Patents Assigned to MiniMed Inc.
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Patent number: 10786620Abstract: A method and apparatus for a connection interface between a reservoir or syringe, infusion set tubing, and an infusion pump is provided. The reservoir, a base and a cap are connected to form an integrated unit that is capable of being inserted and secured in an infusion pump housing. The cap and the infusion pump are each provided with at least one sensor or at least one detectable feature, arranged to interact with at least one corresponding detectable feature or sensor on the other of the cap and infusion pump device, to detect one or more of the presence, position or other characteristic of the cap when the cap is aligned or coupled with the infusion pump housing. The detectable feature and sensor may be magnetic, RF, mechanical, optical or any combination.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2015Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.Inventors: Jacob E. Pananen, Afshin Bazargan, Juan M. Alderete, Jr., Sherif M. Ali, Benjamin A. Grover, Edgardo C. Halili, Susan McConnell Montalvo, Anthony C. Ng, Ulrich H. Rankers, Vaughn S. Sakae, Pablo Vazquez, Andrew E. Weaver, Matthew William Yavorsky, Edmond W. Yu, Jennifer L. Wagner, Mark Lin, Arsen Ibranyan, R. Marie Tieck, Adam S. Trock, Eric M. Lorenzen
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Patent number: 10772796Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to transferring fluidic media from a vial to a reservoir. In various embodiments, fluidic media may be transferred from the vial to the reservoir by moving a housing portion to move a plunger head located in the reservoir to draw fluidic media from the vial to the reservoir. In other embodiments, fluidic media may be transferred from the vial to the reservoir while the reservoir is held by a holding unit and vibrated by a vibrator to remove air from the fluidic media. In some embodiments, fluidic media may be transferred from the vial to the reservoir by moving a handle operatively connected to a bias member for assisting with the transfer of fluidic media. In other embodiments, the transfer of fluidic media may be assisted by a bias member and a needle connecting atmosphere and the vial.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.Inventor: Julian D. Kavazov
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Patent number: 10758674Abstract: Processor-implemented methods of controlling an insulin infusion device for a user are provided here. A first method obtains a current insulin on board (IOB) value that estimates active insulin in the user, and compensates a calculated insulin infusion rate in response to the obtained IOB value. A second method supervises the operation of a glucose sensor by obtaining and processing insulin-delivered data and glucose sensor data for the user. An alert is generated if the second method determines that a current glucose sensor value has deviated from a predicted sensor glucose value by at least a threshold amount.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2016Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.Inventors: Desmond Barry Keenan, John J. Mastrototaro, Benyamin Grosman, Neha J. Parikh, Anirban Roy
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Patent number: 10722170Abstract: A method and/or system may be provided for determining a suggested change in a recommended therapy for a patient based, at least in part, on sensor measurements, and generating an alert to an attendant in a hospital environment upon detection of the suggested change. A method and/or system may also be provided to automatically determine a maximum interval to alert an attendant following receipt of a measurement at an operator interface. A method and/or system may also be provided to blood-glucose sensor calibration.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2017Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: Medtronic Minimed, Inc.Inventors: Martin Cantwell, H. Bud Clark, Garry M. Steil
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Patent number: 10709834Abstract: Disclosed is a medical device component for delivering medication fluid to a patient. The medical device component includes a fluid infusion device to regulate delivery of medication fluid, a body-mountable base unit, and a top cover assembly that is removably couplable to the base unit and to the fluid infusion device. The base unit includes a cannula to deliver medication fluid under the control of the fluid infusion device, and a physiological analyte sensor to measure a physiological characteristic. The base unit also includes an electronics assembly electrically connected to sensor leads to obtain measurements in the analog domain, to convert measurements into digital sensor data, and to communicate conditioned digital sensor data to the fluid infusion device. The top cover assembly is configured to provide both fluid and electrical connections for the base unit, by way of an infusion tube having sensor conductors integrated therein or otherwise associated therewith.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2017Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.Inventors: Chia-Hung Chiu, Peter Schultz, Gayane R. Voskanyan, Hsifu Wang, Rebecca K. Gottlieb, Kenneth D. Warnock, Ricardo Juarez Martinez
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Patent number: 10694983Abstract: Subject matter disclosed herein relates to a method and/or system for tailoring insulin therapies to physiological characteristics of a patient. In particular, observations of a blood glucose concentration of a patient responsive to a meal profile and an insulin profile may be used for estimating one or more physiological parameters.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2012Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: Medtronic Minimed, Inc.Inventors: Benyamin Grosman, Francine R. Kaufman, Desmond Barry Keenan, Anirban Roy
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Patent number: 10675055Abstract: An insertion device may include a device housing configured to be operatively engaged with and disengaged from a base, and engageable with an actuation device, the device housing having a carrier body supporting a piercing member. The carrier body moveable by a carrier body of the actuation device at least between a retracted position and an advanced position. The device housing having a section for supporting a portion of the carrier body of the device housing, the section moveable relative to the carrier body of the device housing to provide sufficient clearance to allow the carrier body of the device housing to be moved by the carrier body of the actuation device.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2018Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.Inventors: Colin A. Chong, Eric M. Lorenzen, Rafael Bikovsky, Arsen Ibranyan
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Patent number: 10661006Abstract: An infusion set component of a fluid infusion device and/or a fluid infusion port component for delivery of fluid to a patient is compatible with a cooperating fluid channel module. The fluid channel module includes a body section having coupling features to mate with a base of the component. The fluid channel module also includes an interior fluid flow channel formed within the body section to receive fluid from the fluid infusion device and/or from a syringe or pen delivery device. The fluid channel module also includes a conduit having a first end in fluid communication with the interior fluid flow channel, and having a second end to deliver the fluid to the patient.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2017Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.Inventors: David Christopher Antonio, Sumona Nag Adhya, Jose J. Ruelas, Eric Allan Larson
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Patent number: 10664569Abstract: A computer-implemented system and related method of reporting glucose information for a user of a diabetes management device are presented here. An embodiment of the method obtains input data for the user of the diabetes management device, and identifies a tracked glycemic response event. One or more recommended glycemic control parameters are calculated based on an analysis of the obtained input data. The glycemic control parameters are calculated to extend a time period during which the user remains within a target glucose range following the tracked glycemic response event. The method continues by generating an output message that includes at least some of the recommended glycemic control parameters, and delivering the generated output message to a user device operated by the user of the diabetes management device.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2016Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.Inventors: Chantal M. McMahon, Pratik Agrawal, Yuxiang Zhong, Boyi Jiang, Huzefa F. Neemuchwala, Amit J. Rushi
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Publication number: 20200138852Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for reducing a diabetic patient's foreign body immune response, including infusion site-loss and/or occlusion. Such foreign body responses are associated with the treatment of the diabetic patient where the treatment requires subcutaneous implantation of a foreign body, such as a cannula or catheter. In certain embodiments of the invention, a response-inhibiting agent is administered to a patient at the site of cannula/catheter insertion, thereby facilitating delivery of insulin to the diabetic patient and mitigating site-loss and/or occlusion over a period of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2019Publication date: May 7, 2020Applicant: Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.Inventors: Sarnath Chattaraj, Kiem H. Dang, Hsi Chung Fusselman, Poonam S. Gulati, Lance P. Hoffman, Guangping Zhang
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Patent number: 10631787Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to medical devices that include a transmitter assembly positioned on top of a sensor assembly. A sensor assembly includes a sensor base having a bottom surface and a top surface having an interface. The interface accommodates a sensor stack that includes at least one sensor head having electrical contact pads connected to an elastomeric connector. The sensor assembly further includes a mounting base having a first side that attaches to the bottom surface of the sensor base, and a second side that adheres to a patient's skin. A transmitter assembly includes a transmitter shell and a transmitter cap having an interface that engages with the sensor base. Also, the transmitter assembly includes electrical contacts disposed on the transmitter cap that connect with the electrical contact pad(s) of the sensor assembly.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2016Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.Inventors: David C. Antonio, Eric Allan Larson, Jose J. Ruelas
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Patent number: 10620149Abstract: A monitor system to monitor a characteristic of a user is disclosed. A monitor system includes a sensor producing signals indicative of glucose characteristics within the user. The sensor has a connector with a plurality of contacts, at least two contacts being shorted by a fuse trace. The monitor system further includes an electronics package with a package housing. The package housing contains a battery, a package port interfaced with the connector to receive signals from the sensor, and a package processor to process the signals from the sensor. Further included in the monitor system is a fuse system controlled by the package processor that includes a fuse timer, wherein the fuse trace is destroyed after the fuse timer reaches a threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2017Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.Inventors: Jose J. Ruelas, David Y. Choy
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Patent number: 10617816Abstract: Infusion systems, infusion devices, and related operating methods are provided. An exemplary infusion device includes a motor operable to deliver fluid to a body of a user, a first control module to enable input power for the motor and provide a dosage command for operating the motor, and a second control module coupled to the first control module to receive the dosage command and operate the motor using at least a portion of the input power based at least in part on the dosage command. One of the first control module and the second control module detects an anomalous condition, and in response, disables the input power to the motor, stores diagnostic information for the anomalous condition in its internal memory, and automatically resets thereafter.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2018Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.Inventors: Steve Chow, Alexander S. Campbell, Yongbo Wang, Thomas W. Collins, Linda I. Torres
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Patent number: 10596295Abstract: An adhesive patch arrangement for a sensor includes a flexible patch, a sensor-affixing feature located in a sensor mounting region of the component-facing side of the flexible patch, the sensor-affixing feature securing the sensor to the flexible patch, and a device-affixing feature located in a device mounting region of the component-facing side of the flexible patch. The device-affixing feature secures a device to the flexible patch. The sensor mounting and device mounting regions are distinct and separate regions. The arrangement also includes a removable reinforcement liner adhered to, and covering, the device-affixing feature, and shaped to define a cutout area that partially surrounds the sensor-affixing feature. The arrangement also includes a removable backing liner adhered to, and covering, the adhesive skin-facing side of the flexible adhesive patch.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2017Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.Inventors: Eric Allan Larson, Voltaire Isaac Lebron
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Patent number: 10588575Abstract: Disclosed are a system and method for determining a metric and/or indicator of a reliability of a blood glucose sensor in providing glucose measurements. In one aspect, the metric and/or indicator may be computed based, at least in part, on an observed trend associated with signals generated by the blood glucose sensor.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2017Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Medtronic Minimed, Inc.Inventors: Rebecca K. Gottlieb, Ying Luo, Raghavendhar Gautham, Bradley Liang, Anirban Roy, Kenneth W. Cooper, Rajiv Shah, Barry Keenan
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Patent number: 10589038Abstract: A set connector system for venting a gas from a fluid reservoir of a fluid infusion device is provided. The set connector system includes a connector system having a first body section coupled to a second body section. The first body section defines a bore in communication with a chamber and a counterbore of the second body section to define a fluid flow path from the fluid reservoir. The chamber of the second body section is in fluid communication with a vent subsystem defined through the second body section. The vent subsystem terminates in an outlet, and the vent subsystem directs gas in the fluid flow path through the second body section to the outlet.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2016Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.Inventors: Sarnath Chattaraj, Kiem H. Dang, Poonam S. Gulati
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Publication number: 20200077930Abstract: The invention disclosed herein includes sensors having three dimensional configurations that allow expansive “360°” sensing (i.e. sensing analyte from multiple directions) in the environments in which such sensors are disposed. Embodiments of the invention provide analyte sensors having foldable substrates adapted to produce optimized configurations of electrode elements as well as methods for making and using such sensors. Typical embodiments of the invention include glucose sensors used in the management of diabetes.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2018Publication date: March 12, 2020Applicant: Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.Inventors: Megan E. Little, Katherine T. Wolfe, Raghavendhar Gautham, Bradley C. Liang, Rajiv Shah
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Patent number: 10575767Abstract: A method for monitoring an analyte within the body of a patient, an analyst sensor, and an analyte monitoring apparatus are presented here. In accordance with certain embodiments, the method for monitoring an analyte within the body of a patient includes implanting an analyte sensor at a sensor placement site in the patient. The analyte sensor includes a reference electrode, a counter electrode, a primary working electrode having a first structure, and an auxiliary working electrode having a second structure different from the first structure. The method includes communicating a primary signal from the primary working electrode and an auxiliary signal from the auxiliary working electrode to a processor. Further, the method includes monitoring the primary signal and the auxiliary signal with the processor to characterize a change in a physiological characteristic at the sensor placement site.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2015Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.Inventors: Anuj M. Patel, Zachary Decke, Bradley C. Liang
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MUTING GLUCOSE SENSOR OXYGEN RESPONSE AND REDUCING ELECTRODE EDGE GROWTH WITH PULSED CURRENT PLATING
Publication number: 20200060586Abstract: The invention disclosed herein includes amperometric glucose sensors having electrodes formed from processes that electrodeposit platinum black in a manner that produces relatively smooth three dimensional metal architectures, ones that contribute to sensor reliability and stability. Embodiments of the invention provide analyte sensors having such uniform electrode architectures as well as methods for making and using these sensor electrodes. A number of working embodiments of the invention are shown to be useful in amperometric glucose sensors worn by diabetic individuals.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2019Publication date: February 27, 2020Applicant: Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.Inventors: Ting Huang, Ashwin K. Rao, Rajiv Shah, Qingling Yang -
Patent number: 10561789Abstract: Infusion systems, infusion devices, and related operating methods are provided. An exemplary method of operating an infusion device capable of delivering fluid to a user involves storing alert configuration information for the user, identifying an alert condition while operating the infusion device to deliver the fluid based at least in part on the alert configuration information for the user, and in response to identifying the alert condition, providing a user notification in accordance with the user's stored alert configuration information.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2017Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.Inventors: John J. Mastrototaro, Desmond Barry Keenan, Benyamin Grosman, Anirban Roy