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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2017
Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Roy H. Byerly, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Russell W. Perkins, Carmel, IN (US);
Giorgio M. Sardo, Milan, IT;
Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
A reusable medication delivery device that can determine medication remaining in a simple fashion. The device includes a first sensor () for sensing when a cartridge is mounted in the device, and at least one second sensor for sensing a retraction of a drive member () that engages a cartridge plunger (). The device includes a controller that determines, based on inputs from the first sensor and the at least one second sensor, that a newly installed cartridge is to be considered full or not full of medication. The controller calculates, after a medication delivery and based on an input from a means for determining an amount of medication delivered by operation of a dose delivery mechanism, and if the cartridge was considered full when newly installed, a quantity of medication remaining in the installed cartridge after the medication delivery.