US 11,738,153 B2
Liquid delivery cap devices, systems, and methods
John Christian Love, San Diego, CA (US); George Crothall, Oceanside, CA (US); Adam Joseph Livingston, Oceanside, CA (US); Anthony David Barghini, Encinitas, CA (US); Jeffrey Michael Johnson, San Diego, CA (US); and Tinh Thanh Tran, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to PATIENTS PENDING LTD., London (GB)
Appl. No. 16/954,987
Filed by PATIENTS PENDING LTD., London (GB)
PCT Filed Dec. 18, 2018, PCT No. PCT/IB2018/060264
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 17, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/123257, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 27, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/599,963, filed on Dec. 18, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0306457 A1, Oct. 1, 2020
Int. Cl. A61M 5/315 (2006.01); A61M 5/32 (2006.01); A61M 5/31 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 5/31568 (2013.01) [A61M 5/3202 (2013.01); A61M 2005/3125 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3306 (2013.01); A61M 2205/50 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A liquid delivery system cap device, the cap device comprising:
a body defining a cavity configured to receive at least a portion of a liquid delivery device; and
a sensor carriage movable within the cavity and including a first sensor;
wherein the sensor carriage is movable between a first position and a second position relative to the cavity while the liquid delivery device is in a fixed positon relative to the cavity,
wherein the first sensor is configured to output a sensor signal indicative of a plunger of the liquid delivery device while the sensor carriage moves between the first position and the second position.