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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2021
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Michael D. Yarger, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Andrew L. Richards, Durham, NC (US);
Mircea S. Despa, Cary, NC (US);
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Abstract
A drug delivery device system with mutable indicia and method for using same are provided. The drug delivery device system includes a syringe and/or syringe components (e.g., needle shield, needle guard), or autoinjector pen, or wearable autoinjector with mutable indicia and a software application for an external device to analyze images of the mutable indicia to automatically determine and record status of the drug delivery device. The mutable indicia or codes on the drug delivery device or its components represent different medical events such as dose completion, dose amount, and safety feature deployment or removal and can be detected by and otherwise logged by the external device. The external device may execute an application configured to further process data obtained via captured images of mutable indicia and display related information (e.g., fluid remaining in syringe barrel, delivered dose, and so on).