Patents by Inventor Barry Keenan

Barry Keenan has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11896370
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.
    Inventors: Benyamin Grosman, Francine R. Kaufman, Desmond Barry Keenan, Anirban Roy
  • Publication number: 20230181825
    Abstract: The subject matter disclosed herein relates to systems, methods and/or devices for calibrating sensor data to be used in estimating a blood glucose concentration. A relationship between sensor measurements and reference readings may be used to estimate a relationship between sensor measurements and blood glucose concentration. Such sensor measurements may be weighted according to a decreasing function of uncertainty associated with sensor values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Desmond Barry Keenan, John J. Mastrototaro
  • Patent number: 11571514
    Abstract: The subject matter disclosed herein relates to systems, methods and/or devices for calibrating sensor data to be used in estimating a blood glucose concentration. A relationship between sensor measurements and reference readings may be used to estimate a relationship between sensor measurements and blood glucose concentration. Such sensor measurements may be weighted according to a decreasing function of uncertainty associated with sensor values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Desmond Barry Keenan, John J. Mastrototaro
  • Publication number: 20220347381
    Abstract: Infusion systems, infusion devices, and related operating methods are provided. An exemplary method of operating an infusion device to deliver fluid to a user in accordance with an operating mode involves identifying a fluid type associated with the fluid currently onboard the infusion device from among a plurality of possible fluid types that is different from a previous type of fluid previously onboard the infusion device. The identified fluid type has pharmacokinetics characteristics that are different from pharmacokinetics characteristics associated with the previous fluid type. The method continues by updating one or more parameters referenced by a control module of the infusion device implementing the operating mode to reflect the pharmacokinetics characteristics associated with the identified fluid type and autonomously operating the infusion device to deliver the fluid of the identified fluid type to the user in accordance with the operating mode and the one or more updated control parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Belinda L. Lau, Mirsaid Seyed-Bolorforosh, Desmond Barry Keenan
  • Patent number: 11406752
    Abstract: Infusion systems, infusion devices, and related operating methods are provided. An exemplary method of operating an infusion device to deliver fluid to a user in accordance with an operating mode involves identifying a fluid type associated with the fluid currently onboard the infusion device from among a plurality of possible fluid types that is different from a previous type of fluid previously onboard the infusion device. The identified fluid type has pharmacokinetics characteristics that are different from pharmacokinetics characteristics associated with the previous fluid type. The method continues by updating one or more parameters referenced by a control module of the infusion device implementing the operating mode to reflect the pharmacokinetics characteristics associated with the identified fluid type and autonomously operating the infusion device to deliver the fluid of the identified fluid type to the user in accordance with the operating mode and the one or more updated control parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Belinda L. Lau, Mirsaid Seyed-Bolorforosh, Desmond Barry Keenan
  • Publication number: 20220118182
    Abstract: A system includes one or more processors, and one or more processor-readable storage media storing instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause performance of: switching operation of an infusion device from a first mode of fluid delivery to a second mode of fluid delivery, the first mode being different from the second mode, receiving user input after the infusion device is operating in the second mode, the user input being indicative of whether the infusion device should remain operating in the second mode or transition from the second mode to a different mode, and operating the infusion device in a manner that is influenced by the user input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: John J. Mastrototaro, Desmond Barry Keenan, Benyamin Grosman, Anirban Roy
  • Patent number: 11266334
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, apparatuses, etc. for calibrating glucose monitoring sensors and/or insulin delivery systems. In certain example embodiments, blood glucose reference samples may be correlated with sensor measurements with regard to a delay associated with the sensor measurements. In certain other example embodiments, a blood-glucose concentration in a patient may be determined based, at least in part, on one or more probability models, one or more functions for estimating blood-glucose concentrations, and/or blood glucose reference sample-sensor measurement pairs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Anirban Roy, Barry Keenan, Michael Kremliovsky
  • Patent number: 11241535
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.
    Inventors: John J. Mastrototaro, Desmond Barry Keenan, Benyamin Grosman, Anirban Roy
  • Publication number: 20220023537
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are techniques for closed-loop control based on predicted trajectories. The techniques may involve predicting a trajectory of a glucose level of a patient based on past observations of the glucose level. The techniques may further involve determining a cost expression based on the predicted trajectory. The cost expression may be based on a duration of time that the trajectory is predicted to extend outside of a target glucose concentration range. Additionally, the techniques may involve affecting, based on the cost expression, at least one future command to at least one infusion pump so as to shorten the duration of time that the trajectory is predicted to extend outside of the target glucose concentration range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Anirban Roy, Desmond Barry Keenan, Paul H. Kovelman
  • Publication number: 20210257076
    Abstract: A system includes one or more processors and one or more processor-readable storage media storing instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause performance of: associating a medical device with an intermediate device, obtaining, from the medical device via the intermediate device, measurement data correlative to a condition of a user, determining updated control information for the medical device based at least in part on the measurement data, and streaming the updated control information to the medical device via the intermediate device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: John J. Mastrototaro, Desmond Barry Keenan, Benyamin Grosman, Neha J. Parikh, Anirban Roy, Do Kim
  • Patent number: 11024408
    Abstract: Apparatus are provided for medical devices and related operating systems and methods. An exemplary medical device includes a motor, one or more data storage elements to maintain control information, and a control module coupled to the motor and the one or more data storage elements. The control module is configured to obtain updated control information via a peer-to-peer communication session over a network, store the updated control information in the one or more data storage elements, and thereafter operate the motor based at least in part on the updated control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.
    Inventors: John J. Mastrototaro, Desmond Barry Keenan, Benyamin Grosman, Neha J. Parikh, Anirban Roy, Do Kim
  • Publication number: 20200353168
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Desmond Barry Keenan, John J. Mastrototaro, Benyamin Grosman, Neha J. Parikh, Anirban Roy
  • Publication number: 20200289037
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Benyamin Grosman, Francine R. Kaufman, Desmond Barry Keenan, Anirban Roy
  • Patent number: 10758674
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.
    Inventors: Desmond Barry Keenan, John J. Mastrototaro, Benyamin Grosman, Neha J. Parikh, Anirban Roy
  • Patent number: 10694983
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Medtronic Minimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Benyamin Grosman, Francine R. Kaufman, Desmond Barry Keenan, Anirban Roy
  • Patent number: 10588575
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Medtronic Minimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Rebecca K. Gottlieb, Ying Luo, Raghavendhar Gautham, Bradley Liang, Anirban Roy, Kenneth W. Cooper, Rajiv Shah, Barry Keenan
  • Publication number: 20200078517
    Abstract: The subject matter disclosed herein relates to systems, methods and/or devices for calibrating sensor data to be used in estimating a blood glucose concentration. A relationship between sensor measurements and reference readings may be used to estimate a relationship between sensor measurements and blood glucose concentration. Such sensor measurements may be weighted according to a decreasing function of uncertainty associated with sensor values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Desmond Barry Keenan, John J. Mastrototaro
  • Patent number: 10561789
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.
    Inventors: John J. Mastrototaro, Desmond Barry Keenan, Benyamin Grosman, Anirban Roy
  • Patent number: 10478065
    Abstract: The present invention provides systems and methods for monitoring in real time the physiological status of one or more subjects, especially subject engaged in potentially hazardous or dangerous activities. Systems include wearable items with one or more physiological sensors and a local data unit (LDU) operatively coupled to the sensors. The LDUs digitize and filter sensor data, extract physiological parameters, determine abnormal or not acceptable physiological conditions, and communicate to external monitoring facilities. The external facilities display status and data concerning monitored subjects. In preferred embodiments, communication between the LDUs and the external monitoring facilities dynamically adjusts to the condition of the subjects and to system changes such as subjects and external facilities entering and leaving and/or moving from place to place. The invention also provides program products for performing this invention's methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventors: Andrew Behar, Jeff Cobb, Alex Derchak, Barry Keenan, Dave Darnall
  • Patent number: 10471207
    Abstract: The subject matter disclosed herein relates to systems, methods and/or devices for calibrating sensor data to be used in estimating a blood glucose concentration. A relationship between sensor measurements and reference readings may be used to estimate a relationship between sensor measurements and blood glucose concentration. Such sensor measurements may be weighted according to a decreasing function of uncertainty associated with sensor values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.
    Inventors: Desmond Barry Keenan, John J. Mastrototaro