US 12,283,373 B2
Device and method for detecting an actuation action performable with a medical device
Jasmin Groeschke, Frankfurt am Main (DE); Hanno Juhnke, Frankfurt am Main (DE); Jan-Peter Spengler, Frankfurt am Main (DE); Matthias Scharf, Frankfurt am Main (DE); Christoph Dette, Frankfurt am Main (DE); Michael Schrack, Pliezhausen (DE); and Olaf Zeckai, Weinheim (DE)
Assigned to Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH, Frankfurt am Main (DE)
Filed by Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH, Frankfurt am Main (DE)
Filed on Nov. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/507,383.
Application 18/507,383 is a continuation of application No. 17/319,508, filed on May 13, 2021, granted, now 11,862,331.
Application 17/319,508 is a continuation of application No. 16/572,242, filed on Sep. 16, 2019, granted, now 11,424,026, issued on Aug. 23, 2022.
Application 16/572,242 is a continuation of application No. 14/005,877, granted, now 10,446,269, issued on Oct. 15, 2019, previously published as PCT/EP2012/055252, filed on Mar. 23, 2012.
Claims priority of application No. 11159593 (EP), filed on Mar. 24, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2024/0087734 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G16H 40/40 (2018.01); A61M 5/31 (2006.01); A61M 5/315 (2006.01); G16Z 99/00 (2019.01)
CPC G16H 40/40 (2018.01) [A61M 5/31525 (2013.01); A61M 5/31533 (2013.01); G16Z 99/00 (2019.02); A61M 2005/3126 (2013.01); A61M 5/3135 (2013.01); A61M 2005/3142 (2013.01); A61M 2205/52 (2013.01); A61M 2205/581 (2013.01); A61M 2205/582 (2013.01); A61M 2205/583 (2013.01); A61M 2207/00 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
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1. A monitoring apparatus for releasable attachment to a medicament delivery device, the monitoring apparatus comprising:
a housing;
an electric circuit arranged in the housing, the electric circuit configured to monitor one or more functions of the medicament delivery device;
an attachment unit configured to releasably attach the monitoring apparatus to the medicament delivery device, wherein the attachment unit comprises a plurality of arms configured to at least partially embrace an outer circumference of at least a portion of the medicament delivery device; and
a detector configured to detect an actuation action performed with the medicament delivery device.