Patents by Inventor Stephen William Eason

Stephen William Eason 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: 9457161
    Abstract: An inhaler for delivering a preferably powdered formulation from a blister strip having a plurality of blister pouches. In order to achieve a compact simple construction for the inhaler and an easy action for the blister strip, the carrier extends over a circumferential angle of the inhaler of less than 360°. In particular, the carrier is guided between two deflectors with an at least substantially constant curvature, and preferably, exclusively along an outer wall of the inhaler. A conveying device of the inhaler has four drive wheels of the same diameter which are arranged on a common radius and are driven by common drive means in the same direction of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Thoemmes, Jens Besseler, Birgit Donker, Jessica Frentzel-Beyme, Stephen William Eason, Roger William Clarke
  • Publication number: 20160193433
    Abstract: An inhaler for delivering a preferably powdered formulation from a blister strip having a plurality of blister pouches. In order to achieve a compact simple construction for the inhaler and an easy action for the blister strip, the carrier extends over a circumferential angle of the inhaler of less than 360°. In particular, the carrier is guided between two deflectors with an at least substantially constant curvature, and preferably, exclusively along an outer wall of the inhaler. A conveying device of the inhaler has four drive wheels of the same diameter which are arranged on a common radius and are driven by common drive means in the same direction of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Applicant: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Thoemmes, Jens Besseler, Birgit Donker, Jessica Frentzel-Beyme, Stephen William Eason, Roger William Clarke
  • Patent number: 9289564
    Abstract: A blister piercing element for puncturing the lid of a blister containing a dose of medicament for inhalation by a user. The piercing element has an outlet opening for the passage of medicament entrained in an airflow out of the blister and, a piercing head extending beyond and overhanging the opening that cuts a flap in a lid of a blister and pushes it away from the opening during insertion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Vectura Delivery Devices Limited
    Inventors: Quentin John Harmer, Roger William Clarke, Stephen William Eason, Andreas Mark Meliniotis
  • Publication number: 20150209531
    Abstract: An inhaler comprising a housing defining a chamber to receive a strip having a plurality of blisters each containing a dose of medicament for inhalation by a user is disclosed. It comprises an actuating lever and a blister strip drive member rotatably mounted in the chamber to sequentially move each blister into a blister opening position. The blister strip drive member and the actuating lever comprise a drive gear and a drive gear element, respectively, that cooperate to effect rotation of the blister strip drive member in response to rotation of the actuating lever. The drive gear and drive gear element are disposed on the outside of the housing remote from the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Andreas Mark Meliniotis, Stephen William Eason, Roger William Clarke, Liam Philip McGuinness
  • Patent number: 8997737
    Abstract: An inhaler is disclosed. It comprises a housing to receive a strip of blisters each having a puncturable lid and containing a dose of medicament for inhalation by a user, a mouthpiece through which a dose of medicament is inhaled by a user and, an actuator operable to sequentially move each blister into alignment with a blister piercing member. The actuator is also operable to cause the blister piercing element to puncture the lid of a blister such that, when a user inhales through the mouthpiece, an airflow through the blister is generated to entrain the dose contained therein and carry it out of the blister and via the mouthpiece into the user's airway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Vectura Delivery Devices Limited
    Inventors: Stephen William Eason, Roger William Clarke, Quentin Harmer, Peter Alan Evans, David Gregory Ahern
  • Patent number: 8931480
    Abstract: An inhaler comprising a housing to receive a strip having a plurality of blisters is disclosed. Each blister has a puncturable lid and contains a dose of medicament for inhalation by a user. A mouthpiece is pivotally mounted to the housing through which a dose of medicament is inhaled by a user. The inhaler also has an actuating mechanism including a lever operable to sequentially move each blister into alignment with a blister piercing member depending from the mouthpiece. The actuating lever is also operable to cause the mouthpiece to pivot so that the blister piercing member punctures the lid of an aligned blister so that, when a user inhales through the mouthpiece, an airflow through the blister is generated to entrain the dose contained therein and carry it, via the mouthpiece, into the user's airway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Vectura Delivery Devices Limited
    Inventors: Andreas Mark Meliniotis, Stephen William Eason, Roger William Clarke, Liam Philip McGuinness
  • Patent number: 8763608
    Abstract: An inhaler comprising a housing to receive a strip having a plurality of blisters is disclosed. Each blister has a puncturable lid and contains a dose of medicament for inhalation by a user. A mouthpiece is pivotally mounted to the housing through which a dose of medicament is inhaled by a user. The inhaler also has an actuating mechanism including a lever operable to sequentially move each blister into alignment with a blister piercing member depending from the mouthpiece. The actuating lever is also operable to cause the mouthpiece to pivot so that the blister piercing member punctures the lid of an aligned blister so that, when a user inhales through the mouthpiece, an airflow through the blister is generated to entrain the dose contained therein and carry it, via the mouthpiece, into the user's airway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Vectura Delivery Devices Limited
    Inventors: Andreas Mark Meliniotis, Stephen William Eason, Roger William Clarke, Liam Philip McGuinness
  • Patent number: 8739784
    Abstract: An inhaler for delivery of a powder-form inhalation formulation from a blister strip with a plurality of blister pockets is proposed. A flexible guiding element receives the used blisters strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Vectura Delivery Devices Limited
    Inventors: Stephen William Eason, Matthew Neil Sarkar, Graham Roger Gibbins, Ralf Thoemmes, Jessica Frentzel-Beyme, Jens Besseler, Timo Von Brunn
  • Publication number: 20130312747
    Abstract: An inhaler is disclosed. It comprises a housing to receive a strip of blisters each having a puncturable lid and containing a dose of medicament for inhalation by a user, a mouthpiece through which a dose of medicament is inhaled by a user and, an actuator operable to sequentially move each blister into alignment with a blister piercing member. The actuator is also operable to cause the blister piercing element to puncture the lid of a blister such that, when a user inhales through the mouthpiece, an airflow through the blister is generated to entrain the dose contained therein and carry it out of the blister and via the mouthpiece into the user's airway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: VECTURA DELIVERY DEVICES LIMITED
    Inventors: Stephen William Eason, Roger William Clarke, Quentin Harmer, Peter Alan Evans, David Gregory Ahern
  • Patent number: 8511300
    Abstract: A passive inhaler for delivery of a powder-form inhalation formulation from a blister strip with a plurality of blister pockets is proposed. The inhaler has a flow resistance of at least 75000 Pa1/2s/m3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Vectura Delivery Devices Limited
    Inventors: Herbert Wachtel, Quentin John Harmer, Stephen William Eason
  • Patent number: 8474453
    Abstract: An inhaler is disclosed. The inhaler has a housing to receive an elongate strip of blisters each containing a dose of medicament and being sequentially movable into alignment with means for breaching a blister to enable a user to inhale said dose contained therein. The device has a spiral wound element within the housing that receives and coils said strip of blisters that have been breached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Vectura Delivery Devices Limited
    Inventors: Stephen William Eason, Matthew Sarkar, Graham Gibbins, Nicholas John Campling, Howard William Biddle, Tristian Roger Thornhill, Duncan James Bradley
  • Patent number: 8443798
    Abstract: An inhaler is disclosed. It comprises a housing to receive a strip of blisters each having a puncturable lid and containing a dose of medicament for inhalation by a user, a mouthpiece through which a dose of medicament is inhaled by a user and, an actuator operable to sequentially move each blister into alignment with a blister piercing member. The actuator is also operable to cause the blister piercing element to puncture the lid of a blister such that, when a user inhales through the mouthpiece, an airflow through the blister is generated to entrain the dose contained therein and carry it out of the blister and via the mouthpiece into the user's airway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Vectura Delivery Devices Limited
    Inventors: Stephen William Eason, Roger William Clarke, Quentin Harmer, Peter Alan Evans, David Gregory Ahern
  • Patent number: 8297278
    Abstract: An Inhaler for delivering an aerosolised dose of a powdered drug for inhalation by a user is disclosed. The inhaler comprises a drug entreinment device to a receive a package having a piercable lid containing a dose to be delivered, the device including a drug outlet tube terminating with a primary piercing element to pierce an opening in said lid when a package is located in the inhaler, a secondary piercing member to pierce a plurality of peripheral openings in said lid and, an airflow path to enable the supply of a charge of gas into the package via said peripheral openings to scour the interior of a pierced package such that all or substantially all of the dose is entrained in the gas and flows out of the package via the drug outlet tube. A medicament pack is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Vectura Delivery Devices Limited
    Inventors: Quentin Harmer, Roger William Clarke, Stephen William Eason
  • Publication number: 20120138055
    Abstract: An inhaler comprising a housing to receive a strip having a plurality of blisters is disclosed. Each blister has a puncturable lid and contains a dose of medicament for inhalation by a user. A mouthpiece is pivotally mounted to the housing through which a dose of medicament is inhaled by a user. The inhaler also has an actuating mechanism including a lever operable to sequentially move each blister into alignment with a blister piercing member depending from the mouthpiece. The actuating lever is also operable to cause the mouthpiece to pivot so that the blister piercing member punctures the lid of an aligned blister so that, when a user inhales through the mouthpiece, an airflow through the blister is generated to entrain the dose contained therein and carry it, via the mouthpiece, into the user's airway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: Vectura Delivery Devices Limited
    Inventors: Andreas Mark MELINIOTIS, Stephen William Eason, Roger William Clarke, Liam Philip McGuinness
  • Publication number: 20120132205
    Abstract: An inhaler comprising a housing to receive a strip having a plurality of blisters is disclosed. Each blister has a puncturable lid and contains a dose of medicament for inhalation by a user. A mouthpiece is pivotally mounted to the housing through which a dose of medicament is inhaled by a user. The inhaler also has an actuating mechanism including a lever operable to sequentially move each blister into alignment with a blister piercing member depending from the mouthpiece. The actuating lever is also operable to cause the mouthpiece to pivot so that the blister piercing member punctures the lid of an aligned blister so that, when a user inhales through the mouthpiece, an airflow through the blister is generated to entrain the dose contained therein and carry it, via the mouthpiece, into the user's airway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: Vectura Delivery Devices Limited
    Inventors: Andreas Mark Meliniotis, Stephen William Eason, Roger William Clarke, Liam Philip McGuinness
  • Publication number: 20110132358
    Abstract: An inhaler is disclosed. It comprises a housing to receive a strip of blisters each having a puncturable lid and containing a dose of medicament for inhalation by a user, a mouthpiece through which a dose of medicament is inhaled by a user and, an actuator operable to sequentially move each blister into alignment with a blister piercing member. The actuator is also operable to cause the blister piercing element to puncture the lid of a blister such that, when a user inhales through the mouthpiece, an airflow through the blister is generated to entrain the dose contained therein and carry it out of the blister and via the mouthpiece into the user's airway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: Vectura Delivery Devices Limited
    Inventors: Stephen William EASON, Roger William Clarke, Quentin Harmer, Peter Alan Evans, David Gregory Ahern
  • Patent number: 7950389
    Abstract: An inhaler (1) is disclosed. It comprises a housing (2) to receive a strip (6) of blisters (6a) each having a puncturable lid (6c) and containing a dose of medicament for inhalation by a user, a mouthpiece through which a dose of medicament is inhaled by a user and, an actuator (3) operable to sequentially move each blister into alignment with a blister piercing member (7, 9). The actuator is also operable to cause the blister piercing element to puncture the lid of a blister such that, when a user inhales through the mouthpiece, an airflow through the blister is generated to entrain the dose contained therein and carry it but of the blister and via the mouthpiece into the user's airway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Vectura Delivery Devices Limited
    Inventors: Stephen William Eason, Roger William Clarke, Quentin Harmer, Peter Alan Evans, David Gregory Ahern
  • Publication number: 20110114088
    Abstract: An inhaler (1) for delivery of a powder-form inhalation formulation from a blister strip (2) with a plurality of blister pockets (3) is proposed. A flexible guiding element (20) receives the used blisters strip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Stephen William Eason, Matthew Neil Sarkar, Graham Roger Gibbins, Ralf Thoemmes, Jessica Frentzel-Beyme, Jens Besseler, Timo Von Brunn
  • Patent number: D645734
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Vectura Delivery Devices Limited
    Inventors: Stephen William Eason, Roger William Clarke, Matthew Wright
  • Patent number: D646965
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Vectura Delivery Devices Limited
    Inventors: Stephen William Eason, Roger William Clarke