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).

  • Cap
    Publication number: 20250242114
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2025
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Inventors: William Timmis, Thomas Mark Kemp, Uwe Dasbach
  • Publication number: 20250195782
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2025
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Inventors: Marc Schader, Michael Mayer, Jim Bradford, William Timmis, Thomas Mark Kemp, Hugo Revellat
  • Patent number: 12318597
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Mark Kemp, William Timmis, Louise Hodgson
  • Publication number: 20250114525
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Carsten Mosebach, Thomas Mark Kemp, Louise Hodgson, William Timmis
  • Patent number: 12268853
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Marc Schader, Michael Mayer, Jim Bradford, William Timmis, Thomas Mark Kemp, Hugo Revellat
  • Cap
    Patent number: 12268856
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: William Timmis, Thomas Mark Kemp, Uwe Dasbach
  • Patent number: 12233245
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Uwe Dasbach, Hugo Revellat, Robbie Wilson, Jim Bradford, Thomas Kemp, William Timmis, Andrew Labat-Rochccouste
  • Patent number: 12179000
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: Carsten Mosebach, Thomas Mark Kemp, Louise Hodgson, William Timmis
  • Publication number: 20240416051
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: Carsten Mosebach, Thomas Mark Kemp, Louise Hodgson, William Timmis
  • Patent number: 12102812
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH
    Inventors: Carsten Mosebach, Thomas Mark Kemp, Louise Hodgson, William Timmis
  • Publication number: 20240058523
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Ramsay Black, Uwe Dasbach, Thomas Mark Kemp, William Timmis
  • Publication number: 20240058530
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Ramsay Black, Uwe Dasbach, Thomas Mark Kemp, William Timmis
  • Publication number: 20240050658
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Ramsay Black, Uwe Dasbach, Thomas Mark Kemp, William Timmis
  • Publication number: 20230277777
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Hugo Revellat, Thomas Mark Kemp, William Timmis
  • Publication number: 20230218826
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Marc Schader, Hugo Revellat, William Timmis
  • Publication number: 20230158250
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Jim Bradford, Thomas Mark Kemp, William Timmis
  • Patent number: 11654246
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Hugo Revellat, Thomas Mark Kemp, William Timmis
  • Publication number: 20230116177
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Marc Schader, William Timmis, Thomas Mark Kemp, Jim Bradford
  • Patent number: 11583634
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Inventors: Marc Schader, Hugo Revellat, William Timmis
  • Patent number: D988507
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Sanofi
    Inventors: Christian Rogge, Philipp Oster, Carolin Frontzek, Uwe Dasbach, Alex Zuyev, William Timmis