US 12,235,131 B2
Sensor device for detecting transport parameters and method of making the same
Andre Bezanson, Halifax (CA); Franziska Broell, Halifax (CA); Christopher Dail, Fall River (CA); and Sunga Park, Halifax (CA)
Assigned to Motryx Inc., Halifax (CA)
Appl. No. 17/438,312
Filed by Motryx Inc., Halifax (CA)
PCT Filed Mar. 11, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CA2020/050320
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 10, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/181375, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/949,695, filed on Dec. 18, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/821,169, filed on Mar. 20, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/818,050, filed on Mar. 13, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. CA 3036791 (CA), filed on Mar. 14, 2019; and application No. CA 3037423 (CA), filed on Mar. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0187101 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. G01D 3/08 (2006.01); G01D 7/08 (2006.01); G01D 9/00 (2006.01); G01D 15/28 (2006.01); G01D 21/02 (2006.01)
CPC G01D 3/08 (2013.01) [G01D 7/08 (2013.01); G01D 9/007 (2021.05); G01D 15/28 (2013.01); G01D 21/02 (2013.01); G01D 2207/30 (2021.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for sensing transport parameters representative of those experienced by adjacent medical vials during transportation, the device comprising:
a housing extending longitudinally from a housing first end to a housing second end, the housing first end having an opening to a housing interior volume, the housing having a housing outer lateral diameter of 12.5 mm±0.5 mm or of 15.5 mm±0.5 mm;
a sensor assembly positioned inside the housing and coupled to the housing, the sensor assembly comprising at least one sensor for detecting at least one transport parameter, a memory storing data associated with readings taken periodically from the sensor over time, and a communications module for transmitting the data out of the device;
a spacer rigidly connected to the sensor assembly, the spacer at least partially surrounding the sensor assembly inside the housing; and
a container cap that is removably connectable to the first housing end to hermetically seal the sensor assembly and the spacer inside the housing,
wherein a weight of the device approximates a weight of a blood vial of the same size filled with a blood sample.