Patents by Inventor Alexander Allerdings
Alexander Allerdings has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240058531Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sensor electrode system for an electronic system. The sensor electrode system includes: a flexible conductor carrier which is electrically insulating; and an electrode arrangement. The electrode arrangement includes at least two electrically conductive electrode tracks. The electrically conductive electrode tracks extend along the flexible conductor carrier. The electrically conductive electrode tracks are electrically separated from one another along the conductor carrier. One of the electrically conductive electrode tracks forms a sensing electrode, and the sensing electrode extends in a sensing region of the flexible conductor carrier. Furthermore, an electronic system, a drug delivery device and a method are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2021Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Alexander Allerdings, Jonathan Jason Drake, Adam Moyo Harvey-Cook, Oliver Charles Gazeley
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Publication number: 20230405241Abstract: A touch sensor of a drug delivery device or of a drug delivery add-on device including a rigid element, a touch element arranged in relation to the rigid element such that a gap between at least a part of the rigid element and a flexible part of the touch element is provided, at least one pressure sensitive element arranged between the rigid element and the flexible part of the touch element in the gap such that a pressure applied to the flexible part of the touch element deforms the flexible part to reduce the gap and transmit the applied pressure to the pressure sensitive element, wherein the at least one pressure sensitive element is configured to generate an output signal upon detecting the pressure applied to the pressure sensitive element, the generated output signal being provided for signaling that the flexible part of the touch element has been touched.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2021Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventor: Alexander Allerdings
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Publication number: 20230241322Abstract: An optical guiding device configured for application with a drug delivery device is described. The drug delivery device has (i) a movable dosage programming component including a rotary encoder system and (ii) a sensor arrangement including at least one optical sensor. The at least one optical sensor is configured to detect movement of the movable dosage programming component relative to the sensor arrangement during dosing of a drug by emitting radiation and detecting at least one reflections the emitted radiation from the rotary encoder system. The optical guiding device is configured for guiding the radiation and the at least one reflection of the emitted radiation and includes at least one light pipe having the shape of a frustum with a sensor-side surface and a encoder-side surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2021Publication date: August 3, 2023Inventors: Craig Ashley Mason, Oliver Charles Gazeley, Aidan Michael O`Hare, Matthew Francis Hobson, Alexander Allerdings
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Publication number: 20230039879Abstract: A stopper is disclosed herein. The stopper is configured to be disposed within a medical cartridge. The stopper includes a shell defining a cavity, a core arranged within the cavity, and at least one electronic device embedded within the core, wherein the at least one electronic device includes a sensor and wherein the shell is configured to pass a sensing signal therethrough.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Inventors: Michael Schabbach, Alexander Allerdings, Christoph Dette, Martin Otten, Christian Pommereau, Dietmar Hammen, Paul Edward Jansen, Ulrich Brueggemann
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Patent number: 11517678Abstract: A stopper is disclosed herein. The stopper is configured to be disposed within a medical cartridge. The stopper includes a shell defining a cavity, a core arranged within the cavity, and at least one electronic device embedded within the core, wherein the at least one electronic device includes a sensor and wherein the shell is configured to pass a sensing signal therethrough.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2018Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: SanofiInventors: Michael Schabbach, Alexander Allerdings, Christoph Dette, Martin Otten, Christian Pommereau, Dietmar Hammen, Paul Edward Jansen, Ulrich Brueggemann
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Patent number: 11511048Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a drug delivery device for setting and injecting of a dose of an injectable medicament, the drug delivery device comprising: an elongated housing extending along a longitudinal axis and having a sidewall with at least a first aperture, at least one number sleeve rotatably supported inside the housing and comprising an outer surface, wherein a first portion of the outer surface is visible through the first aperture and wherein the number sleeve comprises a non-visible code in the region of the first portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2016Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Thomas Klemm, Alexander Allerdings, Markus Ploch
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Patent number: 11404152Abstract: A data collection device is configured to capture images of a dosage indicator of a medicament delivery device and, if an injection is administered without prior confirmation of a dosage amount, to prompt the user to set a value for the delivered medicament dosage amount for storing in a dosage log. For example, the determination may be based on specific confirmation from the user or detecting a zero dosage amount in captured images. A suggested dosage amount may be displayed to the user, for example a highest or more recently programmed dosage amount prior to the injection or based on one or more previously confirmed dosage amounts. The data collection device may use one or more of optical character recognition, optical pattern recognition and determination of direction of rotation of a dosage adjustment component to determine whether an injection is being, or has been, administered and/or a suggested dosage amount.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2015Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Stephan Riedel, Isabel Klein, Alexander Allerdings, Christian Nessel
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Patent number: 11331429Abstract: An injection device is provided, comprising a cartridge configured to hold a volume of fluid, the cartridge having a proximal end and a distal end through which the fluid is dispensed; a first stopper disposed in the cartridge and configured to move from the proximal end toward the distal end to cause the fluid to be dispensed through the distal end of the cartridge; a second stopper disposed at the distal end of the cartridge, the second stopper including an aperture through which the fluid is dispensed; a reflector disposed at the distal end of the cartridge; and a transmitter and a receiver disposed in the first stopper, the transmitter configured to transmit one or more waves toward the reflector and the receiver configured to receive reflections of the one or more waves from at least the reflector.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2018Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: SanofiInventors: Michael Schabbach, Alexander Allerdings, Christoph Dette, Martin Otten, Christian Pommereau, Dietmar Hammen, Paul Edward Jansen, Ulrich Brueggemann
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Patent number: 11315670Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and to a monitoring device for monitoring operation of a drug delivery device, the monitoring device comprising of at least a first and a second sensor arranged at a distance from each other with regard to a first direction and being adapted to generate a first and a second electrical signal in response to an operation of the device, a processing unit configured to determine a time delay between the first and the second electrical signals and being adapted to determine at least one state parameter of the drug delivery device on the basis of said time delay.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2019Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventor: Alexander Allerdings
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Patent number: 10789500Abstract: A supplemental device for attachment to an injection device, the supplemental device comprising: an imaging arrangement configured to capture an image of one or more numbers present on a moveable component of the injection device; and a processor arrangement configured to run a first algorithm to: receive data representing an image; determine the position of at least one number in the image by determining the boundaries of each visible number; select one of the visible numbers to be identified; perform a pattern matching process to identify the value of the selected number; and determine a dose dialled into the injection device using the determined position of the selected one of the at least one visible number in the image.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2018Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Alexander Allerdings, Christian Hoffmann, Rainer Fischer
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Patent number: 10786627Abstract: Apparatus configured to assist a user in correctly positioning the apparatus on a drug delivery device, the apparatus comprising: attachment means for attaching the apparatus to the drug delivery device; an imaging arrangement for capturing at least one image of a portion of a delivery device; a processor for processing the captured at least one image to determine a position of the apparatus relative to the drug delivery device and to determine a manner in which the apparatus should be moved in order to correctly position the apparatus on the drug delivery device; and a display for displaying an indication of the manner in which the apparatus should be moved in order to correctly position the apparatus on the drug delivery device.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2016Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Stephan Riedel, Alexander Allerdings
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Publication number: 20200188598Abstract: A stopper is disclosed herein. The stopper is configured to be disposed within a medical cartridge. The stopper includes a shell defining a cavity, a core arranged within the cavity, and at least one electronic device embedded within the core, wherein the at least one electronic device includes a sensor and wherein the shell is configured to pass a sensing signal therethrough.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2018Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventors: Michael SCHABBACH, Alexander ALLERDINGS, Christoph DETTE, Martin OTTEN, Christian POMMEREAU, Dietmar HAMMEN, Paul Edward JANSEN, Ulrich BRUEGGEMANN
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Publication number: 20200114088Abstract: A stopper is configured to be disposed within a medical cartridge includes a shell defining a cavity and an exterior surface sized and shaped to fit inside the medical cartridge and an insert configured to be inserted into the cavity, where the insert includes an electronic device having a sensor configured to generate a sensing signal. The shell is configured to be advanced into the medical cartridge by a plunger to apply pressure to a substance contained in the medical cartridge and the shell is configured to pass the sensing signal therethrough. The sensor is configured to be responsive to the position of the stopper in the medical cartridge.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2018Publication date: April 16, 2020Inventors: Michael Schabbach, Alexander Allerdings, Christoph Dette, Martin Otten, Christian Pommereau, Dietmar Hammen, Paul Edward Jansen, Ulrich Brueggemann, Iwo Ilnicki
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Publication number: 20200054830Abstract: An injection device is provided, comprising a cartridge configured to hold a volume of fluid, the cartridge having a proximal end and a distal end through which the fluid is dispensed; a first stopper disposed in the cartridge and configured to move from the proximal end toward the distal end to cause the fluid to be dispensed through the distal end of the cartridge; a second stopper disposed at the distal end of the cartridge, the second stopper including an aperture through which the fluid is dispensed; a reflector disposed at the distal end of the cartridge; and a transmitter and a receiver disposed in the first stopper, the transmitter configured to transmit one or more waves toward the reflector and the receiver configured to receive reflections of the one or more waves from at least the reflector.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2018Publication date: February 20, 2020Inventors: Michael Schabbach, Alexander Allerdings, Christoph Dette, Martin Otten, Christian Pommereau, Dietmar Hammen, Paul Edward Jansen, Ulrich Brueggemann
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Publication number: 20190365989Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and to a monitoring device for monitoring operation of a drug delivery device, the monitoring device comprising of at least a first and a second sensor arranged at a distance from each other with regard to a first direction and being adapted to generate a first and a second electrical signal in response to an operation of the device, a processing unit configured to determine a time delay between the first and the second electrical signals and being adapted to determine at least one state parameter of the drug delivery device on the basis of said time delay.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Inventor: Alexander Allerdings
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Patent number: 10473511Abstract: A sensor device configured to be attached to a drug delivery device and configured to illuminate the drug delivery device when attached, the sensor device comprising: a light guide having a first surface, a second surface opposed to the first surface, at least one side surface extending between the first and second surfaces and a light out-coupling structure configured to cause diffuse light to be emitted from the first surface when light is input into the light guide; at least one light source configured to in-couple light into the light guide; and an optical sensor arranged to receive light reflected from a surface of the drug delivery device.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2014Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Gertrud Blei, Alexander Allerdings
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Patent number: 10383998Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and to a monitoring device for monitoring operation of a drug delivery device, the monitoring device comprising of at least a first and a second sensor arranged at a distance from each other with regard to a first direction and being adapted to generate a first and a second electrical signal in response to an operation of the device, a processing unit configured to determine a time delay between the first and the second electrical signals and being adapted to determine at least one state parameter of the drug delivery device on the basis of said time delay.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2012Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventor: Alexander Allerdings
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Publication number: 20190151554Abstract: A supplemental device for attachment to an injection device is presented having a display; a processor arrangement; a dose dialed detector operable to detect a dose of medicament dialed into an attached injection device; a dose delivery determiner for determining that a dose of medicament has been delivered; a quantity determiner determining a quantity of medicament that has been delivered; and a clock configured to determine a current time. The processor arrangement is configured when the supplemental device is in a default mode to display both a quantity of medicament that was delivered since a last dose and a time elapsed since delivery of the last dose.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2019Publication date: May 23, 2019Inventors: Alexander Allerdings, Stephan Mueller-Pathle, André Baran, Kay Behrendt
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Patent number: 10286156Abstract: The present invention relates to a monitoring device for monitoring operation of a drug delivery device and to a respective drug delivery device, wherein the monitoring device comprises: a fastening member (32) to releasably attach the monitoring device to an axially elongated housing (14) of the drug delivery device (10), a sliding member (40) shiftable relative to the fastening member (32) in an axial direction (1, 2) and being adapted to operably engage with at least one dose setting component (17, 18, 26) of the drug delivery device (10) to follow an axial displacement of the dose setting component (17, 18, 26) relative to the housing component (14), a first sensor arrangement (36, 46) for detecting a rotation of the dose setting component (17, 18, 26) relative to the fastening member (32), a second sensor arrangement (38, 48) for detecting an axial displacement of the sliding member (40) relative to the fastening member (32), and a processing member (34) coupled to the first and to the second sensor aType: GrantFiled: September 11, 2017Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Jasmin Groeschke, Alexander Allerdings, Jan-Peter Spengler, Christoph Dette, Matthias Scharf, Andreas Bode, Michael Schrack
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Patent number: 10195351Abstract: A supplemental device for attachment to an injection device is presented having a display; a processor arrangement; a dose dialed detector operable to detect a dose of medicament dialed into an attached injection device; a dose delivery determiner for determining that a dose of medicament has been delivered; a quantity determiner determining a quantity of medicament that has been delivered; and a clock configured to determine a current time. The processor arrangement is configured when the supplemental device is in a default mode to display both a quantity of medicament that was delivered since a last dose and a time elapsed since delivery of the last dose.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2013Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Alexander Allerdings, Stephan Mueller-Pathle, André Baran, Kay Behrendt