Electronic Module for Mechanical Medication Delivery Devices
First Claim
1. A method for wirelessly monitoring the operation of a mechanical medication delivery device, the method comprising:
- attaching an electronic module to an associated mechanical medication delivery device using mutually cooperating coupling means for releasable coupling the electronic module to the associated mechanical medication delivery device,detecting, using the electronic module, measurable signals generated in response to an event or action occurring within the associated medication delivery device, and associating with each event a time stamp, andstoring, using storage means of the electronic module, information associated with the detected measurable signals, and storing the associated time stampwherein the measurable signals are acoustical and/or vibrational signals.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for monitoring the operation of a medication delivery device. In particular, the present invention relates to a method comprising the steps of arranging an electronic module in the vicinity of the medication delivery device, detecting, using the electronic module, measurable signals generated in response to an action occurring within the associated medication delivery device, and storing, using storage means of the electronic module, information associated with or representing the measured signals. The present invention further relates to an electronic module capable of performing the above-mentioned method.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for wirelessly monitoring the operation of a mechanical medication delivery device, the method comprising:
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attaching an electronic module to an associated mechanical medication delivery device using mutually cooperating coupling means for releasable coupling the electronic module to the associated mechanical medication delivery device, detecting, using the electronic module, measurable signals generated in response to an event or action occurring within the associated medication delivery device, and associating with each event a time stamp, and storing, using storage means of the electronic module, information associated with the detected measurable signals, and storing the associated time stamp wherein the measurable signals are acoustical and/or vibrational signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 16, 17, 18)
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6. A portable electronic module adapted to be releasable coupled on an associated mechanical medication delivery device, the portable electronic module comprising:
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means for wirelessly detecting measurable signals generated in response to an event or action occurring within the associated mechanical medication delivery device, and associating with each event or action a time stamp, mutually cooperating coupling means for releasable coupling the electronic module to the associated mechanical medication delivery device, and means for storing information associated with the detected measurable signals, and storing the associated time stamp, wherein the measurable signals are acoustical and/or vibrational signals. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20)
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