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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2022
Sanofi-aventis Deutschland Gmbh, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Thomas Klemm, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
SAFOI-AVENTIS DEUTCHLAND GMBH, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a reading device adapted to read-out infrared readable data provided by a covered part of a movable component of a drug delivery device, wherein the reading device comprises at least one electromagnetic radiation source configured to emit infrared radiation and adapted to illuminate the infrared readable data on the covered part; at least one optical sensor unit configured to detect infrared radiation reflected from the covered part of the movable component; and at least one processing unit configured to determine a data value of the infrared readable data as a function of the detected reflected infrared radiation. The disclosure further provides a drug delivery device and a drug delivery device in combination with the reading device.