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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2016
Applicant:
Sanofi-aventis Deutschland Gmbh, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Inventors:
Michael Helmer, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Stefan Wendland, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Assignee:
Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/315 (2006.01); A61M 5/20 (2006.01); A61M 5/32 (2006.01); G16H 20/17 (2018.01); A61M 5/24 (2006.01); A61M 5/50 (2006.01); A61M 5/31 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/31568 (2013.01); A61M 5/20 (2013.01); A61M 5/24 (2013.01); A61M 5/3213 (2013.01); A61M 5/5086 (2013.01); G16H 20/17 (2018.01); A61M 2005/3126 (2013.01); A61M 2005/3142 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3317 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3561 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3569 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3584 (2013.01); A61M 2205/505 (2013.01); A61M 2205/52 (2013.01); A61M 2205/583 (2013.01); A61M 2205/6063 (2013.01); A61M 2205/6081 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8206 (2013.01);
Abstract
A supplementary device is configured to be attached to a drug delivery device. The supplementary device comprises a non-contact sensor configured to output signals indicative of the position of a moveable component within the drug delivery device. The supplementary device further comprises a processor configured to receive the signals output from the non-contact sensor. This processor is additionally configured to determine, based on the signals, whether the drug delivery device is in a pre-activation state or a post-activation state.