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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2022
Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Roy Howard Byerly, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Collin Hunter Grimes, Halethorpe, MD (US);
Jeffrey Manfred Gunnarsson, Baltimore, MD (US);
Chenrong Meng, Shanghai, CN;
Andre Rafael Minoli, Baltimore, MD (US);
Mariano Mumpower, Baltimore, MD (US);
Brian Gregory Murphy, Baltimore, MD (US);
Aaron Samuel Pearl, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abbie Lynn Shoemaker, Baltimore, MD (US);
Samuel Robert Zschack, Baltimore, MD (US);
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a dose detection system for use in combination with a medication delivery device in which a dose setting member rotates relative to an actuator during dose delivery. The dose detection system includes a module which is removably attached to the medication delivery device. The module includes a dosing component attached to the actuator during dose delivery. The dosing component includes a light source and a light sensor. A sensed element is attached to the dose setting member and includes surface features detectable by the light sensor.