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Method and arrangement for acoustically testing the mechanical integrity of a cartridge

US10564129B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBH · DE

Inventors

Hanno Juhnke · Frankfurt am Main, DE
Jan-Peter Spengler · Frankfurt am Main, DE
Jasmin Groeschke · Frankfurt am Main, DE
Anne Boker · Frankfurt am Main, DE
Michael Fischer · Oviedo, US
Matthias Scharf · Frankfurt am Main, DE
Michael Schrack · Rübgarten, DE
Olaf Zeckai · Weinheim, DE
Jurgen Hemberger · Aschaffenburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 4, 2015
Grant date	Feb 18, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 22, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N2291/0289
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of testing the mechanical integrity of a cartridge (10) containing a medicament and being arranged inside a drug delivery device (20). The invention also relates to a testing arrangement and to a respective drug delivery device, wherein the method comprises the steps of: acoustically stimulating the cartridge (10), measuring of the cartridge's (10) acoustic response (60) to the acoustic stimulation (32), comparing the acoustic response (60) with a standard response (62) of an intact cartridge (10), and determining the mechanical integrity of the cartridge (10) on the basis of the comparison.

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