Medical device, programming device, wireless terminal, and medical system

US11103420B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Novartis AG · CH

Inventors

• Alain Schmidlin · Basel, CH
• Mario Iobbi · Basel, CH
• Erich Studer · Basel, CH
• Andrew Bryant · Basel, CH
• Chinmay Deodhar · Pune, IN
• Rajan Patel · Union City, US
• Samuel Coendet · Munich, DE
• Vivek Gajera · Pune, IN
• Prakash Parmar · Pune, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 5, 2018
• Grant date: Aug 31, 2021
• Expiry date: Feb 5, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2205/52
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A medical device (100) comprises a container receiver unit (110) configured to receive and hold a container (120), wherein the container (120) accommodates a pharmaceutical product (125) and comprises a first communication tag (130) configured to store information regarding the pharmaceutical product (125), a reader unit (140) configured to wirelessly read the information from the first communication tag (130), and a control unit (150) configured to control the medical device (100) based on the information read from the first communication tag (130). The medical device (100) further comprises an opening or a transparent window (165) allowing to at least partially see from the outside the container (120) inserted into the container receiver unit (110), wherein the reader unit (140) comprises a first antenna unit (142, 144), and the container (120) inserted into the container receiver unit (110) is located between (i) the opening or the transparent window (165) and (ii) the first antenna unit (142, 144).