Abstract: A sensor device to be attached to a drug delivery device includes an array of conducting elements each forming part of a respective resonant circuit and each operable to have a signal applied to it. The drug delivery device has a first movable element supporting a conductive region, which is configured to move along a path parallel to a longitudinal axis of the drug delivery device. When the sensor device is attached to the drug delivery device, the conducting elements are arranged such that each resonant circuit is operable to output a signal indicative of the proximity of the conductive region supported on the first moveable element to the respective conducting element of each resonant circuit. The sensor device includes circuitry to receive the signals output from the resonant circuit and, based on the received signals, determines information associated with a location along the path of the first movable element.

Abstract: A data collection device comprises at least two optical sensors configured to detect tick marks of a medicament dose indicator of the medicament delivery device in their respective detection areas, and a processing arrangement configured to determine a current medicament dosage programmed into said medicament delivery device based on a count of the tick marks that pass through the detection areas of the optical sensors during programming of said medicament dosage into said medicament delivery device. A direction of travel of the tick marks may be identified, to determine whether the programmed dosage is increasing or decreasing. The apparatus may be arranged to identify a baseline dosage amount using a camera image of the medicament dosage indicator, so that a starting point for the count of tick marks can be determined. The medicament delivery device may be an injector pen.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a bolus calculator for determining a bolus of insulin, the bolus calculator having an input configured to be fed with a time series (h(t-t)) of blood glucose values and to store at least one known pulse response (x(T)) representing an active profile of at least one insulin, wherein the bolus calculator is configured to convolute the time series (h(t-T)) of blood glucose values with the known pulse response (x(T)) to obtain the bolus and to a method for calculating a bolus of insulin, comprising feeding a time series (h(t-T)) of blood glucose values into an input of a bolus calculator and storing at least one known pulse response (x(T)) representing an active profile of at least one insulin in the bolus calculator, convoluting the time series (h(t-T)) of blood glucose values with the known pulse response (x(T)) to obtain the bolus.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a container (10) for at least a first injectable medicament (60), the container comprising:—an elongated body (11) having a tubular-shaped sidewall (12) extending along a longitudinal axis (z) and having a distal end (13), wherein the elongated body (11) comprises a hollow space (15) with a needle receiving subsection (17) adjacent to the distal end (13),—an outlet (40) at the distal end (13) of the body (11),—a piston (20) arranged inside the elongated body (11), sealingly engaged with the sidewall (12) and slidable along the longitudinal axis (z) relative to the sidewall (12),—a membrane (30) arranged inside the elongated body (11) sealingly engaged with the sidewall (12) and being at least one of slidable and deformable along the longitudinal axis (z) relative to the sidewall (12),—a first cavity (16) confined by the sidewall (12), the outlet (40) and the membrane (30), wherein the first injectable medicament (60) is located in the first cavity (16),—a second cavity (18) c

Abstract: Implantable device for measuring the glucose concentration of a body fluid when implanted, the implantable device comprising a glucose measurement unit, the glucose measurement unit comprising a first light source configured to emit light towards a light transmissive part of a housing of the device and a first optical sensor configured to detect light returned through the light transmissive part from the first light source, and output a first electrical signal based on the detected light; and a wireless communication module configured to wirelessly communicate with an external wireless communication device, wherein the wireless communication module is configured to wirelessly transmit a signal based on the first electrical signal to the external wireless communication device.

Abstract: Implantable device for measuring the glucose concentration of a body fluid when implanted, the device comprising a glucose measurement unit, the glucose measurement unit comprising a light source configured to emit light towards a light transmissive part of a housing of the device, the device further comprising an optical sensor configured to detect light returned through the transmissive part from the light source, and output an electrical signal based on the detected light, and a wireless communication module configured to wirelessly communicate with an external wireless communication device, wherein the wireless communication module is configured to wirelessly transmit a signal based on the electrical signal to the external wireless communication device.

Abstract: A data collection device comprises at least two optical sensors configured to detect tick marks of a medicament dose indicator of the medicament delivery device in their respective detection areas, and a processing arrangement configured to determine a current medicament dosage programmed into said medicament delivery device based on a count of the tick marks that pass through the detection areas of the optical sensors during programming of said medicament dosage into said medicament delivery device. A direction of travel of the tick marks may be identified, to determine whether the programmed dosage is increasing or decreasing. The apparatus may be arranged to identify a baseline dosage amount using a camera image of the medicament dosage indicator, so that a starting point for the count of tick marks can be determined. The medicament delivery device may be an injector pen.

Abstract: Analyte measurement devices and methods of measuring an analyte in a sample. At least one of the methods include: applying an electrical analysis signal to the sample during a measurement time interval (MT), wherein the electrical analysis signal, when transferred into a frequency space, comprises a superposition of two or more non-zero frequency components at least at a sampling time; measuring at least one electrical response signal from the sample; analyzing the electrical response signal; and determining the amount of the analyte in the sample based on the analyzing.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a medicament delivery device comprising at least one microneedle for delivering a medicament to a patient, and a system configured to enhance the penetration of the medicament into skin of the patient.

Abstract: A data collection device includes a camera and a processing arrangement configured to capture at least two images of a medicament dose indicator of a medicament delivery device in each of the at least two images the processing arrangement identifies a displayed dosage using a first character identification technique, in each of the at least two images, determines whether the displayed dosages in the images are different and, if not, identifies at least one character in the images using a second character identification technique and determines the medicament dosage amount indicated by the medicament dose indicator based thereon. The first character recognition technique may be, for example, an optical pattern recognition or correlation, may be less computationally intensive than the second character recognition technique, for example, an optical character recognition (OCR). In another embodiment, the first and second character recognition techniques are different OCR processes.

Abstract: An injection device for administering a dose of a liquid medicament includes an elongated housing having a dispensing end and being configured to accommodate a cartridge filled with the liquid medicament, a drive mechanism configured to operably engage with the cartridge for expelling of a dose of the medicament from the cartridge via the dispensing end, a protective cap releasably attachable to the housing to cover the dispensing end, a first electronic circuit attached to the protective cap and electrically connected to at least a first cap electrode arranged on the protective cap, and a second electronic circuit arranged inside the housing, coupled to the drive mechanism and electrically connected to at least a first housing electrode that is located on the housing.

Abstract: A medicament delivery device includes a main injection needle for injecting a medicament into the body of a patient. The medicament delivery device includes a pain reduction device for releasing a pain reduction agent into the body of the patient prior the medicament injection. The pain reduction device includes an array of microneedles.

Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure are directed to a module for attachment to an injection device that includes a flexible carrier foil configured to be attached to a surface of the injection device independent of a geometry of the surface, at least one light emitting diode attached to the flexible carrier foil in a first position and configured to emit a light signal in a direction based on the first position through a transparent wall of the injection device, at least one photodiode attached to the flexible carrier foil in a second position relative to the first position, the at least one photodiode being configured to detect at least a portion of the light signal from a direction based on the second position and being configured to emit an electrical signal based on the light signal to a microprocessor, and wherein the microprocessor is configured to receive the electrical signal emitted by the photodiode and to determine the position of a stopper and the amount of the fluid within the injection dev

Abstract: In one aspect the present disclosure relates to a monitoring device for attachment to an injection device, the monitoring device comprising: a body (51) having an inside surface (52) for engagement with an outside surface (19) of the injection device (1) and having an outside surface (53) opposite to the inside surface (52), an light transmission area (60) extending from the inside surface (52) to the outside surface (53), the light transmission area (60) having an inner end (62) adjacent to the inside surface and having an outer end (63) adjacent to the outside surface (52), wherein the light transmission area (60) provides transmission of light from the inner end (62) to the outer end (63), an image acquisition system (70) arranged inside or on the body (51), and an optical coupling (80) arranged in or extending into the light transmission area (60), wherein the optical coupling (80) is optically coupled to the image acquisition system (70) in a light-transmitting way.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a medicament delivery device comprising a medicament receiving element, at least one fluid chamber having a fluid outlet configured to direct fluid vapour towards the medicament receiving element, a heating element for heating the fluid in the at least one fluid chamber. The device is configured such that, in use, the heating element heats the fluid in the at least one fluid chamber to at least partially evaporate the fluid so that the vapor pressure in the at least one fluid chamber increases until the fluid is expelled out of the at least one fluid chamber through the fluid outlet towards the medicament receiving element and entrains the medicament towards the patient's skin.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a reading device (2, 20) adapted to read-out infrared readable data (D, D10) provided by a covered part (1.1.1.2, 10.1.1.2) of a movable component (1.1, 10.1) of a drug delivery device (1, 10), wherein the reading device (2, 20) comprises—at least one electromagnetic radiation source (2.2, 20.2) configured to emit infrared radiation and adapted to illuminate the infrared readable data (D, D10) on the covered part (1.1.1.2, 10.1.1.2),—at least one optical sensor unit (2.3, 20.3) configured to detect infrared radiation reflected from the covered part (1.1.1.2, 10.1.1.2) of the movable component (1.1, 10.1) and—at least one processing unit (2.4, 20.4) configured to determine a data value of the infrared readable data (D, D10) as a function of the detected reflected infrared radiation. The disclosure further provides a drug delivery device (1, 10) and a drug delivery device (1, 10) in combination with the reading device (2, 20).

Abstract: A method of recording a medicament dose using a data collection device comprises capturing an image of a medicament dose indicator of a medicament delivery device, adjusting a scale of said image, adjusting said image for skew of one or more characters displayed by the medicament dose indicator, determining the position of at least one of said one or more characters in the image, identifying the at least one character using optical character recognition and determining a medicament dose indicator by the medicament dose indicator based on a result of the optical character recognition. The method may be performed using a handheld electronic device comprising a camera, such as a cellphone, a tablet computer or other device. A computer program for controlling a data collection device to perform the method may be provided in the form of a software application or “app”.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A data collection device includes a camera and a processing arrangement configured to capture at least two images of a medicament dose indicator of a medicament delivery device in each of the at least two images the processing arrangement identifies a displayed dosage using a first character identification technique, in each of the at least two images, determines whether the displayed dosages in the images are different and, if not, identifies at least one character in the images using a second character identification technique and determines the medicament dosage amount indicated by the medicament dose indicator based thereon. The first character recognition technique may be, for example, an optical pattern recognition or correlation, may be less computationally intensive than the second character recognition technique, for example, an optical character recognition (OCR). In another embodiment, the first and second character recognition techniques are different OCR processes.

Abstract: A sensor device to be attached to a drug delivery device includes an array of conducting elements each forming part of a respective resonant circuit and each operable to have a signal applied to it. The drug delivery device has a first movable element supporting a conductive region, which is configured to move along a path parallel to a longitudinal axis of the drug delivery device. When the sensor device is attached to the drug delivery device, the conducting elements are arranged such that each resonant circuit is operable to output a signal indicative of the proximity of the conductive region supported on the first moveable element to the respective conducting element of each resonant circuit. The sensor device includes circuitry to receive the signals output from the resonant circuit and, based on the received signals, determines information associated with a location along the path of the first movable element.