ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,307, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Sanofi (Paris).

"Data collection apparatus for attachment to an injection device" was invented by Michael Jugl (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) and Michael Schabbach (Frankfurt am Main, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data collection device comprises an attachment assembly for attaching the data collection device to a dose setting dial of a medicament administration device and a sensor configured to detected an identifier provided on a surface of an internal component of the medicament administration device, the sensor comprising an ultrasound sensor configured to detect a geometric identi...