Novartis Ag

Alain Schmidlin

Andrew Mark Bryant

Erich Studer

Gabriel Iobbi

Samuel Coendet

Agathe Buffard

Muriel Didier

Johannes Egger

Mads Sabra

Tobias Wohlfahrt

Mario Iobbi

Rajan Patel

Chinmay Deodhar

Matthew James Hayes

Robert George Milner

Daniel Latham

Franck Rubiconi

Timothy Duncan Wooller

Richard Andrew Hall

Thomas Richard Redman

Simon Peter Attard

Symon Cotton

Arun Venkatasubramanian

Nicholas Troop

Vivek Gajera

Prakash Parmar

Paul David Ryder

The invention concerns an injector device (), comprising access means () configured to selectively allow and prevent a cartridge () storing a pharmaceutical product () from being removed from the injector device (), a self-test unit () configured to cause a self-test of at least one of an electronic component and an electronic assembly of the injector device (), and a control unit () configured to control the access means () to allow the cartridge () to be removed from the injector device () in case the self-test has failed.

Injector device

A pharmaceutical container includes a cylindrical hollow container body defining a hollow chamber to receive a pharmaceutical liquid, the container body including a portion on a sidewall) of the container body, wherein the portion has a longitudinal extension along the longitudinal axis of the container body and a circumferential extension along the circumference of the container body, thereby forming a window through the sidewall of the container body into the hollow chamber. In embodiments of the invention, the window comprises two long edges and two short edges, and a Near Field Communication (NFC) antenna. In embodiments of the invention, the antenna comprises one or a plurality of nested antenna windings.

Medical container with NFC antenna

A medical device () comprises a container receiver unit () configured to receive and hold a container (), wherein the container () accommodates a pharmaceutical product () and comprises a first communication tag () configured to store information regarding the pharmaceutical product (), a reader unit () configured to wirelessly read the information from the first communication tag (), and a control unit () configured to control the medical device () based on the information read from the first communication tag (). The medical device () further comprises an opening or a transparent window () allowing to at least partially see from the outside the container () inserted into the container receiver unit (), wherein the reader unit () comprises a first antenna unit (), and the container () inserted into the container receiver unit () is located between (i) the opening or the transparent window () and (ii) the first antenna unit ().

Medical device, programming device, wireless terminal, and medical system

The present disclosure relates to a system () for administering a pharmaceutical product. The system comprises a container () accommodating a pharmaceutical product. The container () comprises a wireless communication unit () and a memory () which stores an administration scheme specifically adapted to the pharmaceutical product accommodated in the container (). The administration scheme specifies at least one administration-related parameter to be adhered to in administering the pharmaceutical product to a patient. The system further comprises a wireless communication device () configured to read the administration scheme from the memory () of the container () and to perform at least one action based on the administration scheme.

System for administering a pharmaceutical product

Auto-injector

The invention relates to an electronic sensor for detecting skin, the sensor comprising processor, an EM source, a baffle, a first EM detector and a second EM detector, the sensor arranged such that the EM source is located on a first side of the baffle and the first and second EM detectors are arranged on a second opposite side of the baffle at first and second distances from the EM source respectively, the first distance being less than the second distance, the processor configured to cause the source to emit EM radiation and to receive first and second signals from the first and second EM detectors respectively, the signals being indicative of the intensity of EM radiation detected by the sensor, the processor being further configured to process the first and second signals and thereby generate a skin signal which is indicative of whether the sensor has detected skin.

Infrared skin detection sensor

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Basel, Switzerland

Alain Schmidlin