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US 12,697,440 B2Granted
Monitoring system and method
AssigneeSanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
InventorTill Gerken
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Abstract
A monitoring system comprises: a first device (2) configured to capture an image of a medicament dosage indicated by a medicament dispensing device by an image capturing component of the first device; display the image of the medicament dosage on a display (21) of the first device; and transmit data representing the image of the medicament dosage to a second device; and computer code that when executed by a second device causes the second device (100) to: receive the data representing the image of the medicament dosage sent by the first device (2); perform optical character recognition on the data of the medicament dosage thereby to identify the dosage indicated by the medicament dispensing device; and make a non-transient record of dosage information based at least in part on the identified medicament dosage.
Claims21
A smartphone, comprising:
- a display;
- a processor;
- a wireless communications interface based on radio transmissions;
- and
- a memory configured to store a medicament administration monitoring application,
- wherein the processor is configured to:
- execute the medicament administration monitoring application,
- establish a connection between the smartphone and an external sensor device using a radio frequency transmission, wherein the external sensor device is attached to a medicament dispensing device, the medicament dispensing device being physically decoupled from the smartphone and configured to inject a medicament into a patient through a needle,
- receive information associated with the medicament delivered to the patient from the external sensor device,
- generate, using the medicament administration monitoring application, a record based on the medicament information,
- store the record of the medicament information in the memory,
- display the medicament information on the display,
- receive, in real-time and from the external sensor device multiple times a second, information indicative of a medicament dose that is being dialed into the medicament dispensing device as dialing occurs and a medicament dose that has been delivered by the medicament dispensing device to the patient, and
- update, in real-time and multiple times a second, the medicament information displayed on the display in accordance with the received information.
11 more elements
A monitoring system, comprising:
- a sensor attachable to a delivery device containing a medicament, wherein the sensor is configured for a radio frequency transmission of data representing a medicament delivered by the delivery device;
- and
- a smartphone for receiving, storing, and displaying data received from the sensor, the sensor and the delivery device being physically decoupled from the smartphone,
- wherein the smartphone comprises a display, a processor, a wireless communications interface, and a memory, wherein the smartphone is configured to:
- receive the radio frequency transmission of data from the sensor,
- store a record including a plurality of medicament deliveries based on the received data,
- display at least part of the record,
- display medicament information on the display,
- receive, in real-time and from the sensor multiple times a second, information indicative of a medicament dose that is being dialed as dialing occurs and a medicament dose delivered to a patient, and
- update, in real-time and multiple times a second, the medicament information displayed on the display in accordance with the received information.
7 more elements
A mobile phone, comprising:
- a display;
- a processor;
- a wireless communications interface;
- and
- a memory communicatively coupled with the processor,
- wherein the processor is configured to:
- establish, via the wireless communications interface, a communications link between the mobile phone and an external supplementary device, wherein the external supplementary device is releasably coupled to a medicament dispensing device, the medicament dispensing device being physically decoupled from the mobile phone and configured to inject a dose of medicament into a patient through a needle,
- receive, from the external supplementary device, dosage information associated with the dose of medicament administered to the patient,
- generate a record of medicament administration based on the dosage information,
- display medicament information on the display,
- receive, in real-time and from the external supplementary device multiple times a second, information indicative of a medicament dose that is being dialed as dialing occurs and a medicament dose that has been delivered to the patient,
- update, in real time and multiple times a second, the medicament information displayed on the display in accordance with the received information.
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A method of operating a monitoring system, comprising:
- executing, by a processor of a smartphone of the monitoring system, a medicament administration monitoring application preloaded in a memory of the smartphone,
- establishing, by the processor of the smartphone, a wireless communication link between the smartphone and an external sensor device of the monitoring system using a radio frequency transmission, wherein the external sensor device is attached to a delivery device containing a medicament, the delivery device being physically decoupled from the smartphone, and wherein the external sensor device is configured for a radio frequency transmission of data associated with a medicament delivered by the delivery device,
- transmitting the data associated with the medicament from the external sensor device to the smartphone,
- executing, by the processor of the smartphone, the medicament administration monitoring application to generate a record based on the data associated with the medicament delivered by the delivery device,
- storing the record in the memory of the smartphone,
- displaying medicament information on a display of the smartphone,
- receiving, in real-time and from the external sensor device multiple times a second, information indicative of a medicament dose that is being dialed as dialing occurs and a medicament dose that has been delivered to a patient, and
- updating, in real-time and multiple times a second, the medicament information displayed on the display in accordance with the received information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.