Sensor device for detecting transport parameters and method of making the same

A device for sensing transport parameters representative of those experienced by adjacent medical vials during transportation, the device comprising:

• a housing extending longitudinally from a housing first end to a housing second end, the housing first end having an opening to a housing interior volume, the housing having a housing outer lateral diameter of 12.5 mm±0.5 mm or of 15.5 mm±0.5 mm;
• a sensor assembly positioned inside the housing and coupled to the housing, the sensor assembly comprising at least one sensor for detecting at least one transport parameter, a memory storing data associated with readings taken periodically from the sensor over time, and a communications module for transmitting the data out of the device;
• a spacer rigidly connected to the sensor assembly, the spacer at least partially surrounding the sensor assembly inside the housing;
• and
• a container cap that is removably connectable to the first housing end to hermetically seal the sensor assembly and the spacer inside the housing,
• wherein a weight of the device approximates a weight of a blood vial of the same size filled with a blood sample.