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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2014
Sanofi-aventis Deutschland Gmbh, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Gertrud Blei, Jena, DE;
Mario Bock, Hamburg, DE;
Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Abstract
A supplemental device for attachment to an injection device including a dosage window covering a sleeve on which dose values are marked is disclosed. The supplemental device comprises a main body; an arrangement for supporting the main body of the supplemental device in a predetermined positional relationship with the injection device; a transparent protection window located at a surface of the main body that is aligned with the dosage window of the injection pen when in use; a sensor arrangement supported in the main body and having a sensor directed at the protection window; an illumination arrangement comprising one or more sources of light, each of the one or more sources of light being directed at the protection window; and a dispersing part, which may be diffusing or scattering, located on an optical path between a first one of the one or more sources of light.