US 12,322,504 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 Apr. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/725,947.
Application 17/725,947 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.
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 2022/0246290 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
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)] 26 Claims
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1. An apparatus provided to be releasably attached to a medical device, the apparatus comprising
a housing with an attachment unit provided for attachment of the apparatus to the medical device,
a detector unit comprising a sensor,
a movable component that is movably mounted with respect to the detector unit to relay a force to the sensor, the force applied to the detector unit as part of an actuation action, and
an electric unit connected to the sensor and configured to store information,
wherein the apparatus is configured to detect a movement of a housing of the medical device relative to the housing of the apparatus.