Supplemental device for attachment to an injection device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10195351-B2
Application number	US-201314373138-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 8, 2013
Priority date	Feb 13, 2012
Publication date	Feb 5, 2019
Grant date	Feb 5, 2019

Abstract

A supplemental device for attachment to an injection device is presented having a display; a processor arrangement; a dose dialed detector operable to detect a dose of medicament dialed into an attached injection device; a dose delivery determiner for determining that a dose of medicament has been delivered; a quantity determiner determining a quantity of medicament that has been delivered; and a clock configured to determine a current time. The processor arrangement is configured when the supplemental device is in a default mode to display both a quantity of medicament that was delivered since a last dose and a time elapsed since delivery of the last dose.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A supplemental device for attachment to an injection device, the supplemental device comprising:
a display;
a processor arrangement comprising at least one sensor configured to detect a dose of medicament dialed into an attached injection device, determine that a dose of medicament has been delivered, and determine a quantity of medicament that has been delivered;
at least one device, comprising a photometer, configured to:
detect an optical property of a housing of the attached injection device or an optical property of a portion of a medicament container within the attached injection device viewable through a dosage window in the housing of the attached injection device; and
determine an identity of a medicament present in the attached injection device based on the detected optical property of the housing or the detected optical property of the medicament container; and

a clock configured to determine a current time;
the processor arrangement being configured to continually display a quantity of medicament that was delivered as a last dose, and to alternate between displaying a time elapsed since delivery of the last dose and an identity of a medicament delivered in the last dose when the supplemental device is in a default mode, and
wherein the processor arrangement is configured to respond to a delivery of less than an entire dose by transitioning the supplemental device to a partial dose delivered state, and to cause display of a dose delivered, wherein the dose delivered is equal to the dose of medicament dialed into the attached injection device minus an amount of dose remaining that was not delivered,
wherein the display is a touch-sensitive display and wherein the processor arrangement is configured to cause display of a virtual button on the touch-sensitive display, the display indicating an action that the processor arrangement is configured to implement in response to receiving a user input at the virtual button, and
wherein the processor arrangement is configured to respond to detection of a confirm/OK input by a user via the virtual button to cause display of a remaining dose dialed into the attached injection device, wherein the displayed remaining dose counts down as a dose is delivered.

2. A supplemental device as claimed claim 1 , wherein the processor arrangement is configured to respond to detection of a dose being dialed, to enter the supplemental device into a dose dialing mode, and to cause display of a dose currently dialed into the attached injection device when the supplemental device is in the default mode.

3. A supplemental device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the processor arrangement is configured to respond to detection of dose dialing having stopped, to enter the supplemental device into a dose dialed mode, to cause display of a dose currently dialed into the attached injection device, and to display a graphic or text indicating that dose delivery is possible when the supplemental device is in the dose dialed mode.

4. A supplemental device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor arrangement is configured to respond to detection by at least one sensor of a dose having been delivered to enter the supplemental device into a dose delivered mode.

5. A supplemental device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the processor arrangement is configured to detect that a dose has been delivered by at least one sensor detecting that a dose has been fully delivered or by at least one sensor detecting that dose delivery has ceased and been confirmed by a user.

6. A supplemental device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the processor arrangement is configured to cause display of a delivered dose when the supplemental device is in the dose delivered mode.

7. A supplemental device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the processor arrangement is configured to respond to the supplemental device being detected to be in the dose delivered mode to record a time of dose delivery.

8. A system comprising a supplemental device as claimed in claim 1 and an injection device.

9. A method of operating a supplemental device attached to an injection device, the supplemental device being as claimed in claim 1 , the method comprising:
detecting a dose of medicament dialed into the injection device;
determining that a dose of medicament has been delivered;
determining a quantity of medicament that has been delivered; and
when the supplemental device is in a default mode, displaying continually a quantity of medicament that was delivered as a last dose, and alternating between displaying a time elapsed since delivery of the last dose and an identity of the medicament delivered in the last dose.

10. A supplemental device for attachment to an injection device, the supplemental device comprising:
a display;
a processor arrangement comprising at least one sensor configured to detect a dose of medicament dialed into an attached injection device, determine that a dose of medicament has been delivered, and determine a quantity of medicament that has been delivered;
a medicament determiner for determining an identity of a medicament present in the attached injection device, wherein the medicament determiner is configured to detect a code relating to the identity of a medicament present in the attached injection device; and
a clock configured to determine a current time;
the processor arrangement being configured to continually display a quantity of medicament that was delivered as a last dose, and to alternate between displaying a time elapsed since delivery of the last dose and an identity of the medicament delivered in the last dose when the supplemental device is in a default mode, and
wherein the processor arrangement is configured to respond to a delivery of less than an entire dose by transitioning the supplemental device to a partial dose delivered state, and to cause display of the dose delivered, wherein the dose delivered is equal to the dose of medicament dialed into the attached injection device minus an amount of dose remaining that was not delivered;
wherein the display is a touch-sensitive display and wherein the processor arrangement is configured to cause display of a virtual button on the touch-sensitive display, the display indicating an action that the processor arrangement is configured to implement in response to receiving a user input at the virtual button, and
wherein the processor arrangement is configured to respond to detection of a confirm/OK input by a user via the virtual button to cause display of a remaining dose dialed into the attached injection device, wherein the displayed remaining dose counts down as a dose is delivered.

11. A supplemental device as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the processor arrangement is configured to respond to detection of a dose being dialed by at least one sensor, to enter the supplemental device into a dose dialing mode, and to cause display of a dose currently dialed into the attached injection device when the supplemental device is in the default mode.

12. A supplemental device as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the processor arrangement is configured to respond to detection by at least one sensor of dose dialing having stopped, to enter the supplemental device into a dose dialed mode, to cause display of a dose currently dialed into the attached injection device, and to display a graphic or text indicating that dose delivery is possible when the supplemental device is in the dose dialed mode.

13. A supplemental device as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the processor arrangement is configured to respond to detection by at least one sensor of a dose having been delivered

Assignees

• Sanofi Aventis Deutschland

Inventors

• Allerdings Alexander
• Mueller-Pathle Stephan
• Baran André
• Behrendt Kay

Classifications

• A61M2209/04

  Tools for specific apparatus · CPC title

• A61M5/002

  Packages specially adapted therefor, e.g. for syringes or needles, kits for diabetics (needle protection, e.g. caps, A61M5/3202; for sharps A61B50/3001) · CPC title

• A61M2205/502

  User interfaces, e.g. screens or keyboards · CPC title

• A61M2205/52

  with memories providing a history of measured variating parameters of apparatus or patient · CPC title

• A61M2205/50

  with microprocessors or computers · CPC title