Method for monitoring the operation of a medication delivery device, an electronic module, and a medication delivery system

US8560271B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. · US
• Roche Diagnostics International AG · CH

Inventors

• Matthias Koehler · Hemsbach, DE
• Peter Blasberg · Weinheim, DE
• Christoph Cronrath · Lautersheim, DE
• Frank Deck · Niederkirchen, DE
• Hanspeter Heiniger · Lotzwil, CH
• Manfred Aigner · Deggendorf, DE
• Bernhard Guennewig · Geisenfeld, DE
• Alfred Kloos · Rutesheim, DE
• Genrikh Siris · Taufkirchen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 27, 2009
• Grant date: Oct 15, 2013
• Expiry date: Jul 3, 2032

Classification

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

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a method for monitoring the operation of a medication delivery device, the method comprising the steps of: providing a medication delivery device, the medication delivery device comprises a medication delivery module, providing an electronic module coupled to the medication delivery device, the electronic module comprises a sensor element, a control element, and a storing element, detecting, using the sensor element, signals generated in response to a measurable operation of the medication delivery module, generating electronic data by processing, using the control element, electronic information derived from the detected signals, the electronic data comprises information about a medication delivery characteristic of at least one measurable operation of the medication delivery module, and storing the electronic data in the storing element.