Patents by Inventor Robert Veasey

Robert Veasey 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: 20240091453
    Abstract: An electronic system for a drug delivery device is provided, the electronic system comprising at least one user interface member configured to be manipulated by a user for performing a dose operation, e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Oliver Charles Gazeley, Adam Moyo Harvey-Cook, Craig Ashley Mason, Aidan Michael O`Hare, David Aubrey Plumptre, Maurice Toporek, Robert Veasey
  • Publication number: 20230405234
    Abstract: A supplemental device for attachment to an injection device, the supplemental device having a housing containing at least two electromechanical switches each having an open state and a closed state and a protrusion associated with each switch configured to protrude from the housing so as to contact a rotatable surface of the injection device while the supplemental device is attached to the injection device; and a processor arrangement configured to detect a change in the state of each of the switches; and to determine a direction of rotation of the rotatable surface of the injection device from the detected state changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Veasey, David Aubrey Plumptre, Paul Richard Draper, David Richard Mercer
  • Publication number: 20230330345
    Abstract: An electronic system for a drug delivery device is disclosed. The electronic system comprises a dose setting and drive mechanism. The dose setting and drive mechanism comprises a first member and a button module. The dose setting and drive mechanism is configured such that, at least in the dose delivery operation and/or in the dose setting operation, the first member moves relative to the button module. The electronic system has at least a first low power consumption state and a second high power consumption state. A rotation and/or axial movement of the button module relative to the first member generates a movement component of the at least one switch member relative to the button module and the first member, which triggers switching between the first low power consumption state and the second high power consumption state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Anthony Paul Morris, Zoë Georgina Eardley, William Geoffrey Arthur Marsh, Robert Veasey
  • Patent number: 11779709
    Abstract: A supplemental device for attachment to an injection device, the supplemental device having a housing containing at least two electromechanical switches each having an open state and a closed state and a protrusion associated with each switch configured to protrude from the housing so as to contact a rotatable surface of the injection device while the supplemental device is attached to the injection device; and a processor arrangement configured to detect a change in the state of each of the switches; and to determine a direction of rotation of the rotatable surface of the injection device from the detected state changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: Robert Veasey, David Aubrey Plumptre, Paul Richard Draper, David Richard Mercer
  • Publication number: 20230226277
    Abstract: The present disclosure refers to a system for a drug delivery device comprising a housing and a cartridge holder which may contain a cartridge filled with a medicament. The housing and the cartridge holder comprise a coding interface for dedicating a certain cartridge to a certain housing and a bayonet type attachment interface for releasably attaching the cartridge holder to the housing by an attachment movement comprising a first stage and a second stage. The system further comprises at least one compliant spring member arranged and designed such that it is strained during the first and/or the second stage of the attachment movement at least if the housing coding element does not match the holder coding element, and wherein the compliant spring member is arranged and designed to move the cartridge holder relative to the housing in a direction contrary to the attachment movement when relaxing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: David Aubrey Plumptre, Robert Veasey, Paul Griffin, Rory James Livingston Hawkins, Charles Henry Bertinat
  • Publication number: 20230181837
    Abstract: A supplemental device is configured to be coupled to an injection device. The supplemental device comprises a sensor arrangement and a processor arrangement. The processor arrangement is configured to cause the supplemental device to use the sensor arrangement to sense an identification feature of the injection device and to determine a type of the injection device based on the sensed identification feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Adam Moyo Harvey-Cook, David Aubrey Plumptre, Oliver Charles Gazeley, Robert Veasey, Aidan Michael O`Hare
  • Publication number: 20230158246
    Abstract: An electronic module for releasable attachment to a drug delivery device is disclosed. The module may comprise at least one module lockout form adapted for mating abutment with a corresponding device lockout form of the drug delivery device. The module may comprise at least one attachment element for releasable attachment of the module on the drug delivery device. The module may comprise at least one light pipe for guiding a light beam from a light source to a reflective surface of the drug delivery device and from the reflective surface to a light detector sensor. The module may comprise at least one light guide for guiding a light beam from a light source to a user feedback surface adapted to emit light. The module may comprise at least one elastically deformable switch arm. The component may be a unitary component part injection molded from a polycarbonate material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Adam Moyo Harvey-Cook, Tom Alexander Earwalker, David Aubrey Plumptre, Oliver Charles Gazeley, Robert Veasey, Craig Ashley Mason
  • Publication number: 20230128892
    Abstract: An electronic system for a drug delivery device is provided. The electronic system comprises a dose setting and drive mechanism comprising a first member and a second member, wherein in the dose delivery operation and/or in the dose setting operation, the first member moves, e.g. rotates, relative to the second member; an electronic control unit; an electrical use detection unit operatively connected to the electronic control unit, and configured to generate a use signal in response to the relative movement, e.g. a relative rotational movement, between the first member and the second member, preferably during the dose delivery operation. The electronic system is configured such that it is switched from a first state into a second state by the electronic control unit in response to the use signal, wherein the electronic system has an increased electrical power consumption in the second state as compared to the first state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Paul Richard Draper, Zoë Georgina Eardley, Oliver Charles Gazeley, William Geoffrey Arthur Marsh, Anthony Paul Morris, David Aubrey Plumptre, Ronald Antony Smith, Robert Veasey
  • Publication number: 20230036681
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a cartridge assembly for a drug delivery device, the cartridge assembly comprising a cartridge containing a drug; a cartridge holder, the cartridge holder defining an interior cartridge holding section, where the cartridge is arranged within the cartridge holding section, wherein the cartridge holder comprises a distal region with a needle connector arranged at a distal end of the distal region and a main body region; a fixing feature which is arranged at the distal region; and a region with reduced mechanical stiffness compared to the stiffness of the main body region, the region with reduced mechanical stiffness being integrated into the distal region and arranged between the needle connector and the fixing feature, such that when the cartridge is moved in a proximal direction, an emerging load is transferred from the cartridge to the fixing feature and to the main body region in the proximal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: David Aubrey Plumptre, Robert Veasey, Paul Roger Griffin, Rory James Livingston Hawkins, Charles Henry Bertinat
  • Publication number: 20230030744
    Abstract: Disclosed is a modular system for a drug delivery device with electronic, comprising a mechanical module that comprises a distal end and a proximal end, and a mechanism that is configured to set and/or to deliver a dose of the drug out of the distal end (D) of the mechanical module, an electronic module that comprises a detector unit, and an electronic unit that is operatively coupled to the detector unit, wherein the electronic module is removably mechanically coupled or coupleable to the mechanical module in a proximal end region of the mechanical module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: David Aubrey Plumptre, Oliver Charles Gazeley, Robert Veasey, Michael Jugl, Stefan Blancke
  • Publication number: 20230028688
    Abstract: An electronic module is configured for attachment to a proximal end of a drug delivery device in a predefined fastening configuration. The drug delivery device comprises an elongated housing extending in a longitudinal direction and comprising a distal end and the proximal end. The electronic module comprises a mechanical coding comprising a mechanical coding feature to engage with a mechanical counter coding feature of a mechanical counter coding provided at the proximal end of the drug delivery device, wherein one of the mechanical coding feature and the mechanical counter coding feature comprises a protrusion extending in the longitudinal direction and wherein the other one of the mechanical coding feature and the mechanical counter coding feature comprises a recess, wherein, in some configurations, the mechanical coding and the mechanical counter coding are operable to prevent a fastening of the electronic module to the drug delivery device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Adam Moyo Harvey-Cook, David Aubrey Plumptre, Oliver Charles Gazeley, Robert Veasey
  • Patent number: 11471602
    Abstract: A method and system for providing a drug delivery device. The drug delivery device comprises a dose setting mechanism comprising a spindle and a cartridge holder coupled to the dose setting mechanism. The cartridge holder comprising a cartridge having a movable bung at one end of the cartridge. The cartridge holder must be rotated before a dose may set with the dose setting mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: David Aubrey Plumptre, James Alexander Davies, Christopher Jones, Robert Veasey
  • Publication number: 20220265937
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Maurice Toporek, Michael Jugl, Günther Sendatzki, Oliver Charles Gazeley, Prasannah Nanayakkara, Aidan Michael O'Hare, Robert Veasey, David Aubrey Plumptre
  • Patent number: 11406762
    Abstract: A drug delivery device comprising a housing body; a piston rod configured to rotate in a rotational direction during dose dispensing under a driving force; and a threaded insert, wherein the piston rod is in threaded engagement with the threaded insert such that during the dose dispensing. the piston rod displaces axially in a distal direction relative to the threaded insert for displacement of a cartridge hung. The threaded insert is movable relative to a stop provided in the housing body and a spring is provided to bias the threaded insert against the stop so that the rotation of the piston rod causes the threaded insert to move away from the stop in response to reaction forces, induced by the cartridge bung into the threaded insert, acting on the piston rod in a proximal direction when the reaction forces exceed a biasing force of the spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Markus Ploch, Aled Meredydd James, Anthony Paul Morris, Matthew Meredith Jones, Oliver Charles Gazeley, Robert Veasey, David Aubrey Plumptre
  • Publication number: 20220241514
    Abstract: A supplemental device for attachment to an injection device, the supplemental device having a housing containing at least two electromechanical switches each having an open state and a closed state and a protrusion associated with each switch configured to protrude from the housing so as to contact a rotatable surface of the injection device while the supplemental device is attached to the injection device; and a processor arrangement configured to detect a change in the state of each of the switches; and to determine a direction of rotation of the rotatable surface of the injection device from the detected state changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Veasey, David Aubrey Plumptre, Paul Richard Draper, David Richard Mercer
  • Patent number: 11400231
    Abstract: A supplemental device for attachment to an injection device, the supplemental device having a housing containing at least two electromechanical switches each having an open state and a closed state and a protrusion associated with each switch configured to protrude from the housing so as to contact a rotatable surface of the injection device while the supplemental device is attached to the injection device; and a processor arrangement configured to detect a change in the state of each of the switches; and to determine a direction of rotation of the rotatable surface of the injection device from the detected state changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: Robert Veasey, David Aubrey Plumptre, Paul Richard Draper, David Richard Mercer
  • Patent number: 11400218
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates an elongated housing for an injection device for delivery of a liquid medicament, the housing comprising: a tubular-shaped cartridge holder to accommodate a cartridge filled with the medicament and comprising a proximal connecting end, a body to accommodate a drive mechanism operably engageable with a piston of the cartridge, wherein the body comprises a distal connecting end connectable to the proximal connecting end, wherein one of the proximal connecting end and the distal connecting end comprises an insert section, wherein the other one of the proximal connecting end and the distal connecting end comprises a receptacle to axially receive the insert section, wherein the insert section comprises at least one fastening element to positively engage with a complementary-shaped fastening element of the receptacle to provide an axial interlock of the cartridge holder and the body, wherein the fastening elements of the insert section and the receptacle comprise at least one pair
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: Robert Veasey, David Aubrey Plumptre, Matthew Jones
  • Patent number: 11357920
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Maurice Toporek, Michael Jugl, Günther Sendatzki, Oliver Charles Gazeley, Prasannah Nanayakkara, Aidan Michael O'Hare, Robert Veasey, David Aubrey Plumptre
  • Publication number: 20220152312
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an injection device for setting and injecting pre-set or user-selectable doses of a medicament, the injection device comprising an elongated housing defining a longitudinal direction and configured to accommodate a cartridge containing the medicament, and a detector arrangement operable to detect a relative movement between a first element and a second element. The first element is subject to a first movement relative to the second element along a first longitudinal direction for setting of a dose, the first element is subject to a second movement relative to the second element along a second longitudinal direction for dispensing of the dose, one of the first movement and the second movement is a helical movement, and the other one of the first movement and the second movement is a sliding movement in the longitudinal direction. The second element comprises at least one reference element fixed to the second element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Oliver Charles Gazeley, Gavin Newman, Aidan Michael O`Hare, David Aubrey Plumptre, Robert Veasey, Craig Ashley Mason, Anthony Paul Morris
  • Publication number: 20220118191
    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: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Christian Rehbein, Samuel Steel, Anthony Paul Morris, Matthew Meredith Jones, Robert Veasey, Richard James Vincent Avery, William Marsh