US 11,724,037 B2
Elastomer articles having embedded electronics and methods of manufacturing the same
Kerry Drake, Red Hill, PA (US); Patrick Dowling, Dublin (IE); Michael Sullivan, Birdsboro, PA (US); and Jason Krizan, Elkton, MD (US)
Assigned to West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc., Exton, PA (US)
Appl. No. 16/618,990
Filed by West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc., Exton, PA (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 6, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/036194
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 3, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/226782, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 13, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/515,775, filed on Jun. 6, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0121635 A1, Apr. 29, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 5/315 (2006.01); G16H 20/17 (2018.01); A61M 5/24 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 5/31511 (2013.01) [A61M 5/24 (2013.01); A61M 5/31515 (2013.01); A61M 5/31568 (2013.01); G16H 20/17 (2018.01); A61M 2205/3553 (2013.01); A61M 2205/50 (2013.01); A61M 2205/60 (2013.01); A61M 2205/6009 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8206 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembly for a container configured to be filled with a pharmaceutical drug, the assembly comprising:
a piston comprising:
an electronic device embedded in the piston, the electronic device comprising a power supply;
a first end comprising a first engagement feature; and
a second end that opposes the first end, the second end bonded to a protective film, the protective film comprising a first surface that covers an exposed surface of the electronic device, the protective film comprising a second surface that opposes the first surface, and the second surface being configured to contact the pharmaceutical drug when the container is filled; and
a piston rod comprising a second engagement feature configured to engage the first engagement feature of the piston.