Patents by Inventor William Timmis
William Timmis 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).
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Publication number: 20250242114Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cap assembly for a medicament delivery device comprising a cap body configured to be detachably mounted to a housing of a medicament delivery device, and a cap lid configured to be attached to the cap body, wherein the cap body is configured to receive a needle sleeve and the cap lid when the cap assembly is attached to a medicament delivery device, the cap lid comprising an anti-recapping element configured to prevent the cap assembly from being reattached to a housing of a medicament delivery device once the cap assembly has been removed and the medicament delivery device has been used, wherein the anti-recapping element comprises a projection configured to engage a needle sleeve of a medicament delivery device to prevent the cap assembly being reattached to a housing of a medicament delivery device once the medicament delivery device has been used.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2025Publication date: July 31, 2025Inventors: William Timmis, Thomas Mark Kemp, Uwe Dasbach
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Publication number: 20250195782Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a drive subassembly for a drug delivery device, the drive subassembly comprising a housing and a plunger, wherein the plunger is adapted to be rotated between a locked position, in which the plunger is prevented from advancing, and a released position, in which the plunger is advancable, wherein at least one restraining component is provided to restrain rotation of the plunger from the locked position towards the released position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2025Publication date: June 19, 2025Inventors: Marc Schader, Michael Mayer, Jim Bradford, William Timmis, Thomas Mark Kemp, Hugo Revellat
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Patent number: 12318597Abstract: A syringe carrier includes a housing adapted to receive a syringe having a needle encapsulated by a removable protective needle sheath, and two or more flexible arms protruding inwards in a relaxed state and adapted to couple with the syringe in a mounted position. The flexible arms are adapted to deflect radially outwards in a pre-assembled position of the syringe in the syringe carrier. In the mounted position the flexible arms are allowed to return into the relaxed state due, in part, to an axial force operating on the syringe carrier. The disclosure further relates to an autoinjector and a method of assembling the autoinjector.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2020Date of Patent: June 3, 2025Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Thomas Mark Kemp, William Timmis, Louise Hodgson
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Publication number: 20250114525Abstract: The disclosure relates to an audible indicator for use with a drug delivery device comprising a bistable resilient force member capable of residing in two states. In a biased state, the resilient force member is biased and stores energy In a relaxed state, the resilient force member is relaxed. The resilient force member releases the stored energy when transitioning from the biased state into the relaxed state, thereby generating an audible signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2024Publication date: April 10, 2025Inventors: Carsten Mosebach, Thomas Mark Kemp, Louise Hodgson, William Timmis
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Patent number: 12268853Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a drive subassembly for a drug delivery device, the drive subassembly comprising a housing and a plunger, wherein the plunger is adapted to be rotated between a locked position, in which the plunger is prevented from advancing, and a released position, in which the plunger is advancable, wherein at least one restraining component is provided to restrain rotation of the plunger from the locked position towards the released position.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2018Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: SanofiInventors: Marc Schader, Michael Mayer, Jim Bradford, William Timmis, Thomas Mark Kemp, Hugo Revellat
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Patent number: 12268856Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cap assembly for a medicament delivery device comprising a cap body configured to be detachably mounted to a housing of a medicament delivery device, and a cap lid configured to be attached to the cap body, wherein the cap body is configured to receive a needle sleeve and the cap lid when the cap assembly is attached to a medicament delivery device, the cap lid comprising an anti-recapping element configured to prevent the cap assembly from being reattached to a housing of a medicament delivery device once the cap assembly has been removed and the medicament delivery device has been used, wherein the anti-recapping element comprises a projection configured to engage a needle sleeve of a medicament delivery device to prevent the cap assembly being reattached to a housing of a medicament delivery device once the medicament delivery device has been used.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: SanofiInventors: William Timmis, Thomas Mark Kemp, Uwe Dasbach
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Patent number: 12233245Abstract: The present application relates to shock absorbers for injection devices. According to a first aspect, this specification discloses an injection device including: a medicament container; a stopper translatably disposed within the medicament container; and a plunger rod including: a plunger rod body; and a shock absorber, wherein the plunger rod is operable to displace the stopper; and wherein the shock absorber contacts the stopper during displacement of the stopper by the plunger rod, thereby reducing an impact force between the plunger rod and the stopper.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2019Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: SanofiInventors: Uwe Dasbach, Hugo Revellat, Robbie Wilson, Jim Bradford, Thomas Kemp, William Timmis, Andrew Labat-Rochccouste
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Patent number: 12179000Abstract: The disclosure relates to an audible indicator for use with a drug delivery device comprising a bistable resilient force member capable of residing in two states. In a biased state, the resilient force member is biased and stores energy In a relaxed state, the resilient force member is relaxed. The resilient force member releases the stored energy when transitioning from the biased state into the relaxed state, thereby generating an audible signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2021Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Carsten Mosebach, Thomas Mark Kemp, Louise Hodgson, William Timmis
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Publication number: 20240416051Abstract: The disclosure relates to an audible indicator in combination with a drug delivery device having a resilient force member capable of resting in either of two states. In a biased state, the resilient force member is biased and stores energy and in a relaxed state, the resilient force member is relaxed. The resilient force member releases the stored energy when changing from the biased state into the relaxed state, thereby generating an audible signal, wherein the resilient force member is supported by a retaining element in the biased state in order to prevent transition into the relaxed state.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2024Publication date: December 19, 2024Inventors: Carsten Mosebach, Thomas Mark Kemp, Louise Hodgson, William Timmis
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Patent number: 12102812Abstract: The disclosure relates to an audible indicator in combination with a drug delivery device having a resilient force member capable of resting in either of two states. In a biased state, the resilient force member is biased and stores energy and in a relaxed state, the resilient force member is relaxed. The resilient force member releases the stored energy when changing from the biased state into the relaxed state, thereby generating an audible signal, wherein the resilient force member is supported by a retaining element in the biased state in order to prevent transition into the relaxed state.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2021Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Carsten Mosebach, Thomas Mark Kemp, Louise Hodgson, William Timmis
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Publication number: 20240058523Abstract: The invention relates to an autoinjector comprising a housing (125) which is configured to receive a reservoir (120) with a fluid, a pump arrangement (100), which is configured to drive the fluid from the reservoir (120) towards and through an outlet (180) of the autoinjector in a dispensing operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2021Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Ramsay Black, Uwe Dasbach, Thomas Mark Kemp, William Timmis
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Publication number: 20240058530Abstract: The invention relates to an autoinjector comprising —a housing (105) which is configured to receive an operating reservoir (120, 220) with a fluid, —a pump arrangement (100, 200), which is configured to drive the fluid from the operating reservoir (120, 220) towards and through an outlet (180) of the autoinjector in a dispensing operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2021Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Ramsay Black, Uwe Dasbach, Thomas Mark Kemp, William Timmis
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Publication number: 20240050658Abstract: The invention relates to an autoinjector (100) comprising —a housing (170) which is gas-tight to the outside, —a fluid reservoir (110) with a fluid, wherein the fluid reservoir (110) comprises a flexible material, —a container (140) which comprises at least a first section which is configured to contain a first substance which comprises gas or which can be converted into gas, wherein ?the container (140) is configured to assume two different states, ?a first state in which the first section is sealed so that the at least first substance is contained in the first section, ?a second state in which the at least first substance is released from the first section into the housing (170) causing an increase of gas pressure within the housing (170) which acts on the fluid reservoir (110) causing the fluid inside the fluid reservoir (110) to move through the fluid reservoir (110) towards and through an outlet (230) of the autoinjector (100).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2021Publication date: February 15, 2024Inventors: Ramsay Black, Uwe Dasbach, Thomas Mark Kemp, William Timmis
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Publication number: 20230277777Abstract: The present specification relates to a drug delivery device including a housing adapted to receive a primary container with a piston, a plunger slidably disposed in the housing and adapted to drive the piston for delivering a medicament, a drive spring pre-loaded between the housing and the plunger so as to urge the plunger in a distal direction, an audible and/or tactile indicator, and a trigger mechanism arranged between the indicator and the plunger. The trigger mechanism is configured to support the indicator in an initial state of the device and during delivery of the medicament and to couple with the plunger to activate the audible and/or tactile indicator at or near an end of delivery.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2023Publication date: September 7, 2023Inventors: Hugo Revellat, Thomas Mark Kemp, William Timmis
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Publication number: 20230218826Abstract: The present specification relates to a plunger configured to transmit a force from an energy source to a piston of a primary container, the plunger comprising a plunger rod configured to be subjected to the force from the energy source, the plunger rod having an inner surface forming a cavity, wherein a support element adapted to constrain the energy source within the cavity protrudes radially inwards from the inner surface into the cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2023Publication date: July 13, 2023Inventors: Marc Schader, Hugo Revellat, William Timmis
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Publication number: 20230158250Abstract: A drug delivery device comprises a housing adapted to receive a medicament container, a plunger and a plunger release mechanism that comprises a first plunger boss arranged on the plunger, a profiled slot arranged on the housing and adapted to be engaged by the first plunger boss so as to inhibit movement of the plunger in a distal direction. The plunger is rotatable about a longitudinal axis to release the first plunger boss from the profiled slot so as to allow movement of the plunger in the distal direction. A sleeve is coupled to the housing to permit movement of the sleeve relative to the housing. A sleeve ramp is arranged on the sleeve and adapted to engage a rib or boss on the plunger to rotate the plunger to release the first plunger boss from the profiled slot when the sleeve is moved in a proximal direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2023Publication date: May 25, 2023Inventors: Jim Bradford, Thomas Mark Kemp, William Timmis
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Patent number: 11654246Abstract: The present specification relates to a drug delivery device including a housing adapted to receive a primary container with a piston, a plunger slidably disposed in the housing and adapted to drive the piston for delivering a medicament, a drive spring pre-loaded between the housing and the plunger so as to urge the plunger in a distal direction, an audible and/or tactile indicator, and a trigger mechanism arranged between the indicator and the plunger. The trigger mechanism is configured to support the indicator in an initial state of the device and during delivery of the medicament and to couple with the plunger to activate the audible and/or tactile indicator at or near an end of delivery.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2018Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: SanofiInventors: Hugo Revellat, Thomas Mark Kemp, William Timmis
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Publication number: 20230116177Abstract: The disclosure relates to a drug delivery device including: a housing configured to contain a drug container with a needle, a needle shroud that is telescopically connected to the housing, and a cap that is configured to be releasably connected to the housing before use of the device. At least one of the cap and the needle shroud is adapted to unreleasably lock the cap onto the housing after reapplying the cap onto the housing after the drug delivery device is used.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Inventors: Marc Schader, William Timmis, Thomas Mark Kemp, Jim Bradford
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Patent number: 11583634Abstract: The present specification relates to a plunger configured to transmit a force from an energy source to a piston of a primary container, the plunger comprising a plunger rod configured to be subjected to the force from the energy source, the plunger rod having an inner surface forming a cavity, wherein a support element adapted to constrain the energy source within the cavity protrudes radially inwards from the inner surface into the cavity.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2018Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Inventors: Marc Schader, Hugo Revellat, William Timmis
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Patent number: D988507Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2020Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: SanofiInventors: Christian Rogge, Philipp Oster, Carolin Frontzek, Uwe Dasbach, Alex Zuyev, William Timmis