# US 12,214,169 B2 · Apparatus for recording information concerning the use of an injection device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,214,169 B2 - Document ID: US12214169B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/544,892 - Filed: 2023-12-19 - Published: 2024-04-11 - Granted: 2025-02-04 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-15 - Assignees: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH - Applicants: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH - Inventors: George Cave - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12214169B2 ## CPC - A61M 5/24: Ampoule syringes, i.e. syringes with needle for use in combination with replaceable ampoules or cartridges, e.g. automatic - A61M 5/009: {Electronic or electro-mechanical add-on modules} - A61M 5/0091: {Rotatable add-on modules} - A61M 5/31525: {Dosing (burettes, pipettes B01L3/02)} - A61M 5/31568: {Means keeping track of the total dose administered, e.g. since the cartridge was inserted} - G16H 20/17: delivered via infusion or injection - G16H 30/20: for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS - A61M 2005/3125: {Display means, e.g. to indicate dose setting} - A61M 2005/3126: {related to dosing} - A61M 2205/14: Detection of the presence or absence of a tube, a connector or a container in an apparatus - A61M 2205/3306: Optical measuring means - A61M 2205/3375: Acoustical, e.g. ultrasonic, measuring means - A61M 2205/3561: local, e.g. within room or hospital - A61M 2205/3584: using modem, internet or Bluetooth® - A61M 2205/3592: using telemetric means, e.g. radio or optical transmission - A61M 2205/50: with microprocessors or computers - A61M 2205/502: User interfaces, e.g. screens or keyboards - A61M 2205/505: Touch-screens; Virtual keyboard or keypads; Virtual buttons; Soft keys; Mouse touches - A61M 2205/6081: Colour codes - 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)} - G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA ## Abstract Apparatus for recording information concerning the use of an injection device, the apparatus comprising: one or more sensors for providing information indicative of how the injection device is used; a processor configured to analyse said information detected by the one or more sensors to determine use information, said use information corresponding to how the injection device is used; and a memory for storing said use information in an image format such that said use information can be retrieved from the memory and displayed in an image. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A supplemental device configured to determine information related to an injection device, the supplemental device being configured to be coupled to the injection device, wherein the supplemental device comprises: a detector configured to detect an optical property of a portion of the injection device and output a signal associated with the optical property; a processor configured to receive the signal associated with the optical property from the detector; a memory configured to store information associated with the optical property; and a wireless unit configured to transmit the information associated with the optical property to another device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The supplemental device of claim 1, further comprising one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs). ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The supplemental device of claim 1, further comprising a dose dialed detector operable to detect a dose of medicament dialed at the injection device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The supplemental device of claim 1, further comprising a dose delivery determination unit configured to determine that a dose of medicament is delivered. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The supplemental device of claim 1, wherein the supplemental device further comprises sensors configured to enable the processor to determine a size of a medicament dose delivered by the injection device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The supplemental device of claim 5, wherein the processor is configured to determine a date and/or time when the medicament dose is delivered. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The supplemental device of claim 1, wherein the optical property is a color. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The supplemental device of claim 7, wherein the processor is configured to determine a type of the injection device based on the color. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The supplemental device of claim 7, wherein the processor is configured to determine a type of insulin contained within the injection device based on the color. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The supplemental device of claim 1, further comprising a switch operable to detect whether the supplemental device is coupled to the injection device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The supplemental device of claim 10, wherein the signal output by the detector to the processor is a first signal, and the switch is configured to output a second signal to the processor. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The supplemental device of claim 1, wherein the wireless unit comprises a Bluetooth transceiver. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The supplemental device of claim 1, wherein the injection device is an injection pen. ### Claim 14 A system comprising: an injection device, and a supplemental device configured to determine information related to the injection device, the supplemental device being configured to be coupled to the injection device, wherein the supplemental device comprises: a detector configured to detect an optical property of a portion of the injection device and output a signal associated with the optical property; a processor configured to receive the signal associated with the optical property from the detector; a memory configured to store information associated with the optical property; and a wireless unit configured to transmit the information associated with the optical property to another device. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The system of claim 14, wherein the supplemental device further comprises one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs). ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The system of claim 14, wherein the supplemental device further comprises a dose dialed detector operable to detect a dose of medicament dialed at the injection device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The system of claim 14, wherein the supplemental device further comprises a dose delivery determination unit configured to determine that a dose of medicament is delivered. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The system of claim 14, wherein the supplemental device further comprises sensors configured to enable the processor to determine a size of a medicament dose delivered by the injection device. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The system of claim 18, wherein the processor is configured to determine a date and/or time when the medicament dose is delivered. ### Claim 20 (depends on 14) The system of claim 14, wherein the optical property is a color.