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US 11,141,541 B2Granted
Event capture device for medication delivery instruments
AssigneeBecton, Dickinson and Company
InventorsAndrew Richards, Sean Ulrich, Mircea Stefan Despa, Sundeep Kankanala
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Abstract
Described herein is a dose monitoring device configured to couple with one or more medication delivery instruments to capture, record and/or process dosing events or events of delivering a medication dose. The dose monitoring device may include electronics such as a sensor, a clock module and a temperature module related to monitoring the time of dosing events.
Claims22
A dose monitoring device configured to couple with one or more injectable medication delivery instruments, comprising:
- a housing configured to mate with an injectable medication delivery instrument of the one or more injectable medication delivery instruments, the injectable medication delivery instrument comprising a body and a needle coupled to the body;
- one or more position sensors configured to detect removal of the dose monitoring device from the injectable medication delivery instrument and reinstallation of the dose monitoring device on the injectable medication delivery instrument and collect position sensor data;
- one or more electronic modules configured to begin monitoring electronic module data when the one or more position sensors detect removal of the dose monitoring device from the injectable medication delivery instrument, wherein the electronic module data comprises timestamp data indicating a time at which the one or more position sensors detect the removal of the dose monitoring device from the injectable medication delivery instrument and timestamp data indicating a time at which the one or more position sensors detect the reinstallation of the dose monitoring device on the injectable medication delivery instrument, the one or more electronic modules comprising clock module configured to:
- collect the timestamp data indicating the time at which the one or more position sensors detect the removal of the dose monitoring device from the injectable medication delivery instrument;
- begin a timer when the one or more position sensors detect the removal of the dose monitoring device from the injectable medication delivery instrument;
- stop the timer when the one or more position sensors detect reinstallation of the dose monitoring device on the injectable medication delivery instrument;
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- collect the timestamp data indicating the time at which the one or more position sensors detect the reinstallation of the dose monitoring device on the injectable medication delivery instrument;
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- a processor configured to determine a dose event based on the detected removal of the dose monitoring device from the injectable medication delivery instrument, the detected reinstallation of the dose monitoring device on the injectable medication delivery instrument, the timestamp indicating the time at which the one or more position sensors detect the removal of the dose monitoring device from the injectable medication delivery instrument, the timestamp indicating the time at which the one or more position sensors detect the reinstallation of the dose monitoring device on the injectable medication delivery instrument, and a time interval between beginning of the timer and stopping of the timer;
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- a communication module configured to transmit the position sensor data from the one or more position sensors to an external device.
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A method for recording a dose event with a dose monitoring device, comprising:
- providing an injectable medication delivery instrument comprising a body and a needle coupled to the body;
- detecting a removal of the dose monitoring device from the injectable medication delivery instrument by one or more position sensors of the dose monitoring device, wherein the dose monitoring device comprises:
- the one or more position sensors configured to collect position sensor data;
- one or more electronic modules comprising a dock module configured to collect electronic module data, the one or more electronic modules comprising a dock module;
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- a transmitter for transmitting one or more of the position sensor data and the electronic module data to an external device;
- beginning to monitor the electronic module data by the one or more electronic modules when the removal of the dose monitoring device from the injectable medication instrument is detected, wherein the electronic module data comprises timestamp data indicating a time at which the one or more position sensors detect the removal of the dose monitoring device from the injectable medication delivery instrument by the dock module and timestamp data indicating a time at which the one or more position sensors detect reinstallation of the dose monitoring device on the injectable medication delivery instrument by the dock module;
- collecting the timestamp data indicating the time at which the one or more position sensors detect the removal of the dose monitoring device from the injectable medication delivery instrument by the clock module;
- beginning a timer by the clock module when the removal of the dose monitoring device from the injectable medication instrument is detected;
- detecting the reinstallation of the dose monitoring device on the injectable medication delivery instrument by the one or more position sensors;
- stopping the timer by the dock module when the reinstallation of the dose monitoring device on the injectable medication instrument is detected;
- collecting the timestamp data indicating the time at which the one or more position sensors detect the reinstallation of the dose monitoring device on the injectable medication delivery instrument by the dock module;
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- determining the dose event by a processor based on the detected removal of the dose monitoring device from the injectable medication delivery instrument, the detected reinstallation of the dose monitoring device on the injectable medication delivery instrument, the timestamp data indicating the time at which the one or more position sensors detect the removal of the dose monitoring device from the injectable medication delivery instrument, the timestamp data indicating the time at which the one or more position sensors detect the reinstallation of the dose monitoring device from the injectable medication delivery instrument, and a time interval between beginning of the timer and stopping of the timer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.