Smart syringe using NFC communication and capacitance detection

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United States of America

PATENT NO 12194284
APP PUB NO 20200139053A1
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16615991

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A syringe includes a plunger having multiple sections of differing diameters or materials, and a barrel with a cavity into which the plunger is inserted. The barrel includes a first probe and a second probe opposite to one another such that an interior volume of the barrel is radially between the first and second probes. A microcontroller is configured to measure a capacitance between the first and second probes, with the measured capacitance having a first capacitance value when the first section of the plunger shaft is between the first and second probes and a second capacitance value different from the first capacitance value when a second section of the plunger shaft is between the first and second probes. The microcontroller is configured to determine that an injection has been completed when the second capacitance value is measured.

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WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES INC530 HERMAN O WEST DRIVE EXTON PA 19341

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Faught, Stacy Scottsdale, US 14 342
Santos, Jorge Scottsdale, US 26 129

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