# US 2021/0330889 A1 · Monitoring system and method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0330889 A1 - Document ID: US20210330889A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/138,273 - Filed: 2020-12-30 - Published: 2021-10-28 - Earliest claimed: 2014-06-27 - Assignees: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH - Applicants: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH - Inventors: Till Gerken - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210330889A1 ## CPC - A61M 5/31548: {Mechanically operated dose setting member} - A61M 5/009: {Electronic or electro-mechanical add-on modules} - G16H 20/10: relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients - G16H 20/17: delivered via infusion or injection - G16H 40/67: for remote operation - A61M 5/31553: {without axial movement of dose setting member} - A61M 2005/3126: {related to dosing} - A61M 2205/3561: local, e.g. within room or hospital - A61M 2205/3592: using telemetric means, e.g. radio or optical transmission - A61M 2205/50: with microprocessors or computers - A61M 2205/505: Touch-screens; Virtual keyboard or keypads; Virtual buttons; Soft keys; Mouse touches - A61M 2205/52: with memories providing a history of measured variating parameters of apparatus or patient - A61M 2205/581: by audible feedback - A61M 2205/582: by tactile feedback - A61M 2205/8206: battery-operated - G16H 10/60: for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records - 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 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. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1-13. (canceled) ### Claim 14 A mobile device, 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 mobile device and a sensor device using a radio frequency transmission, wherein the sensor device is attached to a medicament dispensing device configured to inject a medicament into a patient through a needle, receive information associated with the medicament delivered to the patient from the sensor device, and generate, using the medicament administration monitoring application, a record based on the medicament information, and store the record of the medicament information in the memory. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The mobile device according to claim 14, wherein the processor is configured to establish the connection between the mobile device and the sensor automatically. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The mobile device according to claim 14, wherein the processor is configured to establish the connection between the mobile device and the sensor in response to an input on the mobile device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The mobile device according to claim 14, wherein the processor is configured to execute the medicament administration monitoring application in response to a user input applied to the mobile device. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The mobile device according to claim 14, wherein the processor is configured to execute the medicament administration monitoring application automatically when a signal is received from the sensor device. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The mobile device according to claim 14, wherein the record includes at least one of date information, a volume of medicament, and a type of medicament. ### Claim 20 (depends on 14) The mobile device according to claim 14, wherein the processor is configured to display the medicament information on the display. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The mobile device according to claim 20, wherein the displayed medicament information comprises a delivered volume. ### Claim 22 (depends on 20) The mobile device according to claim 20, wherein the processor is configured to cause the display to display an indication that the record has been created or stored, and the indication is in the form of text or an image. ### Claim 23 (depends on 14) The mobile device according to claim 14, wherein the mobile device is configured to receive a user input indicating that a medicament delivery process is complete and control the display to display an indication that the medicament delivery process is complete. ### Claim 24 (depends on 14) The mobile device according to claim 14, wherein the mobile device is configured to store, in the memory, a diary containing a plurality of records tracking a plurality of medicament deliveries based on the received data. ### Claim 25 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 mobile device for receiving, storing, and displaying data received from the sensor, wherein the mobile device comprises a processor, a wireless communications interface, and a memory, wherein the mobile device 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, and display at least part of the record. ### Claim 26 (depends on 25) The system of claim 25, wherein the delivery device has a distal end having a needle. ### Claim 27 (depends on 25) The system of claim 25, wherein the mobile device is configured to store, in the memory, a diary containing a plurality of records tracking a plurality of medicament deliveries based on the received data. ### Claim 28 A mobile device, 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 device and a supplementary device, wherein the supplementary device is releasably coupled to a medicament dispensing device configured to inject a dose of medicament into a patient through a needle, receive, from the supplementary device, dosage information associated with the dose of medicament administered to the patient, and generate a record of medicament administration based on the dosage information. ### Claim 29 A method of operating a monitoring system, comprising: executing, by a processor of a mobile device of the monitoring system, a medicament administration monitoring application preloaded in a memory of the mobile device, establishing, by the processor of the mobile device, a wireless communication link between the mobile device and a sensor device of the monitoring system using a radio frequency transmission, wherein the sensor device is attached to a delivery device containing a medicament, wherein the 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 sensor device to the mobile device, executing, by the processor of the mobile device, the medicament administration monitoring application to generate a record based on the data associated with the medicament delivered by the delivery device, and storing the record in the memory of the mobile device. ### Claim 30 (depends on 29) The method of claim 29, wherein the wireless communication link uses near-field communication. ### Claim 31 (depends on 29) The method of claim 29, further comprising displaying an indication of the data on a display of the mobile device. ### Claim 32 (depends on 29) The method of claim 29, further comprising downloading the medicament administration monitoring application to the mobile device from an application marketplace or an application store. ### Claim 33 (depends on 29) The method of claim 29, further comprising pre-processing of the data associated with the medicament within the sensor device. ### Claim 34 (depends on 33) The method of claim 33, further comprising additional processing of the data associated with the medicament within the mobile device. ### Claim 35 (depends on 29) The method of claim 29, further comprising storing, in the memory of the mobile device, a diary containing a plurality of records tracking a plurality of medicament deliveries based on the received data.