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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2014
Sanofi-aventis Deutschland Gmbh, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Gertrud Blei, Jena, DE;
Alexander Allerdings, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Abstract
A sensor device configured to be attached to a drug delivery device and configured to illuminate the drug delivery device when attached, the sensor device comprising: a light guide having a first surface, a second surface opposed to the first surface, at least one side surface extending between the first and second surfaces and a light out-coupling structure configured to cause diffuse light to be emitted from the first surface when light is input into the light guide; at least one light source configured to in-couple light into the light guide; and an optical sensor arranged to receive light reflected from a surface of the drug delivery device.