Patents Assigned to DexCom
  • Publication number: 20240041356
    Abstract: Devices and methods are described for providing continuous measurement of an analyte concentration. In some embodiments, the devices include a membrane that has an interference domain designed to reduce the permeation of one or more interferents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: DexCom, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Hughes, Robert J. Boock, Chris W. Dring
  • Patent number: 11892426
    Abstract: Systems and methods for compensating for effects of temperature on implantable sensors are provided. In some embodiments, systems and methods are provided for measuring a temperature to determine a change in temperature in a sensor environment. In certain embodiments, a temperature compensation factor is determined based on a change in temperature of the sensor environment. The temperature compensation factor can be used in processing raw data of an analyte signal to report a more accurate analyte concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Dexcom, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Estes, Jennifer Blackwell, Sebastian Bohm, Robert J. Boock, Jack Pryor, Peter C. Simpson, Matthew D. Wightlin
  • Patent number: 11883164
    Abstract: Systems and methods for processing sensor analyte data are disclosed, including initiating calibration, updating calibration, evaluating clinical acceptability of reference and sensor analyte data, and evaluating the quality of sensor calibration. The sensor can be calibrated using a calibration set of one or more matched sensor and reference analyte data pairs. Reference data resulting from benchtop testing an analyte sensor prior to its insertion can be used to provide initial calibration of the sensor data. Reference data from a short term continuous analyte sensor implanted in a user can be used to initially calibrate or update sensor data from a long term continuous analyte sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Dexcom, Inc.
    Inventors: Apurv U Kamath, Jack Pryor, Paul V. Goode, Jr., James H Brauker, Aarthi Mahalingam
  • Patent number: 11883126
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to calibrate an analyte concentration sensor within a biological system, generally using only a signal from the analyte concentration sensor. For example, at a steady state, the analyte concentration value within the biological system is known, and the same may provide a source for calibration. Similar techniques may be employed with slow-moving averages. Variations are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Dexcom, Inc.
    Inventors: Arturo Garcia, Peter C Simpson, Apurv U Kamath, Naresh C. Bhavaraju, Stephen J. Vanslyke
  • Patent number: 11887715
    Abstract: Adaptive on board estimation of exogenous pharmacon responsive to transient (i.e., impermanent) physiological effects is provided. Dynamically estimating an equivalent amount of an exogenous pharmacon on board (XOB), such as insulin and/or carbohydrates, left in the subject, is based on predictions of glucose time-series data. These estimated values, such as insulin on board (IOB), are useful for diabetes management software, including decision support and/or artificial pancreas (AP) algorithms, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: DEXCOM, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen D. Patek, Enrique Campos-Náñez
  • Patent number: 11879887
    Abstract: Systems and methods for processing sensor data and end of life detection are provided. In some embodiments, a method for determining the end of life of a continuous analyte sensor includes evaluating a plurality of risk factors using an end of life function to determine an end of life status of the sensor and providing an output related to the end of life status of the sensor. The plurality of risk factors may be selected from the list including the number of days the sensor has been in use, whether there has been a decrease in signal sensitivity, whether there is a predetermined noise pattern, whether there is a predetermined oxygen concentration pattern, and error between reference BG values and EGV sensor values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Dexcom, Inc.
    Inventors: Naresh C. Bhavaraju, Arturo Garcia, Hari Hampapuram, Apurv Ullas Kamath, Aarthi Mahalingam, Dmytro Sokolovskyy, Stephen J. Vanslyke
  • Publication number: 20240021284
    Abstract: Location-aided glycemic control is described. A glycemic control system obtains sensor data is from one or more sensors, and detects a location of a user based on the sensor data. The glycemic control system predicts an activity that the user will perform at the location based on the location of the user, and generates a recommendation to control a glycemic response of the user to the predicted activity. In one or more implementations the glycemic control system causes display of the recommendation to control the glycemic response of the user. In one or more implementations the recommendation corresponds to administering an amount of a medicament to the user to control the glycemic response to the predicted activity, and the glycemic control system communicates instructions to a medicament delivery system which causes the medicament delivery system to administer the amount of the medicament to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: Dexcom, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathanael R. Paul, Apurv ULLAS Kamath
  • Patent number: 11872034
    Abstract: Machine learning in an artificial pancreas is described. An artificial pancreas system may include a wearable glucose monitoring device, an insulin delivery system, and a computing device. Broadly speaking, the wearable glucose monitoring device provides glucose measurements of a person continuously. The artificial pancreas algorithm, which may be implemented at the computing device, determines doses of insulin to deliver to the person based on a variety of aspects for the purpose of maintaining the person's glucose within a target range, as indicated by those glucose measurements. The insulin delivery system then delivers those determined doses to the person. As the artificial pancreas algorithm determines insulin doses for the person over time and effectiveness of the insulin doses to maintain the person's glucose level in the target range is observed, an underlying model of the artificial pancreas algorithm may be updated to better determine insulin doses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: DEXCOM, INC.
    Inventors: Derek James Escobar, Naresh C. Bhavaraju, Gary A. Morris, Jorge Valdes
  • Patent number: 11872036
    Abstract: Sleeves and cases for protecting medical devices against contamination, and methods for cleaning and disinfecting medical devices are provided. The various embodiments enable a single medical device to be used by more than one patient successively while reducing the risk of disease transmission from patient to patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: DexCom, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Polytaridis, David J. Carner, Jacob S. Leach, Christina Orsini
  • Patent number: 11864891
    Abstract: Devices are provided for measurement of an analyte concentration, e.g., glucose in a host. The device can include a sensor configured to generate a signal associated with a concentration of an analyte; and a sensing membrane located over the sensor. The sensing membrane comprises a diffusion resistance domain configured to control a flux of the analyte therethrough. The diffusion resistance domain comprises one or more zwitterionic compounds and a base polymer comprising both hydrophilic and hydrophobic regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: DEXCOM, INC.
    Inventors: Robert J. Boock, Chris W. Dring
  • Patent number: 11850020
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for remote monitoring. In some example implementations, there is provided a method. The method may include receiving, at a remote monitor, a notification message representative of an event detected, by a server, from analyte sensor data obtained from a receiver monitoring an analyte state of a host; presenting, at the remote monitor, the notification message to activate the remote monitor, wherein the remote monitor is configured by the server to receive the notification message to augment the receiver monitoring of the analyte state of the host; accessing, by the remote monitor, the server, in response to the presenting of the notification message; and receiving, in response to the accessing, information including at least the analyte sensor data. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Dexcom, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Robert Mensinger, Eric Cohen, Philip Mayou, Eli Reihman, Katherine Yerre Koehler, Rian Draeger, Angela Marie Traven
  • Patent number: 11850045
    Abstract: An analyte sensor system is provided. The system includes a base configured to attach to a skin of a host. The base includes an analyte sensor configured to generate a sensor signal indicative of an analyte concentration level of the host, a battery, and a first plurality of contacts. The system includes a sensor electronics module configured to releasably couple to the base. The sensor electronics module includes a second plurality of contacts, each configured to make electrical contact with a respective one of the first plurality of contacts, and a wireless transceiver configured to transmit a wireless signal based at least in part on the sensor signal. The system includes a first sealing member configured to provide a seal around the first and second plurality of contacts within a first cavity. Related analyte sensor systems, analyte sensor base assemblies and methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: DexCom, Inc.
    Inventors: Neel Narayan Shah, Neal Davis Johnston, Matthew Bettman, Eric Gobrecht, Ryan Marc Braunstein
  • Patent number: 11832938
    Abstract: A sensor cable support device is described. The sensor cable support device can be used to implemented in wearable monitoring device to support a proximal portion of a sensor cable and electrically connect the proximal portion with a sensing circuitry. A distal portion of the sensor cable is insertable into a person's skin. The sensor cable support device may include a rigid body defining a pair of openings, a set legs attached to the rigid body, and a pair of electrical traces extending between the pair of openings and distal ends of a pair of legs of the set of legs. The pair of openings may be sized and configured to receive a pair of pucks that mechanically retain a sensor cable to the body and electrically connect the sensor cable with the electrical traces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: DexCom, Inc.
    Inventors: Pey-Jiun Ko, Arthur Lin, Timothy Stowe
  • Patent number: 11837348
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that provide smart alerts to users, e.g., alerts to users about diabetic states that are only provided when it makes sense to do so, e.g., when the system can predict or estimate that the user is not already cognitively aware of their current condition, e.g., particularly where the current condition is a diabetic state warranting attention. In this way, the alert or alarm is personalized and made particularly effective for that user. Such systems and methods still alert the user when action is necessary, e.g., a bolus or temporary basal rate change, or provide a response to a missed bolus or a need for correction, but do not alert when action is unnecessary, e.g., if the user is already estimated or predicted to be cognitively aware of the diabetic state warranting attention, or if corrective action was already taken.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Dexcom, Inc.
    Inventors: Anna Leigh Davis, Scott M. Belliveau, Naresh C. Bhavaraju, Leif N. Bowman, Rita M. Castillo, Alexandra Elena Constantin, Rian W. Draeger, Laura J. Dunn, Gary Brian Gable, Arturo Garcia, Thomas Hall, Hari Hampapuram, Christopher Robert Hannemann, Anna Claire Harley-Trochimczyk, Nathaniel David Heintzman, Andrea Jean Jackson, Lauren Hruby Jepson, Apurv Ullas Kamath, Katherine Yerre Koehler, Aditya Sagar Mandapaka, Samuel Jere Marsh, Gary A. Morris, Subrai Girish Pai, Andrew Attila Pal, Nicholas Polytaridis, Philip Thomas Pupa, Eli Reihman, Ashley Anne Rindfleisch, Sofie Wells Schunk, Peter C. Simpson, Daniel S. Smith, Stephen J. Vanslyke, Matthew T. Vogel, Tomas C. Walker, Benjamin Elrod West, Atiim Joseph Wiley
  • Patent number: 11832943
    Abstract: Sensor devices including dissolvable tissue-piercing tips are provided. The sensor devices can be used in conjunction with dissolvable needles configured for inserting the sensor devices into a host. Hardening agents for strengthening membranes on sensor devices are also provided. Methods of using and fabricating sensor devices are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: DexCom, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter C. Simpson, Jennifer Blackwell, Sebastian Bohm, Michael J. Estes, Jeff Jackson, Jason Mitchell, Jack Pryor, Daiting Rong, Sean T. Saint, Disha B. Sheth, Shanger Wang
  • Patent number: 11826549
    Abstract: Methods, devices and systems are disclosed for inter-app communications between software applications on a mobile communications device. In one aspect, a computer-readable medium on a mobile computing device comprising an inter-application communication data structure to facilitate transitioning and distributing data between software applications in a shared app group for an operating system of the mobile computing device includes a scheme field of the data structure providing a scheme id associated with a target software app to transition to from a source software app, wherein the scheme id is listed on a scheme list stored with the source software app; and a payload field of the data structure providing data and/or an identification where to access data in a shared file system accessible to the software applications in the shared app group, wherein the payload field is encrypted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Dexcom, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary A. Morris, Scott M. Belliveau, Esteban Cabrera, Jr., Anna Leigh Davis, Rian W. Draeger, Laura J. Dunn, Timothy Joseph Goldsmith, Hari Hampapuram, Christopher Robert Hannemann, Apurv Ullas Kamath, Katherine Yerre Koehler, Patrick Wile McBride, Michael Robert Mensinger, Francis William Pascual, Philip Mansiel Pellouchoud, Nicholas Polytaridis, Philip Thomas Pupa, Kevin Shoemaker, Brian Christopher Smith, Benjamin Elrod West, Atiim Joseph Wiley
  • Patent number: 11831594
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and systems for optimized delivery of communications including content to users of a software application. The method also includes obtaining, by a customer engagement platform (CEP), a set of cohort selection criteria for identifying a user cohort to deliver the content; identifying, by a data analytics platform (DAP), the user cohort to communicate with in accordance with the set of cohort selection criteria; identifying, by the DAP, one or more communication configurations for communicating with one or more sub-groups within the user cohort; and to each user of the user cohort, transmitting one or more communications based on the content and a corresponding communication configuration for a sub-group that may include the corresponding user; and measuring engagement outcomes associated with usage of the corresponding one or more communication configurations in communication with each of the sub-groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Dexcom, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrea J. Jackson, Subrai Girish Pai, Mark Derdzinski, Joost Herman Van Der Linden, Maritza S. Powell, Jessica S. Larrabee
  • Publication number: 20230371850
    Abstract: Systems and methods described provide dynamic and intelligent ways to change the required level of user interaction during use of a monitoring device. The systems and methods generally relate to real time switching between a first or initial mode of user interaction and a second or new mode of user interaction. In some cases, the switching will be automatic and transparent to the user, and in other cases user notification may occur. The mode switching generally affects the user's interaction with the device, and not just internal processing. The mode switching may relate to calibration modes, data transmission modes, control modes, or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: Dexcom, Inc.
    Inventors: Naresh C. Bhavaraju, Michael A. Bloom, Leif N. Bowman, Alexandra Lynn Carlton, Katherine Yerre Koehler, Hari Hampapuram, Jonathan Hughes, Lauren Hruby Jepson, Apurv Ullas Kamath, Anna Leigh Rack-Gomer, Peter C. Simpson, Stephen J. Vanslyke
  • Patent number: 11823783
    Abstract: Adaptive on board estimation of exogenous pharmacon responsive to transient (i.e., impermanent) physiological effects is provided. Dynamically estimating an equivalent amount of an exogenous pharmacon on board (XOB), such as insulin and/or carbohydrates, left in the subject, is based on predictions of glucose time-series data. These estimated values, such as insulin on board (IOB), are useful for diabetes management software, including decision support and/or artificial pancreas (AP) algorithms, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Dexcom, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen D. Patek, Enrique Campos-Náñez
  • Patent number: D1008280
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Dexcom, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Robert Mensinger, Eric Cohen, Phil Mayou, Eli Reihman, Katherine Yerre Koehler, Rian Draeger, Angela Marie Traven