MONITORING DEVICE

• US 20170189625A1
• Filed: 03/13/2015
• Published: 07/06/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Shl Medical AG
• Original Assignee: Carebay Europe Limited
• Inventors: Cirillo, William Robert, Hughes, John Pascal
• Granted Patent: US 10,773,032 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2005/3126 Specific display means related to dosing
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3313 used specific wavelengths
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3331 Pressure; Flow
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3368 Temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3569 sublocal, e.g. between console and disposable
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3584 using modem, internet or bluetooth
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/502 User interfaces, e.g. screens or keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/587 Lighting arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/60 with identification means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2209/08 Supports for equipment
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/63 Motion, e.g. physical activity
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/20 Automatic syringes, e.g. with automatically actuated piston rod, with automatic needle injection, filling automatically A61M5/142 , A61M5/46 take precedence; hypodermic projectiles F42B12/54
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/24 Ampoule syringes, i.e. syringes with needle for use in combination with replaceable ampoules or carpules, e.g. automatic ampoules or carpules A61J1/06
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/31525 Dosing burettes, pipettes B01L3/02
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/3155 by rotational movement of dose setting member, e.g. during setting or filling of a syringe
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/31568 Means keeping track of the total dose administered, e.g. since the cartridge was inserted
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/5086 for indicating if defective, used, tampered with or unsterile
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 5/34 the beams of light being detected by photocells

Abstract

A smart monitoring device for automatically monitoring the injection of medicines such as insulin which can be retrofitted to a conventional insulin pen in which the device has an optical motion sensor for detecting actuation of the injection pen together with an optional accelerometer sensor, medicament temperature and mounting sensors, the monitoring device being communicable with external smart devices such as smartphones.

Claims

1-22. -22. (canceled)

23. A device for monitoring the injection of a medicine via an injection device comprising:

an optical motion detection system for detecting actuation of the injection device.

24. A device as claimed in claim 23 wherein the optical motion detection system comprises an optical sensor.

25. A device as claimed in claim 24 wherein the optical sensor is selected from the group comprising a visible light, infra red, laser LED, ultra violet, visible LED optical sensor.

26. A device as claimed in claim 25 wherein the optical sensor comprises a visible light optical sensor.

27. A device as claimed in claim 25 wherein the optical sensor comprises a laser LED optical sensor.

28. A device as claimed in claim 23 wherein the optical motion detection system comprises a memory, a CPU and a display communicable with the optical sensor.

29. A device as claimed in claim 28 wherein the optical motion detection system comprises a communications module for communicating between the monitoring device and an external smart device.

30. A device as claimed in claim 29 wherein the communications module comprises a Bluetooth communications module.

31. A device as claimed in claim 29 wherein the external smart device is selected from the group comprising a smartphone, computer or handheld device.

32. A device as claimed in claim 23 wherein the device further comprises an accelerometer sensor for detecting vibration of the injection device.

33. A device as claimed in claim 23 wherein the device further comprises a temperature sensor for monitoring the temperature of the medicine.

34. A device as claimed in claim 23 wherein the monitoring device comprises an attachment means for retrofitting the monitoring device to an injection device to create a smart injection device.

35. A device as claimed in claim 34 wherein the attachment means comprises a detachable attachment means.

36. A device as claimed in claim 35 wherein the detachable attachment means comprises a sleeve mountable on the injection device.

37. A device as claimed in claim 36 wherein the sleeve is unique to the injection device.

38. A device as claimed in claim 37 wherein the sleeve comprises at least one injection device identifier for communicating the identity of the injection device to the monitoring device.

39. A device as claimed in claim 38 wherein the injection device identifier comprises a projection on the sleeve.

40. A device as claimed in claim 39 wherein the monitoring device comprises an injection device identifier sensor.

41. A device as claimed in claim 40 wherein the injection device identifier sensor comprises a pressure sensor.

42. A device as claimed in claim 23 wherein the injection device comprises an injection pen

43. An injection pen comprising a device as claimed in claim 23.

44. An injection pen as claimed in claim 43 wherein the injection pen is an insulin injection pen.