Sanofi-a Ventis Deutschland Gmbh

Dca Design International Limited

Sanofi

Other

Sanofi Sa

Bespak Plc

Consort Medical Limited

Dca International Ltd.

Lea Design International Limited

Robert F Veasey

David Aubrey Plumptre

Christopher Nigel Langley

Christopher Clarkson Jones

Robert Perkins

Steven Wimpenny

Matthew Meredith Jones

Garen Kouyoumjian

Malcolm Stanley Boyd

Shane Alistair Day

Catherine Anne MacDonald

Robert Woolston

Paul Richard Draper

Anthony Paul Morris

Aidan Michael O'Hare

Joseph Butler

Samuel Steel

James J May

David Sanders

Christopher James Smith

Daniel Thomas De Sausmarez Lintell

William Marsh

Richard Letham

Andrew Mark Lindsay

Simon Lewis Bilton

Richard James Vincent Avery

Barry Yates

Paul Roger Griffin

David Martin Leak

Carmen Patricia Keating

Elizabeth Anne Marshall

David Richard Mercer

Oliver Charles Gazeley

Mike Cameron Bainton

Samuel Ghazaros

Michael Cameron Bainton

Neal Alexander Blundred

Hugh Smith

Ian McFaul

Frank Erbstein

Michael Jugl

Christian Rehbein

William Geoffrey Arthur Marsh

Christopher John Jones

Timothy Giles Claughton

Catherine Anne Macdonald

Warren Terry

James Leslie Rhodri Jones

James Alexander Davies

John David Cross

Naceur Rekaya

Maurice Toporek

James Alexander Senior

Daniel David Higgins

Günther Sendatzki

Andrew Gordon Wallace

Elliot Baxter

Prasannah Nanayakkara

Aled Meredydd James

George Cave

Christoph Dette

Christian Pommereau

Markus Ploch

Stephen John Minshull

James Andrew Holt

Gunther Sendatzki

Craig Ashley Mason

Sophie Louise Sladen

Patrick Gerard Linnane

Aidan Michael O'hare

Richard Paul Gledhill

Gavin Newman

Daniel Paul Jenkins

Harry Robert Lester

Oliver Benjamin Brown

Marcus James Blachford

Paul Jansen

Alexander Ian Bailey

Michael Noderer

David Aubrey Plumtre

Jamie Salter

James Alistair Holdgate

James Lewis Gareth

Christopher Jones

James May

Adrew Mark Lindsay

Malcom Boyd

Thomas Khong

A drug delivery device comprising a housing with an opening, a piston rod having a proximal end and a distal end, and a bearing. The piston rod is adapted to engage the opening for guiding the piston rod during a movement of the piston rod relative to the housing. The piston rod also includes a first attachment element located at the distal end. The bearing has a second attachment element for rotatable attachment of the bearing at the distal end of the piston rod. The first attachment element and/or the second attachment element is elastically deformable in a radial direction for snap engagement of the piston rod and the bearing. The opening is adapted to receive the first attachment element and the second attachment element if attached to each other but preventing disengagement of the first attachment element and the second attachment element if received in the opening.

Drug delivery device and assembly method for a drug delivery device

A cartridge assembly for a drug delivery device can include: a cartridge holder, a cartridge containing a drug, and a fixing member, wherein the cartridge holder includes an interior cartridge holding section, the cartridge being arranged in the cartridge holding section, wherein the fixing member is axially secured to the cartridge holder and secures the cartridge permanently in the cartridge holder.

Cartridge assembly for a drug delivery device and method for assembling the same

An electronic system for a drug delivery device comprising a dose setting and drive mechanism with a first member, wherein the first member performs a specific movement relative to a second member during a dose delivery operation. The electronic system comprises a first switch configured to be activated by a pre-defined user operation, wherein the pre-defined user operation includes a user operation that is expected in conjunction with dose delivery operation, a second switch for indicating the specific movement, and a sensor arrangement for a motion sensor system for providing position data that allows to distinguish between different positions of the first member relative to the second member.

Electronic system and method for determining failure of a second switch in a drug delivery device

The present disclosure is generally directed to an attachment mechanism suitable for attaching a module to an object, e.g. to a portion of a drug delivery device. Further, the disclosure is directed to an electronic system, e.g. an electronic add-on module, which is configured to be, e.g. releasably, attached to a drug delivery device as well as an assembly including the electronic add-on module as well as the drug delivery device. The attachment mechanism may include at least one attachment member with a longitudinal axis, an adhesive distal end surface and an opposite adhesive proximal end surface.

Attachment mechanism, module and assembly herewith

Data collection devices for attachment to injection devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, the data collection device includes: a body attachable to a dial member of the injection device, a sensor arrangement comprising a sensor and a scale, and a processor. The sensor is configured to detect a rotation of the body relative to a trigger of the injection device. The processor is configured to detect a rotation of the body relative to the trigger. One of the sensor and the scale is arranged in or on the body and wherein the other one of the sensor and the scale is located on the trigger or is rotationally lockable to the trigger configured to detect a rotation of the body relative to the trigger.

Data collection device for attachment to an injection device

A cartridge assembly for a drug delivery device is described. The cartridge assembly includes a cartridge containing a drug, the cartridge including a dispensing end; a cartridge holder, the cartridge holder defining an interior cartridge holding section, where the cartridge is arranged within the cartridge holding section; and a fixing feature. The fixing feature includes a fixing surface, in particular a radially oriented surface, which is arranged to abut a cartridge surface of the cartridge, in particular a radially oriented surface, to prevent removal of the cartridge from the cartridge holder such that the cartridge is permanently secured in the cartridge holder.

Cartridge assembly for a drug delivery device and drug delivery device

A cartridge assembly for a drug delivery device is described. The cartridge assembly includes (i) a cartridge containing a drug, the cartridge including a dispensing end; (ii) a cartridge holder, the cartridge holder defining an interior cartridge holding section, in which the cartridge is arranged within the cartridge holding section; and (iii) a fixing member. The fixing member includes a fixing surface arranged to abut a cartridge surface of the cartridge, in particular a radially oriented surface. The cartridge surface is a proximal surface which faces away from the dispensing end of the cartridge, and the cartridge surface is arranged between the dispensing end of the cartridge and the end opposite of the dispensing end. The fixing member includes a securing surface which is arranged to abut a holder surface of the cartridge holder. Further, a drug delivery device and a method for assembling the cartridge assembly are described.

Cartridge assembly and method for assembling the same

An electronic add-on module configured for releasable attachment to a drug delivery device is described. The electronic add-on module includes at least a body configured to be releasably attached to the device housing, a coupler configured to be releasably attached to the device dial grip, and a dial configured to be axially displaceable with respect to the coupler. The electronic add-on module further includes a tube which is configured to be permanently rotationally constrained to the body and configured to be axially displaceable relative to the body wherein the dial is configured to be rotatable relative to the tube at least in a dialing mode.

Electronic add-on module and assembly of an electronic add-on module and a drug delivery device

A sensor device removably attachable to a drug delivery device includes a sensing arrangement arranged within the sensor device and circuitry configured to process signals provided by the sensing arrangement. The sensing arrangement is configured such that, when the sensor device is attached to the drug delivery device, the sensing arrangement is operable to read encoded information present on a rotatable component internal to the drug delivery device and that is able to be sensed through a window or aperture of the drug delivery device, and is operable to sense through the window or aperture at least a part of a drive mechanism of the drug delivery device. The circuitry is configured to determine information relating to a set dose, and to determine information relating to whether the drug delivery device is in a dose setting mode or whether the device is in a dose delivery mode.

Sensor device removably attachable to a drug delivery device

An arrangement of drug delivery devices is provided with interchangeable members and non-interchangeable members.

Drug delivery devices

The disclosure relates to an injection device for setting and injecting pre-set or user-selectable doses of a medicament, the injection device comprising an elongated housing defining a longitudinal direction and configured to accommodate a cartridge containing the medicament, and a detector arrangement operable to detect a relative movement between a first element and a second element. The first element is subject to a first movement relative to the second element along a first longitudinal direction for setting of a dose, the first element is subject to a second movement relative to the second element along a second longitudinal direction for dispensing of the dose, one of the first movement and the second movement is a helical movement, and the other one of the first movement and the second movement is a sliding movement in the longitudinal direction. The second element comprises at least one reference element fixed to the second element.

Injection device and detector arrangement

A data collection device for attachment to an injection device, such as an injector pen, includes a sensor arrangement to detect movement of a movable component of the injection device relative to the data collection device during delivery of a medicament by the injection device, and a processor arrangement configured to, based on said detected movement, determine a medicament dosage administered by the injection device. The processor arrangement may monitor the time that has elapsed since the medicament dosage was administered, and control a display to show the mediacament dosage and elapsed time to provide a memory aid to the user. In an example embodiment, the sensor arrangement includes an optical encoder and the movable component includes a plurality of light barrier formations. The movable component may be a number sleeve that provides a visual indication of a dose programmed into the injection device.

A supplemental device for attachment to an injection device, the supplemental device having a housing containing at least two electromechanical switches each having an open state and a closed state and a protrusion associated with each switch configured to protrude from the housing so as to contact a rotatable surface of the injection device while the supplemental device is attached to the injection device; and a processor arrangement configured to detect a change in the state of each of the switches; and to determine a direction of rotation of the rotatable surface of the injection device from the detected state changes.

Supplemental device for attachment to an injection device

The present invention relates to injectors, such as pen-type injectors, that provide for administration of medicinal products from a multidose cartridge and permit a user to set a delivery dose. An injector may include a housing, a cartridge containing a medicinal product, the cartridge being retained within the housing, means for selecting a dose of the medicinal product to be expelled, and means for expelling the selected dose of the medicinal product. The housing may be a unitary housing within which the means for selecting the dose and the means for expelling the selected dose are moveably retained. Alternatively, the injector may include a housing, a piston rod, an insert located in the housing and through which the piston rod may rotate, ratchet means, a dose dial sleeve, a drive sleeve, a button located on the drive sleeve and rotatable with respect to the drive sleeve, and clutch means which upon depression of the button prevents rotation between the dose dial sleeve and the drive sleeve.

Pen-type injector

A drive mechanism suitable for use in drug delivery devices is disclosed. The drive mechanism may be used with injector-type drug delivery devices, such as those permitting a user to set the delivery dose. The drive mechanism may include a housing, a dose dial sleeve, and a drive sleeve. A clutch is configured to permit rotation of the drive sleeve and the dose dial sleeve with respect to the housing when the dose dial sleeve and drive sleeve are coupled through the clutch. Conversely, when the dose dial sleeve and drive sleeve are in a de-coupled state, rotation of the dose dial sleeve with respect to the housing is permitted and rotation of the drive sleeve with respect to the housing is prevented. In the de-coupled state, axial movement of the drive sleeve transfers force in a longitudinal direction for actuation of a drug delivery device.

Drive mechanisms suitable for use in drug delivery devices

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Robert F Veasey