NFC works for UnoPen Autoinjectors May 09, 2021

Schreiner MediPharm is a German-based provider of innovative functional labeling solutions for the global healthcare industry. The company has developed an NFC-Label for Ypsomed's UnoPen™ to help patients combine with SmartPilot™ add-ons to use the device correctly and adhere to their therapy plans as well as receiving interactive guildance and assistance with their treatment.


Diabetes patients who depend on insulin therapy for life must use insulin pumps, syringes or insulin pens to inject themselves with important drugs. Ypsomed offers UnoPen™, a set-dose disposable pen for this and other multi-dose treatments. Schreiner MediPharm's NFC-Label serves as the communication interface between the syringe and the electronic pen plug-in called SmartPilot™. This solution includes a smart device that can interactively support patients to use the pen and help them adhere to the treatment plan.

Schreiner MediPharm designed a tag with integrated NFC chip for the combination of UnoPen™ and SmartPilot™. With NFC tags, medicines can be automatically identified, authenticated and checked for their expiry date.

Through the smart device, the time, date and dose of the injection can be tracked and transmitted to the patient's related smartphone application via Bluetooth. Patients receive interactive guidance during the injection process to help them use the pen correctly in real time, and are informed of inconsistencies, such as deviation from the treatment plan or accidentally attempting to inject twice by themselves.

In addition, a temperature monitoring function is integrated, and a warning will be issued if the pen is exposed to critical temperatures during use or storage. The sensor technology is installed in SmartPilot™, and the digitally connected UnoPen™ enables this function. Simply connect the smart device to the pen, without covering the cap, the dose scaling mechanism, and the button that triggers the injection to start the injection. Throughout the injection process, the device has been on the pen.

Prior to the launch of this latest solution, Schreiner MediPharm and Ypsomed were the development partners of the YpsoMate® automatic injector SmartPilot™ application project. Andreas Schneider, Director of Innovation and Business Development at Ypsomed, said: "We once again choose Schreiner MediPharm as a partner to provide pharmaceutical customers with the best combination of connected devices and smart NFC tags."

This time, the narrow radius of the pen and the small tolerances of the attached equipment posed a special challenge. Another key goal is to automate processing, because the tag integrated NFC chip must have reliable functions from production to patient use. Schreiner MediPharm uses a special design to ensure end-to-end functionality.


NFC(Near-Field Communincation) is a set of communication protocols for communication between two electronic devices over a distance of 4cm or less . It offers a low-speed connection with simple steup that can be used to bootstrap more-capable wireless connections ,also describes a technoloqy which canbe usedfor contactless exchange of data over short distance in order to protect data against revealing or any fraud actions . NFC standards cover communications protocols and data exchange fromats and are based on existing RFID (radio-frequency identification ) standards including ISO/IEC 14443 ,ISO/IEC 15693 and Felica . Nowadays , more and more industries have used NFC or RFID technology with their apps and make sure we can identify information ,cashless payment , access control and tracking applications . Some applications in medical or hospital can greatly help us better to guide patients self-administer to ensure that they adhere to their therapy plans


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