Carrying case for an add-on device of a medicament delivery device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12036382-B2
Application number	US-201916976851-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 18, 2019
Priority date	Mar 8, 2018
Publication date	Jul 16, 2024
Grant date	Jul 16, 2024

Abstract

A carrying case for an add-on device of a medicament delivery device is presented where the carrying case has an add-on device holder configured to hold the add-on device, an energy storage device, and a charging device configured to wirelessly electrically charge the add-on device from the energy storage device when the add-on device is held by the add-on device holder.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A carrying case for an add-on device of a medicament delivery device, the carrying case comprising:
an add-on device holder configured with a first recess to receive and hold the add-on device;
a medicament delivery device holder configured with a second recess to receive and hold the medicament delivery device, wherein the add-on device must be removed from the medicament delivery device for the add-on device holder to hold the add-on device in the first recess, and wherein the add-on device must be removed from the medicament delivery device for the medicament delivery holder to hold the add-on device in the second recess;
an energy storage device; and
a charging device configured to wirelessly electrically charge the add-on device from the energy storage device when the add-on device is held by the add-on device holder in the first recess.

2. The carrying case as claimed in claim 1 , comprising near-field wireless communication circuitry configured to communicate with the add-on device.

3. The carrying case as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the near-field wireless communication circuitry is configured to act as an initiator and generate a radio frequency, RF, electromagnetic field to power wireless communication from the add-on device.

4. The carrying case as claimed in claim 2 , comprising far-field wireless communication circuitry, wherein the far-field wireless communication circuitry is configured to transmit data received from the add-on device via the near-field wireless communication circuitry to a remote server.

5. The carrying case as claimed in claim 1 , comprising a medicament delivery device detector configured to detect the presence of the medicament delivery device when held by the medicament delivery device holder.

6. The carrying case as claimed in claim 5 , comprising a first indicator configured to indicate to a user that the medicament delivery device is missing from the carrying case in the event that the medicament delivery device detector after a predetermined amount of time fails to detect the presence of the medicament delivery device in the medicament delivery device holder.

7. The carrying case as claimed in claim 1 , comprising a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature inside the carrying case, and a second indicator configured to indicate to a user in case a detected temperature is above a predetermined threshold value, above which a medicament contained in the medicament delivery device could become damaged.

8. The carrying case as claimed in claim 1 , comprising a display device configured to display add-on device-related information.

9. The carrying case as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the display device is configured to display a low energy level of the energy storage device and/or indicate that a temperature inside the carrying case is above a predetermined threshold value and/or indicate that the medicament delivery device is missing from the carrying case.

10. The carrying case as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the carrying case is made of a thermally insulating material.

11. A medical system comprising:
an add-on device for a medicament delivery device,
a carrying case as claimed in claim 1 , and
a remote server configured to communicate wirelessly with the carrying case.

12. The medical system as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the medicament delivery device is an insulin injection device.

Assignees

• Shl Medical Ag

Inventors

• Cheng Yu-Cheng
• De Waard Daniel Benjamin

Classifications

• A61M2205/8256

  being integrated in the case or housing of the apparatus · CPC title

• A61M2205/8243

  by induction · CPC title

• A61M2205/583

  by visual feedback · CPC title

• A61M2205/3633

  thermally insulated · CPC title

• A61M2205/3553

  remote, e.g. between patient's home and doctor's office · CPC title