Patents by Inventor Stephan Müller-Pathle
Stephan Müller-Pathle 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: 11660400Abstract: The disclosure relates to a sensor arrangement for an injection device to determine an axial position of at least one device component of the injection device inside a housing of the injection device. The sensor arrangement includes an elongated member located inside the housing, extending in an axial direction and having at least a first section and a second section of different magnetization. The first and second sections are separated in the axial direction. The sensor arrangement also includes at least one magnetic sensor element attached to the housing to detect the axial position of at least one of the first and second sections.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2019Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventor: Stephan Mueller-Pathle
-
Publication number: 20220409819Abstract: An apparatus configured to be arranged within a housing of an injection device and for detecting a manipulation of the injection device comprises a cam part that is configured to be rotatable relative to a follower part; a resilient member arranged to urge the cam part and the follower part towards abutment with each other wherein rotation of the cam part relative to the follower part causes reciprocating motion of the follower part, wherein the follower part is configured to move reciprocally in an axial direction of the injection device; and a contact sensor provided between the cam part and the follower part and configured to detect the reciprocating motion of the follower part. The cam part comprises a profiled section comprising an axially varying profile arranged to be in abutment with the follower part and configured to cause reciprocating motion of the follower part.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2020Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventors: Stefan Bohling, Michael Jugl, Stephan Mueller-Pathle
-
Publication number: 20220241511Abstract: An injection device for administering a dose of a liquid medicament includes an elongated housing having a dispensing end and being configured to accommodate a cartridge filled with the liquid medicament, a drive mechanism configured to operably engage with the cartridge for expelling of a dose of the medicament from the cartridge via the dispensing end, a protective cap releasably attachable to the housing to cover the dispensing end, a first electronic circuit attached to the protective cap and electrically connected to at least a first cap electrode arranged on the protective cap, and a second electronic circuit arranged inside the housing, coupled to the drive mechanism and electrically connected to at least a first housing electrode that is located on the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Thomas Klemm, Stephan Mueller-Pathle
-
Patent number: 11338094Abstract: An injection device for administering a dose of a liquid medicament includes an elongated housing having a dispensing end and being configured to accommodate a cartridge filled with the liquid medicament, a drive mechanism configured to operably engage with the cartridge for expelling of a dose of the medicament from the cartridge via the dispensing end, a protective cap releasably attachable to the housing to cover the dispensing end, a first electronic circuit attached to the protective cap and electrically connected to at least a first cap electrode arranged on the protective cap, and a second electronic circuit arranged inside the housing, coupled to the drive mechanism and electrically connected to at least a first housing electrode that is located on the housing.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2017Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Thomas Klemm, Stephan Mueller-Pathle
-
Publication number: 20210113778Abstract: An injection device comprising a housing with a receptacle for the product, a dosing mechanism for setting a product dosage to be administered and for displaying the set product dosage and a dispensing mechanism for dispensing the product. The dispensing mechanism may include a piston rod, at least one sleeve rotatable relative to the housing to eject the set product dosage, and a button moveable relative to the housing and relative to the at least one sleeve in the dispensing direction from a dosing position into a dispensing position to eject the set product dosage. The device can further include a first detector for detecting the position of the button relative to the housing or the at least one sleeve, a second detector for detecting rotational movement of the at least one sleeve or a component part coupled to the at least one sleeve and a feedback generator mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2019Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Michael Jugl, Maurice Toporek, Stefan Blancke, Stephan Müller-Pathle
-
Publication number: 20200222636Abstract: The disclosure relates to a sensor arrangement for an injection device to determine an axial position of at least one device component of the injection device inside a housing of the injection device. The sensor arrangement includes an elongated member located inside the housing, extending in an axial direction and having at least a first section and a second section of different magnetization. The first and second sections are separated in an axial direction. The sensor arrangement also includes at least one magnetic sensor element attached to the housing to detect the axial position of at least one of the first and second sections.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2019Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventor: Stephan Mueller-Pathle
-
Publication number: 20200078526Abstract: An injection device for administering a dose of a liquid medicament includes an elongated housing having a dispensing end and being configured to accommodate a cartridge filled with the liquid medicament, a drive mechanism configured to operably engage with the cartridge for expelling of a dose of the medicament from the cartridge via the dispensing end, a protective cap releasably attachable to the housing to cover the dispensing end, a first electronic circuit attached to the protective cap and electrically connected to at least a first cap electrode arranged on the protective cap, and a second electronic circuit arranged inside the housing, coupled to the drive mechanism and electrically connected to at least a first housing electrode that is located on the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2017Publication date: March 12, 2020Inventors: Thomas Klemm, Stephan Mueller-Pathle
-
Patent number: 10518040Abstract: The disclosure relates to a sensor arrangement for an injection device to determine an axial position of at least one device component of the injection device inside a housing of the injection device. The sensor arrangement includes an elongated member located inside the housing, extending in an axial direction and having at least a first section and a second section of different magnetization. The first and second sections are separated in an axial direction. The sensor arrangement also includes at least one magnetic sensor element attached to the housing to detect the axial position of at least one of the first and second sections.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2016Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventor: Stephan Mueller-Pathle
-
Patent number: 10506972Abstract: A device for determining and displaying a dose of a medicament to be administered to a user based, at least in part, on a measure of physical activity of the user described herein includes a determining unit configured determine a measure of physical activity of the user using information provided by one or more sensors. The device also includes a computer readable memory storing a set of predefined templates comprising predefined actions, rules, and parameters defining at least an initial medicament dose value, the measure of physical activity of the user, a time elapsed between an instance of physical activity and a current time, and a target blood glucose value, wherein the determining unit is further configured to determine the medicament dose based, at least in part, on the measure of physical activity of the user, by execution of one or more templates from the set of predefined templates.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2018Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbHInventors: Michael Schabbach, Jörg Heisiep, Stephan Müller-Pathle, Ross MacArthur
-
Patent number: 10363367Abstract: The present invention relates to a filling device for filling a reservoir, the filling device comprising a housing configured to hold a container for a liquid; a conduit arranged for fluid engagement with the container; a drive unit configured to expel a liquid from the container through the conduit; and a connector configured to be attachable to a reservoir, wherein the connector comprises at least one contact element; the filling device further comprising a trigger assembly arranged to act on the drive unit such that when the trigger assembly is activated the liquid is expelled from the container through the conduit.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2014Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbHInventor: Stephan Mueller-Pathle
-
Publication number: 20190151554Abstract: A supplemental device for attachment to an injection device is presented having a display; a processor arrangement; a dose dialed detector operable to detect a dose of medicament dialed into an attached injection device; a dose delivery determiner for determining that a dose of medicament has been delivered; a quantity determiner determining a quantity of medicament that has been delivered; and a clock configured to determine a current time. The processor arrangement is configured when the supplemental device is in a default mode to display both a quantity of medicament that was delivered since a last dose and a time elapsed since delivery of the last dose.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2019Publication date: May 23, 2019Inventors: Alexander Allerdings, Stephan Mueller-Pathle, André Baran, Kay Behrendt
-
Publication number: 20190053755Abstract: A device for determining and displaying a dose of a medicament to be administered to a user based, at least in part, on a measure of physical activity of the user described herein includes a determining unit configured determine a measure of physical activity of the user using information provided by one or more sensors. The device also includes a computer readable memory storing a set of predefined templates comprising predefined actions, rules, and parameters defining at least an initial medicament dose value, the measure of physical activity of the user, a time elapsed between an instance of physical activity and a current time, and a target blood glucose value, wherein the determining unit is further configured to determine the medicament dose based, at least in part, on the measure of physical activity of the user, by execution of one or more templates from the set of predefined templates.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2018Publication date: February 21, 2019Inventors: Michael Schabbach, Jörg Heisiep, Stephan Müller-Pathle, Ross MacArthur
-
Patent number: 10195351Abstract: A supplemental device for attachment to an injection device is presented having a display; a processor arrangement; a dose dialed detector operable to detect a dose of medicament dialed into an attached injection device; a dose delivery determiner for determining that a dose of medicament has been delivered; a quantity determiner determining a quantity of medicament that has been delivered; and a clock configured to determine a current time. The processor arrangement is configured when the supplemental device is in a default mode to display both a quantity of medicament that was delivered since a last dose and a time elapsed since delivery of the last dose.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2013Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Alexander Allerdings, Stephan Mueller-Pathle, André Baran, Kay Behrendt
-
Patent number: 10105093Abstract: A device comprising: means for obtaining a parameter of a sample of body fluid from a user; means for using information provided by one or more sensors to calculate a measure of physical activity of the user; means for calculating a medicament dose using at least in part the measured parameter and the measure of physical activity of the user; and means for indicating the calculated medicament dose to the user.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2012Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbHInventors: Michael Schabbach, Jörg Heisiep, Stephan Müller-Pathle, Ross MacArthur
-
Publication number: 20180043104Abstract: The disclosure relates to a sensor arrangement for an injection device to determine an axial position of at least one device component of the injection device inside a housing of the injection device. The sensor arrangement includes an elongated member located inside the housing, extending in an axial direction and having at least a first section and a second section of different magnetization. The first and second sections are separated in an axial direction. The sensor arrangement also includes at least one magnetic sensor element attached to the housing to detect the axial position of at least one of the first and second sections.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2016Publication date: February 15, 2018Inventor: Stephan Mueller-Pathle
-
Patent number: 9649435Abstract: The invention relates to a dosing mechanism for a fluid, comprising an inlet, an outlet, a dosing pipe and two valve groups with an inlet valve and an outlet valve each, wherein the inlet is connected to both inlet valves and the outlet is connected to both outlet valves, wherein the inlet valve of one group is arranged to connect the inlet to a first end of the dosing pipe while the outlet valve of the same group is arranged to connect the outlet to a second end of the dosing pipe, wherein the inlet valve of the other group is arranged to connect the inlet to the second end of the dosing pipe while the outlet valve of the same group is arranged to connect the outlet to the first end of the dosing pipe, wherein control means are arranged to open only the valves of one group at a time thereby allowing the fluid to flow from the inlet through the dosing pipe to the outlet, wherein a dosing object is arranged in the dosing pipe in a manner to be translated from one end towards the other by the fluid, wherein a dType: GrantFiled: March 28, 2012Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbHInventor: Stephan Müller-Pathle
-
Filling Device for a Drug Delivery Device and System with a Fillings Device and Drug Delivery Device
Publication number: 20170043090Abstract: The present invention relates to a filling device for filling a reservoir, the filling device comprising a housing configured to hold a container for a liquid; a conduit arranged for fluid engagement with the container; a drive unit configured to expel a liquid from the container through the conduit; and a connector configured to be attachable to a reservoir, wherein the connector comprises at least one contact element; the filling device further comprising a trigger assembly arranged to act on the drive unit such that when the trigger assembly is activated the liquid is expelled from the container through the conduit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2014Publication date: February 16, 2017Inventor: Stephan Mueller-Pathle -
Publication number: 20150032059Abstract: A supplemental device for attachment to an injection device is presented having a display; a processor arrangement; a dose dialled detector operable to detect a dose of medicament dialled into an attached injection device; a dose delivery determiner for determining that a dose of medicament has been delivered; a quantity determiner determining a quantity of medicament that has been delivered; and a clock configured to determine a current time. The processor arrangement is configured when the supplemental device is in a default mode to display both a quantity of medicament that was delivered since a last dose and a time elapsed since delivery of the last dose.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2013Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventors: Alexander Allerdings, Stephan Mueller-Pathle, André Baran, Kay Behrendt
-
Patent number: 8834413Abstract: In order to improve the energy efficiency of an injection device 100, a current is caused to be applied to a motor 113 of the injection device 100, which is related to a signal from a force sensor 115. The signal represents a force that is applied by the motor 113 to a plunger 122 of a cartridge 121.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2011Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbHInventors: Stephan Müller-Pathle, Christian Nessel, Christoph Eissengarthen, Navid Durrani
-
Publication number: 20140018730Abstract: The invention relates to a dosing mechanism for a fluid, comprising an inlet, an outlet, a dosing pipe and two valve groups with an inlet valve and an outlet valve each, wherein the inlet is connected to both inlet valves and the outlet is connected to both outlet valves, wherein the inlet valve of one group is arranged to connect the inlet to a first end of the dosing pipe while the outlet valve of the same group is arranged to connect the outlet to a second end of the dosing pipe, wherein the inlet valve of the other group is arranged to connect the inlet to the second end of the dosing pipe while the outlet valve of the same group is arranged to connect the outlet to the first end of the dosing pipe, wherein control means are arranged to open only the valves of one group at a time thereby allowing the fluid to flow from the inlet through the dosing pipe to the outlet, wherein a dosing object is arranged in the dosing pipe in a manner to be translated from one end towards the other by the fluid, wherein a dType: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2012Publication date: January 16, 2014Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventor: Stephan Müller-Pathle