# US 10,869,962 B2 · Packaging assembly > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,869,962 B2 - Document ID: US10869962B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/779,650 - Filed: 2016-11-28 - Published: 2018-09-13 - Granted: 2020-12-22 - Earliest claimed: 2015-11-30 - Assignees: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH - Applicants: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH - Inventors: Hardy Kietzmann; Fred Luck; Stefan Riebel - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10869962B2 ## CPC - A61M 5/002: {Packages specially adapted therefor, e.g. packages for syringes or needles or kits for diabetics} - A61M 5/00: Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way; Accessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning devices, arm rests (tube connectors, tube couplings, valves or branch units, specially adapted for medical use A61M39/00; containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes A61J1/00) - A61M 5/008: {Racks for supporting syringes or needles} - A61M 5/3202: {Devices for protection of the needle before use, e.g. caps (A61M5/50 takes precedence; protectors for sharps A61B50/3001)} - A61J 7/0076: {Medicament distribution means (with pill counting devices A61J7/02; with time indication A61J7/04; containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents B65D83/00)} - A61M 2209/06: Packaging for specific medical equipment - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} - A61J: CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE ## Abstract A packaging assembly comprises a case configured to contain a plurality of injection devices for delivering a medicament and a lid coupled to the case. The lid is movable between an open position and a closed position. The packaging assembly further includes a countdown timer configured to monitor a time remaining to a scheduled time and a sensor configured to output a signal representative of a change in position of the lid from the closed position to the open position. The packaging assembly also includes a reminder alert configured to activate once the scheduled time has been reached, and deactivate based on the signal received from the sensor. The packaging assembly further comprises a reset input device. The packaging assembly is configured to respond to operation of the reset input device by a user to set the scheduled time. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A packaging assembly comprising: a case configured to at least partially contain a plurality of injection devices for delivering a medicament; a lid coupled to the case and movable between an open position and a closed position; a countdown timer configured to monitor a time remaining until a scheduled time is reached; a sensor configured to output a signal representative of a change in position of the lid from the closed position to the open position; a reset input device; a light sensor configured to detect an amount of light incident on the packaging assembly; and a door open timer configured to be started in response to detecting, by the light sensor, that an intensity of light incident on the packaging assembly exceeds a threshold light intensity; wherein the packaging assembly is configured to respond to operation of the reset input device by a user to reset the scheduled time, wherein the packaging assembly is configured to: generate a reminder alert when (i) the scheduled time has been reached, (ii) an intensity of light incident on the packaging assembly, detected by the light sensor, exceeds the threshold light intensity, and (iii) the door open timer has not expired, and deactivate the reminder alert based on the signal received from the sensor. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The packaging assembly of claim 1, further comprising a notification light; wherein the packaging assembly is configured to intermittently activate the notification light once the scheduled time has been reached to generate a visual reminder output, when the lid is in the closed position and when the lid is in the open position. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The packaging assembly of claim 1, further comprising a display; wherein the display is configured to generate an output to show an amount of time remaining until the scheduled time is reached; and wherein the display is configured to generate a visual reminder output once the scheduled time has been reached. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The packaging assembly of claim 3, wherein the display is configured to generate an output to show a number of days remaining until the scheduled time is reached. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The packaging assembly of claim 4, wherein the display is configured to continuously show the number of days remaining until the scheduled time is reached if the number of days remaining is greater than one day, and to intermittently show the number of days remaining until the scheduled time is reached if the number of days remaining is equal to or less than one day. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The packaging assembly of claim 3, wherein the display is configured to generate an output which indicates that a state of charge of batteries included in the packaging assembly is below a threshold state of charge. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The packaging assembly of claim 3, wherein the lid is arranged to cover the display in the closed position. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The packaging assembly of claim 1, wherein the lid is translucent. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The packaging assembly of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the lid is transparent. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The packaging assembly of claim 1, wherein the packaging assembly is configured to respond to operation of the reset input device by a user to reset the scheduled time to 14 days. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The packaging assembly of claim 1, wherein the sensor is an electromechanical switch arranged within the packaging assembly such that a state of the electromechanical switch changes between open and closed states as the lid is moved from the closed position to the open position. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The packaging assembly of claim 11, wherein the electromechanical switch is arranged within the packaging assembly such that contact between the switch and a component of a hinge assembly changes as the lid is moved from the closed position to the open position. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The packaging assembly of claim 1, further comprising at least one injection device including a medicament. ### Claim 14 A method of operating a packaging assembly configured to receive a plurality of injection devices, the method comprising: determining a time remaining until a scheduled time to remove one of the plurality of injection devices from the packaging assembly is reached; receiving a signal from a sensor representative of a change in position of a lid of the packaging assembly; receiving a signal from a light sensor representative of an intensity of light incident on the packaging assembly; starting a door open timer in response to detecting that the intensity of light incident on the packaging assembly exceeds a certain threshold light intensity; activating a reminder alert when (i) the scheduled time has been reached, (ii) an intensity of light incident on the packaging assembly exceeds the threshold light intensity, and (iii) the door open timer has not expired, deactivating the reminder alert based on the signal received from the sensor; receiving a signal from a reset input device; and resetting the scheduled time in response to receiving the signal from the reset input device. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, further comprising generating a visual output when the lid is in a closed position and when the lid is in an open position. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein generating the visual output further comprises generating an output to show a number of days remaining until the scheduled time is reached. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the door open timer is configured to expire after a predetermined time in a range of 1 minute to 10 minutes. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein resetting the scheduled time comprises resetting the scheduled time to 14 days.