Patents by Inventor Carl A. Link
Carl A. Link 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).
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Patent number: 10948510Abstract: A method for determining a volume of fluid dispensed into a test housing includes creating an electrical potential across at least one input electrode of a plurality of input electrodes and at least one output electrode of a plurality of output electrodes. The input electrodes and the output electrodes are each coupled to the test housing. The method includes receiving at least one signal from the at least one output electrode based on the fluid dispensed into the test housing. The method includes calculating the volume of fluid dispensed into the test housing based on the at least one signal received from the at least one output electrode, a dimension associated with an internal channel defined within the test housing, and a distance between two input electrodes of the plurality of input electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2020Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.Inventors: Edward C. Morrow, Carl A. Link, Adam S. Trock, Andrew E. Weaver, Roshanne Malekmadani
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Patent number: 10946140Abstract: A test system for measuring a volume of fluid dispensed by a fluid infusion device includes a test housing. The test housing includes an inlet and an internal channel. The inlet is to be coupled to the fluid infusion device to receive the volume of fluid, and the internal channel is in fluid communication with the inlet. The test system includes an input electrode coupled to the internal channel to be in fluid communication with the volume of fluid, and an output electrode coupled to the internal channel to be in fluid communication with the volume of fluid. The test system includes a power source configured to create a voltage potential between the input electrode and the output electrode. The volume of fluid in the internal channel conducts current between the input electrode and the output electrode to facilitate measurement of the volume of fluid dispensed.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2018Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.Inventors: Edward C. Morrow, Carl A. Link, Adam S. Trock, Andrew E. Weaver, Roshanne Malekmadani
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Publication number: 20210025912Abstract: A method for determining a volume of fluid dispensed into a test housing includes creating an electrical potential across at least one input electrode of a plurality of input electrodes and at least one output electrode of a plurality of output electrodes. The input electrodes and the output electrodes are each coupled to the test housing. The method includes receiving at least one signal from the at least one output electrode based on the fluid dispensed into the test housing. The method includes calculating the volume of fluid dispensed into the test housing based on the at least one signal received from the at least one output electrode, a dimension associated with an internal channel defined within the test housing, and a distance between two input electrodes of the plurality of input electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2020Publication date: January 28, 2021Inventors: Edward C. Morrow, Carl A. Link, Adam S. Trock, Andrew E. Weaver, Roshanne Malekmadani
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Publication number: 20200355716Abstract: A method for determining a volume of fluid dispensed into a test housing includes creating an electrical potential across at least one input electrode of a plurality of input electrodes and at least one output electrode of a plurality of output electrodes. The input electrodes and the output electrodes are each coupled to the test housing. The method includes receiving at least one signal from the at least one output electrode based on the fluid dispensed into the test housing. The method includes calculating the volume of fluid dispensed into the test housing based on the at least one signal received from the at least one output electrode, a dimension associated with an internal channel defined within the test housing, and a distance between two input electrodes of the plurality of input electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2020Publication date: November 12, 2020Inventors: Edward C. Morrow, Carl A. Link, Adam S. Trock, Andrew E. Weaver, Roshanne Malekmadani
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Patent number: 10830785Abstract: A method for determining a volume of fluid dispensed into a test housing includes creating an electrical potential across at least one input electrode of a plurality of input electrodes and at least one output electrode of a plurality of output electrodes. The input electrodes and the output electrodes are each coupled to the test housing. The method includes receiving at least one signal from the at least one output electrode based on the fluid dispensed into the test housing. The method includes calculating the volume of fluid dispensed into the test housing based on the at least one signal received from the at least one output electrode, a dimension associated with an internal channel defined within the test housing, and a distance between two input electrodes of the plurality of input electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2020Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.Inventors: Edward C. Morrow, Carl A. Link, Adam S. Trock, Andrew E. Weaver, Roshanne Malekmadani
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Publication number: 20200116748Abstract: A method for determining a volume of fluid dispensed into a test housing. The method includes controlling, by a processor, a power source to create a voltage potential across an input electrode arrangement and an output electrode arrangement associated with the input electrode arrangement each coupled to the test housing. The method includes receiving, by the processor, a signal from the output electrode arrangement based on the fluid received into the test housing, and calculating, by the processor, the volume of fluid dispensed into the test housing based on the signal received from the output electrode arrangement. The method includes generating, by the processor, a user interface for display on a display that illustrates the volume of fluid dispensed, and displaying the generated user interface on the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2018Publication date: April 16, 2020Inventors: Edward C. Morrow, Carl A. Link, Adam S. Trock, Andrew E. Weaver, Roshanne Malekmadani
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Publication number: 20200114075Abstract: A test system for measuring a volume of fluid dispensed by a fluid infusion device includes a test housing. The test housing includes an inlet and an internal channel. The inlet is to be coupled to the fluid infusion device to receive the volume of fluid, and the internal channel is in fluid communication with the inlet. The test system includes an input electrode coupled to the internal channel to be in fluid communication with the volume of fluid, and an output electrode coupled to the internal channel to be in fluid communication with the volume of fluid. The test system includes a power source configured to create a voltage potential between the input electrode and the output electrode. The volume of fluid in the internal channel conducts current between the input electrode and the output electrode to facilitate measurement of the volume of fluid dispensed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2018Publication date: April 16, 2020Inventors: Edward C. Morrow, Carl A. Link, Adam S. Trock, Andrew E. Weaver, Roshanne Malekmadani
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Patent number: 9841014Abstract: An insulin pump data acquisition device & system including: an insulin pump data acquisition device for use with an insulin pump, the data acquisition device including a holster having a wall defining an interior volume and an exterior volume, the exterior volume being sized to removably secure the insulin pump; an environmental sensor operable to generate environmental data in response to environmental conditions; memory operably connected to the environmental sensor, the memory being operable to store the environmental data; a controller operably connected to the environmental sensor and the memory, the controller being operable to control reading of the environmental data from the environmental sensor and writing of the environmental data to the memory; and a battery operably connected to power the environmental sensor, the memory, and the controller. The environmental sensor, the memory, the controller, and the battery are disposed within the interior volume.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2015Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.Inventors: Darren Y. K. Yap, Carl A. Link, Vincent Ming Hai Chow, William Jackson Dannemann, Jennifer Marie Reitmajer
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Patent number: 9719505Abstract: A medication pump test device and method of use including a test device for use with a medication pump and a depth indicator, the test device including: an external body portion defining a depth indicator recess operable to receive the fixed portion of the depth indicator; an internal body portion attached to the external body portion, the internal body portion defining a slide spindle passage operable to allow free axial movement of the slide spindle of the depth indicator. The test device maintains the fixed portion of the depth indicator at a fixed axial position along the central axis relative to the medication pump when the fixed portion of the depth indicator is seated in the depth indicator recess, the external contact portion contacts the medication pump, and the internal body portion is seated in the open end of the reservoir compartment.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2016Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.Inventors: Matthew A. Weiner, David L. Canfield, Carl A. Link, Edward C. Morrow
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Publication number: 20160290333Abstract: A medication pump test device and method of use including a test device for use with a medication pump and a depth indicator, the test device including: an external body portion defining a depth indicator recess operable to receive the fixed portion of the depth indicator; an internal body portion attached to the external body portion, the internal body portion defining a slide spindle passage operable to allow free axial movement of the slide spindle of the depth indicator. The test device maintains the fixed portion of the depth indicator at a fixed axial position along the central axis relative to the medication pump when the fixed portion of the depth indicator is seated in the depth indicator recess, the external contact portion contacts the medication pump, and the internal body portion is seated in the open end of the reservoir compartment.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2016Publication date: October 6, 2016Inventors: Matthew A. Weiner, David L. Canfield, Carl A. Link, Edward C. Morrow
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Patent number: 9388805Abstract: A medication pump test device and method of use including a test device for use with a medication pump and a depth indicator, the test device including: an external body portion defining a depth indicator recess operable to receive the fixed portion of the depth indicator; an internal body portion attached to the external body portion, the internal body portion defining a slide spindle passage operable to allow free axial movement of the slide spindle of the depth indicator. The test device maintains the fixed portion of the depth indicator at a fixed axial position along the central axis relative to the medication pump when the fixed portion of the depth indicator is seated in the depth indicator recess, the external contact portion contacts the medication pump, and the internal body portion is seated in the open end of the reservoir compartment.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2014Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.Inventors: Matthew A. Weiner, David L. Canfield, Carl A. Link, Edward C. Morrow
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Publication number: 20160106911Abstract: An insulin pump data acquisition device & system including: an insulin pump data acquisition device for use with an insulin pump, the data acquisition device including a holster having a wall defining an interior volume and an exterior volume, the exterior volume being sized to removably secure the insulin pump; an environmental sensor operable to generate environmental data in response to environmental conditions; memory operably connected to the environmental sensor, the memory being operable to store the environmental data; a controller operably connected to the environmental sensor and the memory, the controller being operable to control reading of the environmental data from the environmental sensor and writing of the environmental data to the memory; and a battery operably connected to power the environmental sensor, the memory, and the controller. The environmental sensor, the memory, the controller, and the battery are disposed within the interior volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2015Publication date: April 21, 2016Inventors: Darren Y.K. Yap, Carl A. Link, Vincent Ming Hai Chow, William Jackson Dannemann, Jennifer Marie Reitmajer
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Publication number: 20150267698Abstract: A medication pump test device and method of use including a test device for use with a medication pump and a depth indicator, the test device including: an external body portion defining a depth indicator recess operable to receive the fixed portion of the depth indicator; an internal body portion attached to the external body portion, the internal body portion defining a slide spindle passage operable to allow free axial movement of the slide spindle of the depth indicator. The test device maintains the fixed portion of the depth indicator at a fixed axial position along the central axis relative to the medication pump when the fixed portion of the depth indicator is seated in the depth indicator recess, the external contact portion contacts the medication pump, and the internal body portion is seated in the open end of the reservoir compartment.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2014Publication date: September 24, 2015Applicant: Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.Inventors: Matthew A. Weiner, David L. Canfield, Carl A. Link, Edward C. Morrow