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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2002
Applicants:
Beat Steffen, Saanen, CH;
Edgar Hommann, Grossaffoltern, CH;
Inventors:
Beat Steffen, Saanen, CH;
Edgar Hommann, Grossaffoltern, CH;
Assignee:
TecPharma Licensing AG, Burgdorf, CH;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A container for a substance including a coupling element for coupling the container to an administering device for administering the substance, wherein the container has an associated identifying element, and wherein the administering device includes a coupling device for accommodating the coupling element of the container and a sensor element for at least one of reading and writing the identifying element and the state of the container. The invention is intended to encompass methods for providing and using the identifying element.