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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2021
Applicant:
Sanofi-aventis Deutschland Gmbh, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Inventors:
Paul Richard Draper, Worcestershire, GB;
Anthony Paul Morris, Coventry, GB;
Stephen Francis Gilmore, Bristol, GB;
Assignee:
Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/20 (2006.01); G01S 17/08 (2006.01); A61M 5/145 (2006.01); A61M 5/31 (2006.01); G01D 5/32 (2006.01); G01D 5/34 (2006.01); A61M 5/315 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/20 (2013.01); A61M 5/1452 (2013.01); A61M 5/3146 (2013.01); G01D 5/32 (2013.01); G01D 5/34 (2013.01); G01S 17/08 (2013.01); A61M 5/31515 (2013.01); A61M 2005/206 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3306 (2013.01); A61M 2205/587 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to an arrangement for detecting a position of a plunger () relative to a bung () in a drug cartridge (), comprising a proximity sensor () located close to a distal end () of the plunger () facing the bung () and aligned to receive light reflected by the bung ().