US 12,415,048 B2
Integrated dose counter
Peter Scarrott, London (CA); Michal Fulmyk, London (CA); Dawid Halupka, Toronto (CA); Justin Kim, Thornhill (CA); and David Lynch, Burlington (CA)
Assigned to TRUDELL MEDICAL INTERNATIONAL INC., London (CA)
Filed by Trudell Medical International, London (CA)
Filed on Dec. 10, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/118,177.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/956,846, filed on Jan. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/946,259, filed on Dec. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0170120 A1, Jun. 10, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 15/0083 (2014.02) [A61M 15/009 (2013.01); A61M 2202/064 (2013.01); A61M 2205/18 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3313 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3375 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3553 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3584 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3592 (2013.01); A61M 2205/502 (2013.01); A61M 2205/52 (2013.01); A61M 2205/581 (2013.01); A61M 2205/583 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An indicating device comprising:
a mechanical dose counter comprising a cap moveable relative to a base along a longitudinal axis between first and second positions when a predetermined force is applied to the cap, wherein the mechanical dose counter is adapted to register a movement of the cap relative to the base and a corresponding actuation of a medicament container in response to the application of the predetermined force, and wherein the base comprises a bottom configured to be coupled to the medicament container; and
an electronic module coupled directly to the bottom of the base of the mechanical dose counter such that the electronic module is adapted to be positioned above the medicament container, wherein the electronic module comprises a displacement sensor responsive to the movement of the cap relative to the base between the first and second positions, and wherein the electronic module is adapted to record the relative movement of the cap and base between the first and second positions in response to an input from the displacement sensor.