Sensor device for attachment to a drug delivery device
AssigneeSanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
InventorsGertrud Blei, Alexander Allerdings
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Abstract
A sensor device configured to be attached to a drug delivery device and configured to illuminate the drug delivery device when attached, the sensor device comprising: a light guide having a first surface, a second surface opposed to the first surface, at least one side surface extending between the first and second surfaces and a light out-coupling structure configured to cause diffuse light to be emitted from the first surface when light is input into the light guide; at least one light source configured to in-couple light into the light guide; and an optical sensor arranged to receive light reflected from a surface of the drug delivery device.
Claims14
A sensor device configured to be attached to a drug delivery device and configured to illuminate the drug delivery device when attached, the sensor device comprising:
- a light guide having a first surface, a second surface opposed to the first surface, at least one side surface extending between the first and the second surfaces and a light out-coupling structure configured to cause diffuse light to be emitted from the first surface when light is input into the light guide;
- at least one light source configured to in-couple light into the light guide;
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- an optical sensor arranged to receive light reflected from a surface of the drug delivery device,
- wherein the sensor device further comprises a reflective backing layer adjacent the second surface configured to reflect any light which escapes the light guide through the second surface back into the light guide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.