setting and dispensing of a dose of a medicament, having a housing (20) extending in an axial direction (1, 2) and a dose setting and drive mechanism (3) comprising: —a rotatable dose setting member (50) in a sidewall of the housing and engaging two dose indicating wheels (54,56), —a drive member (70) axially displaceable relative to a drive spindle (80) and the housing against the action of a spring element (78) during dose setting and having a sleeve-shaped part (72) being threadedly engaged with the drive spindle (80) to form a spindle gear, and having a rack portion (71) engaged with a gear wheel (58) of the dose setting member, —the drive spindle (80) being linked on its proximal end to a ratchet mechanism (140,150) which is releasable via an axially shiftable trigger button (40) for dose dispensing, and on its distal end via a pinion (86) to a —drive sleeve (90), the latter being axially shiftable to form a clutch for engagement with —a threaded piston rod (120),
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Stefan Bayer, Daniel Berning, Philippe Blank, Wolfgang Pelzer, Björn Wilden
  • Publication number: 20160067414
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a drive mechanism for a drug delivery device and to a respective drug delivery device, wherein the drive mechanism comprises: —an elongated housing (20) extending in an axial direction (1, 2), a piston rod (70) to operably engage with a piston (16) of a cartridge (14) to displace the piston (16) in an axial distal direction (1), —a drive sleeve (50) rotatably supported in the housing (20) and being operably releasable from the piston rod (70) for setting of a dose and being operably engageable with the piston rod (70) for dispensing of the dose, —a dose limiting member (60) engaged with the drive sleeve (50) and engaged with the piston rod (70) in such a way, that it is displaced in axial direction (1, 2) relative to the drive sleeve (50) when the drive sleeve (50) rotates relative to the piston rod (70) during a dose setting procedure, and at least one stop (42, 56; 78) to engage with the dose limiting member (60) for limiting the axial displacement of the dose limiting membe
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Stefan Bayer, Daniel Berning, Philippe Blank, Wolfgang Pelzer, Michael Pfoser, Björn Wilden
  • Publication number: 20160058949
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a drive mechanism of a drug delivery device for setting and dispensing of a dose of a medicament, the mechanism comprising: a housing (20), a piston rod (120) to operably engage with a piston (14) of a cartridge (12) to displace the piston (14) in a distal direction (1), a rotatable member (80) arranged on an axially extending axis of rotation (4) in the housing (20), said rotatable member (80) being rotatable in a dose incrementing direction (5) against the action of a spring element (78) and being operably engageable with the piston rod (120) during dose dispensing, a clutch member (150) comprising at least one radially displaceable clutch element (153) to engage with a rim (82) of the rotatable member (80) with variably adjustable strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: SANOFI
    Inventors: Stefan Bayer, Daniel Berning, Philippe Blank, Wolfgang Pelzer, Björn Wilden
  • Publication number: 20160045668
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a drive mechanism for a drug delivery device for dispensing of a dose of a medicament, and to a respective drug delivery device, wherein the drive mechanism comprises: an elongated housing (30) extending in an axial direction (1, 2), a piston rod (80) to operably engage with a piston (16) of a cartridge (14) to displace the piston (16) in axial distal direction (1), a drive sleeve (60) extending in axial direction (1, 2) and being rotatably supported in the housing (30), a dose setting member (40) rotatably supported on a side wall portion (31) of the housing (30) and being rotatable with respect to an axis (41) extending in radial direction (r), wherein the drive sleeve (60) is operably releasable from the piston rod (80) and rotatably engageable with the dose setting member (40) for setting of the dose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Stefan Mayer, Daniel Berning, Philippe Blank, Wolfgang Pelzer, Michael Pfoser, Björn Wilden
  • Publication number: 20160045665
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a drive mechanism for a drug delivery device and to a respective drug delivery device, wherein the drive mechanism comprises: —an elongated housing (20) extending in an axial direction (1, 2), an actuation member (30) rotatably supported on the housing (20) for setting of the dose, —a last dose sleeve (110) directly rotatably engaged with the actuation member (30) and having at least one stop (112, 114), a last dose member (120) threadedly engaged with the last dose sleeve (110), further being rotatably fixed to the housing (20) and being operable to engage with the at least one stop (112, 114) to limit a rotation of the last dose sleeve (110).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Stefan Bayer, Daniel Berning, Philippe Blank, Wolfgang Pelzer, Michael Pfoser, Björn Wilden
  • Publication number: 20160045663
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a drive mechanism of a drug delivery device for setting and dispensing of a dose of a medicament, the mechanism comprising: —a housing (20), —a piston rod (120) to operably engage with a piston (14) of a cartridge (12) for displacing the piston (14) in a distal direction (1), —a dose indicating member (40) with a dose size information (48) thereon, connected to a spring element (100) and being rotatable in a dose incrementing direction (5) against the action of the spring element (100) for setting of a dose, —a drive wheel (130) operably engaged with the piston rod (120) for displacing the piston rod (120) in distal direction (1) for dose dispensing, —wherein the dose indicating member (40) is engageable with the drive wheel (130) during dose dispensing to transfer a driving force to the drive wheel (130) when driven by the relaxing spring element (100) in a dose decrementing direction (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Stefan Bayer, Daniel Berning, Philippe Blank, Wolfgang Pelzer, Björn Wilden
  • Publication number: 20160045673
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a drive mechanism of a drug delivery device for dispensing of a dose of a medicament, the mechanism comprising: —a housing (20), —a piston rod (120) extending in an axial direction (1, 2) to operably engage with a piston (14) of a cartridge (12), —a drive sleeve (90) rotatably supported in the housing (20), at least partially enclosing the piston rod (120), the drive sleeve (90) is operably releasable from the piston rod (120) for setting of a dose and the drive sleeve (90) is operably engageable with the piston rod (120) for dispensing of the dose, —a dose limiting member (130) threadedly engaged with the drive sleeve (90), rotatably locked to the housing (20) and being displaceable in axial direction (1, 2) in response to a rotation of the drive sleeve (90) relative to the piston rod (120), —at least one stop member (124) provided on the piston rod (120) to engage with the dose limiting member (130) for impeding a further displacement of the drive sleeve (90) relative to the
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Applicant: SANOFI
    Inventors: Stefan Bayer, Daniel Berning, Philippe Blank, Bjorn Wilden, Wolfgang Pelzer
  • Publication number: 20160030678
    Abstract: Drive Mechanisnn of a Drug Delivery Device The present invention relates to a drive mechanism of a drug delivery device for dispensing of a dose of a medicament, the mechanism comprising: —a housing (30) extending in an axial direction (1, 2), —a piston rod (90) to operably engage with a piston (16) of a cartridge (14) to displace the piston (16) in an axial distal direction (1), a last dose sleeve (100) rotatably supported in the housing (30) and being selectively engageable with a dose setting mechanism for setting of a dose, —a last dose member (105) threadedly engaged to the housing (30), rotatably locked to the last dose sleeve (100) and axially displaceable relative to the last dose sleeve (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Stefan Bayer, Daniel Berning, Philippe Blank, Wolfgang Pelzer, Björn Wilden