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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2020
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Kitae Park, Seoul, KR;
Joonseong Kang, Suwon-si, KR;
Sang Joon Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Young Jun Hong, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 31/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/172 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/172 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3306 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3584 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3592 (2013.01); A61M 2205/52 (2013.01); A61M 2230/201 (2013.01);
Abstract
A drug delivery device and a method of operating the drug delivery device are provided. The drug delivery device includes a light emitter disposed in a body to emit light based on a control signal, a drug reservoir configured to react to the light emitted from the light emitter and to release a drug, a photosensor configured to sense light passing through the drug reservoir, and a controller configured to monitor a degree to which the drug reservoir reacts to the light, based on an amount of light sensed by the photosensor.