Determination of a Type and an Amount of a Medicament by Inductive Means
First Claim
1. A hand-held medication delivery device adapted to expel set doses of medicament, the medication delivery device comprising:
- a cartridge compartment adapted to receive and hold a medicament containing cartridge, the cartridge compartment comprising an electromagnetic device adapted to generate a magnetic field having a spatial overlap with at least part of a medicament in a cartridge positioned in the cartridge compartment.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a medication delivery device (1) comprising a cartridge compartment adapted to receive and hold a medicament containing cartridge (4), the cartridge compartment comprising an electromagnetic device (5) formed as an induction coil and adapted to generate a magnetic field having a spatial overlap with at least part of a medicament in a cartridge positioned in the cartridge compartment, the electromagnetic device forming part of an electronic circuit adapted to oscillate at a predetermined resonance frequency. The present invention further relates to a cartridge and a label comprising an electromagnetic device adapted to generate a magnetic field having a spatial overlap with at least part of a medicament in a cartridge.
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35 Claims
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1. A hand-held medication delivery device adapted to expel set doses of medicament, the medication delivery device comprising:
a cartridge compartment adapted to receive and hold a medicament containing cartridge, the cartridge compartment comprising an electromagnetic device adapted to generate a magnetic field having a spatial overlap with at least part of a medicament in a cartridge positioned in the cartridge compartment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A cartridge for a medication delivery device, the cartridge comprising:
a medicament containing container comprising an electromagnetic device adapted to generate a magnetic field having a spatial overlap with at least part of a medicament in the medicament containing container, the electromagnetic device being connectable to an electronic circuit. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A label adapted to be arranged on an exterior surface portion of a medicament containing container of a cartridge for a medication delivery device, the label comprising:
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an integrated electromagnetic device adapted to generate a magnetic field having a spatial overlap with at least part of a medicament in the medicament containing container when the label is arranged on the exterior surface portion of the medicament containing container, and the electromagnetic device being connectable to an electronic circuit. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method for identifying a type of medicament in a cartridge for insertion into a cartridge compartment of a medication delivery device, the method comprising:
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providing an electronic circuit adapted to oscillate at a first resonance frequency, positioning the cartridge containing the medicament in a magnetic field generated by the inductor, and determining a second resonance frequency of the electronic circuit, and determining, by comparing the second resonance frequency to predetermined values in a look-up table, the type of medicament in the cartridge. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33)
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31. A method for determining an amount of medicament in a cartridge for insertion into a cartridge compartment of a medication delivery device, the method comprising:
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providing an electronic circuit adapted to oscillate at a first resonance frequency, positioning the cartridge containing the medicament in a magnetic field generated by the inductor, and determining a second resonance frequency of the electronic circuit, and determining, by comparing the second resonance frequency to predetermined values in a look-up table, the amount of medicament in the cartridge.
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34. A method for identifying a type of medicament in a cartridge for insertion into a cartridge compartment of a medication delivery device, the method comprising:
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providing an electronic circuit adapted to generate and provide one or more electric pulses to an inductor of the electronic circuit, positioning the cartridge containing the medicament in a magnetic field generated by the inductor, and determining a pulse response signal from the inductor, and determining, by comparing the pulse response signal to predetermined values in a look-up table, the type of medicament in the cartridge.
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35. A method for determining an amount of medicament in a cartridge for insertion into a cartridge compartment of a medication delivery device, the method comprising:
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providing an electronic circuit adapted to generate and provide one or more electric pulses to an inductor of the electronic circuit, positioning the cartridge containing the medicament in a magnetic field generated by the inductor, and determining a pulse response signal from the inductor, and determining, by comparing the pulse response signal to predetermined values in a look-up table, the amount of medicament in the cartridge.
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