ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,437, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to SANOFI (Paris).

"Rotation sensor for an injection device" was invented by Michael Helmer (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) and Christian Rehbein (Nieder-Olm, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a rotation sensor for an injection device, the rotation sensor comprising: a rotatable element configured for a mechanical engagement with a ratchet mechanism, the rotatable element comprising an outer rim and a hubis configured for transmission of a torque between the outer rim and the hub, at least one sensor attached to the rotatable element andconfigured to measure at le...