Patents by Inventor Sophie Louise Sladen

Sophie Louise Sladen 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: 11202866
    Abstract: A drug delivery device comprises a medicament reservoir attached to a housing, a drive mechanism comprising a plunger movable relative to the housing, a dose selecting element releasably coupled to the drive mechanism and rotatable relative to the housing, a trigger axially movable relative to the housing, and a limiter selectively permitting and preventing axial movement of the trigger depending on the amount of a selected dose. The limiter is constrained to the dose selecting element and to the trigger. One of the limiter or a component part is axially coupled to the housing comprises a track which is in engagement with a blocking feature of the other of the limiter or the component part axially coupled to the housing. The track comprises a narrow section limiting relative movement between the track and the blocking feature and a wide section permitting relative movement between the track and the blocking feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: SANOFI
    Inventors: Elliot Baxter, David Aubrey Plumptre, Robert Veasey, Sophie Louise Sladen, Jamie Salter
  • Publication number: 20200330697
    Abstract: A button (70, 270, 370, 470) for a drug delivery device with a reduced operating loudness comprises a plate-like button body forming a touch surface (70b, 270b, 370b, 470b), wherein the plate-like button body is coupled by an axial supporting member (75, 275, 375, 475) to a noise-generating interface of the drug delivery device and movable into a longitudinal direction of the drug delivery device, wherein the plate-like button body comprises a material composite with at least one first component (271, 272, 371, 372, 373, 374, 471) consisting of a first material and at least one second component (278, 378, 478) consisting of a second material different from the first material, wherein the at least one first component (271, 272, 371, 372, 373, 374, 47) and the at least one second component (278, 378, 478) are coupled via at least one coupling plane (270d, 270e, 370d, 470d) that is at least sectionwise slanted or perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Ralph Donald Quentin Collings, James Robert Coop, James Anthony West, Stephen Francis Gilmore, Daniel David Higgins, Mark Digby Teucher, Matthew Meredith Jones, Anthony Paul Morris, Sophie Louise Sladen, William Geoffrey Arthur Marsh, Denny Lustosa Horn, Stefan Blancke, Michael Jugl
  • Publication number: 20190134313
    Abstract: A drug delivery device comprises a medicament reservoir attached to a housing, a drive mechanism comprising a plunger movable relative to the housing, a dose selecting element releasably coupled to the drive mechanism and rotatable relative to the housing, a trigger axially movable relative to the housing, and a limiter selectively permitting and preventing axial movement of the trigger depending on the amount of a selected dose. The limiter is constrained to the dose selecting element and to the trigger. One of the limiter or a component part is axially coupled to the housing comprises a track which is in engagement with a blocking feature of the other of the limiter or the component part axially coupled to the housing. The track comprises a narrow section limiting relative movement between the track and the blocking feature and a wide section permitting relative movement between the track and the blocking feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Elliot Baxter, David Aubrey Plumptre, Robert Veasey, Sophie Louise Sladen, Jamie Salter
  • Patent number: 10112749
    Abstract: The invention relates to a closure assembly (1) for a container (2) and a container thereof. The invention more particularly relates to a closure assembly which provides leak tight closure for liquid or viscous products and can be simply opened or closed with minimal effort and additionally can be inverted to stably rest on a horizontal surface to act as a tottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Nurani Dharmaraj Krishnaprakash Iyer, Wei Dong, Garen Kouyoumjian, Andrew Gordon Wallace, Sophie Louise Sladen
  • Publication number: 20180148235
    Abstract: The invention relates to a closure assembly (1) for a container (2) and a container thereof. The invention more particularly relates to a closure assembly which provides leak tight closure for liquid or viscous products and can be simply opened or closed with minimal effort and additionally can be inverted to stably rest on a horizontal surface to act as a tottle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Nurani Dharmaraj, Krishnaprakash IYER, Wei DONG, Garen KOUYOUMJIAN, Andrew Gordon WALLACE, Sophie Louise SLADEN
  • Patent number: 9889249
    Abstract: Described is a needle assembly magazine comprising a housing including a coupling having a proximal aperture adapted to receive a medicament delivery device and a distal aperture adapted to receive a needle of a needle assembly, a needle guard coupled to the housing and having an aperture axially aligned with the distal aperture of the coupling, and a needle assembly carrier rotatably coupled to the needle guard and adapted to hold a plurality of needle assemblies. Rotation of the needle assembly carrier aligns one needle assembly with the distal aperture and the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: Samuel Steel, Paul Richard Draper, Joseph Butler, George Cave, David Richard Mercer, Sophie Louise Sladen
  • Publication number: 20160000992
    Abstract: Described is a needle assembly magazine (2) comprising a housing (6) including a coupling (9) having a proximal aperture adapted to receive a medicament delivery device (1) and a distal aperture adapted to receive a needle (8?) of a needle assembly (8), a needle guard (10) coupled to the housing (6) and having an aperture (22) axially aligned with the distal aperture of the coupling (9), and a needle assembly carrier (7) rotatably coupled to the needle guard (10) and adapted to hold a plurality of needle assemblies (8). Rotation of the needle assembly carrier (7) aligns one needle assembly (8) with the distal aperture and the aperture (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Samuel Steel, Paul Richard Draper, Joseph Butler, George Cave, David Richard Mercer, Sophie Louise Sladen