Back to results
US 10,471,213 B2Granted
Pen-type drug injection device and electronic add-on monitoring module for|monitoring and logging dose setting and administration
AssigneeSanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
InventorsMichael Schabbach, Bernd Kuhn
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A supplemental device for attachment to an injection device, the supplemental device is presented having a processor arrangement; and a quantity determiner for determining a quantity of medicament that has been delivered, wherein the quantity determiner has a sensor arranged to detect movement of a drive screw of the injection device during medicament delivery.
Claims11
A system comprising:
- an injection device comprising a drive screw that moves during medicament delivery, wherein the drive screw has markings formed on a surface thereof, wherein the drive screw and markings are arranged to move axially during medicament delivery;
- and
- a supplemental device comprising:
- a housing with a mating unit configured to attach the supplemental device to the injection device;
- a processor;
- and
- a quantity determiner for determining a quantity of medicament that has been delivered;
- wherein the quantity determiner comprises a sensor arranged to detect both rotation and linear advancement of the drive screw during medicament delivery,
- wherein a housing of the injection device includes an optically transparent window to allow the drive screw to be viewed by the supplemental device,
- wherein the sensor is arranged to detect an extent of axial movement of the markings via the optically transparent window, and
- wherein the processor is arranged to determine an axial position of the drive screw based on the extent of axial movement of the markings detected by the sensor.
8 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.