Novartis Ag

Symon Cotton

Gabriel Iobbi

Robert George Milner

Daniel Latham

Franck Rubiconi

Timothy Duncan Wooller

Richard Andrew Hall

Thomas Richard Redman

Simon Peter Attard

Andrew Mark Bryant

Alain Schmidlin

Arun Venkatasubramanian

Andrew Bryant

A pharmaceutical container may include 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 (), the window () comprising two long edges () and two short edges (), and a Near Field Communication (NFC) antenna () arranged on the outer surface () of the sidewall () of the container, the antenna () including one or a plurality of nested antenna windings (), each of them surrounding an interior periphery () including a substantially longitudinal portion () arranged along the two long edges () of the window (), and a substantially circumferential portion () arranged mainly around the sidewall () of the container body () and at least partially along a first one of the two short edges () of the window () opposite to a second one of the two short edges () of the window ().

Medical container with NFC antenna

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.

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