Electronic marking of a medication cartridge
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- (i) a medication holding cartridge;
an electronically readable item of information disposed on the cartridge in a first form and in a redundant form;
(ii) a label disposed on the cartridge containing at least one of the electronically readable forms of the item of information;
wherein the at least one form of the electronically readable item of information is comprised of an electrically conducting foil having electrically insulated areas in predefined position, thereby forming on the foil electrically conducting and electrically insulating areas that are capable of being electronically read.
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Abstract
The invention relates to: A method of providing an electronically readable item of information (725) on a medication cartridge (70). The invention further relates to a cartridge (70) containing an electronically readable item of information (725), a support (75) for reading the information (725) on the cartridge (70), a medication delivery device adapted to use a cartridge (70) and a support (75) according to the invention and a label (72) containing an electronically readable item of information (725). The object of the present invention is to provide an alternative method of generating an electronically readable item of information on a cartridge which method is simple and improves safety in reading. The problem is solved in that said item of information is redundantly provided (725, 726). The invention may e.g. be used in connection with medication delivery devices for self-treatment of a disease, e.g. diabetes.
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13 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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(i) a medication holding cartridge;
an electronically readable item of information disposed on the cartridge in a first form and in a redundant form;
(ii) a label disposed on the cartridge containing at least one of the electronically readable forms of the item of information;
wherein the at least one form of the electronically readable item of information is comprised of an electrically conducting foil having electrically insulated areas in predefined position, thereby forming on the foil electrically conducting and electrically insulating areas that are capable of being electronically read. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system comprising:
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1) an apparatus comprising;
(i) a medication holding cartridge;
an electronically readable item of information disposed on the cartridge in a first form and in a redundant form;
(ii) a label disposed on the cartridge containing at least one of the electronically readable forms of the item of information;
wherein the at least one form of the electronically readable item of information is comprised of an electrically conducting foil having electrically insulated areas in predefined position, thereby forming on the foil electrically conducting and electrically insulating areas that are capable of being electronically read; and
2) a support for the cartridge, wherein the support is connected to a processing circuit and contains contacts for electrically connecting at least one area on the label to the circuit. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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