Patents by Inventor Eric Benjamin

Eric Benjamin 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).

  • Publication number: 20260004910
    Abstract: The exemplary embodiments may modify a glucose cost component of the cost function of the control loop of an insulin delivery device to compensate for persistent positive low level glucose excursions relative to a target glucose level. The exemplary embodiments may enable use of different glucose cost component functions for different glucose levels of the user. These glucose cost component functions may be employed in piecewise fashion with a different piece being applied for each respective range of glucose level values for the user. The final glucose cost function for calculating the glucose cost component may be a weighted combination of a piecewise glucose cost function and a weighted standard cost function (such as a quadratic function). The weights may reflect the magnitude and/or persistence of glucose excursions relative to a target glucose level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2025
    Publication date: January 1, 2026
    Inventors: Joon Bok LEE, Eric BENJAMIN, Jason O'CONNOR, Yibin ZHENG
  • Patent number: 12431229
    Abstract: The exemplary embodiments may modify a glucose cost component of the cost function of the control loop of an insulin delivery device to compensate for persistent positive low level glucose excursions relative to a target glucose level. The exemplary embodiments may enable use of different glucose cost component functions for different glucose levels of the user. These glucose cost component functions may be employed in piecewise fashion with a different piece being applied for each respective range of glucose level values for the user. The final glucose cost function for calculating the glucose cost component may be a weighted combination of a piecewise glucose cost function and a weighted standard cost function (such as a quadratic function). The weights may reflect the magnitude and/or persistence of glucose excursions relative to a target glucose level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2025
    Assignee: INSULET CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joon Bok Lee, Eric Benjamin, Jason O'Connor, Yibin Zheng
  • Publication number: 20250288681
    Abstract: The invention relates to solid compositions comprising {2-[3-cyclohexyl-3-(trans-4-propoxy-cyclohexyl)-ureido]-thiazol-5-ylsulfanyl}-acetic acid, and methods of making and using such solid compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2024
    Publication date: September 18, 2025
    Inventors: Eric BENJAMIN, Thorsteinn Thorsteinsson, Siva Kumar Rapuru
  • Publication number: 20240252753
    Abstract: Disclosed are a device, system, methods and computer-readable medium products that provide an updated insulin-to-carbohydrate ratio and an updated total daily insulin. The described processes may be used for periodic updating of the insulin-to-carbohydrate ratio and the total daily insulin. The insulin-to-carbohydrate ratio and/or the total may be used in the calculation of new doses of insulin that a drug delivery device may be commanded to deliver to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Yibin ZHENG, Joon Bok LEE, Steven CARDINALI, Jason O'CONNOR, Eric BENJAMIN, Ian MCLAUGHLIN, David NAZZARO, Ashutosh ZADE
  • Publication number: 20240185980
    Abstract: Disclosed are a device, a computer-readable medium, and techniques that provide an onboarding process and an adaptivity process for a drug delivery device. A processor executing an onboarding process determines whether a history of delivered insulin to a user meets certain sufficiency requirements. The onboarding process enables a processor to cause the drug delivery device to administer doses of insulin to a user according to an initial total daily insulin dose calculation that is determined based on the sufficiency of the insulin delivery history. The initial total daily insulin may be adapted according to the adaptivity process as new insulin delivery is collected. The insulin delivery history, when sufficient, may be used to set total daily insulin dosages that enable automated insulin delivery upon replacement of a drug delivery device. The adaptivity process may be implemented to modify an initial insulin delivery doses to provide adapted insulin delivery doses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Joon Bok LEE, Yibin ZHENG, Jason O'CONNOR, Trang LY, Eric BENJAMIN
  • Patent number: 11957875
    Abstract: Disclosed are a device, system, methods and computer-readable medium products that provide an updated insulin-to-carbohydrate ratio and an updated total daily insulin. The described processes may be used for periodic updating of the insulin-to-carbohydrate ratio and the total daily insulin. The insulin-to-carbohydrate ratio and/or the total may be used in the calculation of new doses of insulin that a drug delivery device may be commanded to deliver to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: INSULET CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yibin Zheng, Joon Bok Lee, Steven Cardinali, Jason O'Connor, Eric Benjamin, Ian McLaughlin, David Nazzaro, Ashutosh Zade
  • Patent number: 11935637
    Abstract: Disclosed are a device, a computer-readable medium, and techniques that provide an onboarding process and an adaptivity process for a drug delivery device. A processor executing an onboarding process determines whether a history of delivered insulin to a user meets certain sufficiency requirements. The onboarding process enables a processor to cause the drug delivery device to administer doses of insulin to a user according to an initial total daily insulin dose calculation that is determined based on the sufficiency of the insulin delivery history. The initial total daily insulin may be adapted according to the adaptivity process as new insulin delivery is collected. The insulin delivery history, when sufficient, may be used to set total daily insulin dosages that enable automated insulin delivery upon replacement of a drug delivery device. The adaptivity process may be implemented to modify an initial insulin delivery doses to provide adapted insulin delivery doses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: INSULET CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joon Bok Lee, Yibin Zheng, Jason O'Connor, Trang Ly, Eric Benjamin
  • Publication number: 20230310742
    Abstract: Disclosed are techniques, processes, systems, and programming code that enables users of automatic drug delivery devices to initiate the automatic drug delivery device for an initial use phase as well as implement changes that control the adjustment of target setpoints by a medication delivery algorithm used in the control of the automatic drug delivery device. During the initial use phase, the automatic drug delivery device may be based on the user's glucose control outcome without performing time consuming and frequent settings of sensor values as well as allowing users to remain substantially within range of any target setpoints. In addition, the disclosed techniques, processes, systems, and programming code enable users to have initial dosage settings automatically set without having to input what were previously considered fundamental inputs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Joon Bok LEE, Eric BENJAMIN, Jason O'CONNOR, Yibin ZHENG, Ashutosh ZADE
  • Publication number: 20220293234
    Abstract: The exemplary embodiments may modify a glucose cost component of the cost function of the control loop of an insulin delivery device to compensate for persistent positive low level glucose excursions relative to a target glucose level. The exemplary embodiments may enable use of different glucose cost component functions for different glucose levels of the user. These glucose cost component functions may be employed in piecewise fashion with a different piece being applied for each respective range of glucose level values for the user. The final glucose cost function for calculating the glucose cost component may be a weighted combination of a piecewise glucose cost function and a weighted standard cost function (such as a quadratic function). The weights may reflect the magnitude and/or persistence of glucose excursions relative to a target glucose level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Joon Bok LEE, Eric BENJAMIN, Jason O'CONNOR, Yibin ZHENG
  • Publication number: 20220233701
    Abstract: The invention relates to solid compositions comprising {2-[3-cyclohexyl-3-(trans-4-propoxy-cyclohexyl)-ureido]-thiazol-5-ylsulfanyl}-acetic acid, and methods of making and using such solid compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Eric Benjamin, Thorsteinn Thorsteinsson, Siva Kumar Rapuru
  • Publication number: 20220062546
    Abstract: The exemplary embodiments allow a user to have more aggressive settings or less aggressive settings for an AID system after demonstrating good blood glucose level control. This allows the settings to be more quickly customized to users that demonstrate good quality blood glucose level control than conventional systems. As these users have demonstrated good quality glucose level control there is less of a need to constrain the settings and provide a high margin of safety. Conversely, users demonstrating poor quality blood glucose level control may have less aggressive settings imposed, representing a higher margin of safety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Eric BENJAMIN, Jason O'CONNOR, Yibin ZHENG, Joon Bok LEE, Mark BOYNS
  • Publication number: 20210228804
    Abstract: Disclosed are a device, system, methods and computer-readable medium products that provide techniques to implement functionality to receive information related to a meal and delivery of a meal bolus. The received information may be stored and utilized in the generation of insulin delivery profiles. An estimate a mealtime insulin need based on the generated insulin delivery profiles may be generated. A dose of insulin may be determined that satisfies an estimated mealtime insulin need based on the generated insulin delivery profiles. The determined dose of insulin may be output at a time corresponding to a mealtime.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Eric BENJAMIN, Joon Bok LEE, Yibin ZHENG, Jason O'CONNOR, Ashutosh ZADE
  • Publication number: 20210170104
    Abstract: Disclosed are a device, system, methods and computer-readable medium products that provide an updated insulin-to-carbohydrate ratio and an updated total daily insulin. The described processes may be used for periodic updating of the insulin-to-carbohydrate ratio and the total daily insulin. The insulin-to-carbohydrate ratio and/or the total may be used in the calculation of new doses of insulin that a drug delivery device may be commanded to deliver to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Yibin ZHENG, Joon Bok LEE, Steven CARDINALI, Jason O'CONNOR, Eric BENJAMIN, Ian MCLAUGHLIN, David NAZZARO, Ashutosh ZADE
  • Publication number: 20210098105
    Abstract: Disclosed are a device, a computer-readable medium, and techniques that provide an onboarding process and an adaptivity process for a drug delivery device. A processor executing an onboarding process determines whether a history of delivered insulin to a user meets certain sufficiency requirements. The onboarding process enables a processor to cause the drug delivery device to administer doses of insulin to a user according to an initial total daily insulin dose calculation that is determined based on the sufficiency of the insulin delivery history. The initial total daily insulin may be adapted according to the adaptivity process as new insulin delivery is collected. The insulin delivery history, when sufficient, may be used to set total daily insulin dosages that enable automated insulin delivery upon replacement of a drug delivery device. The adaptivity process may be implemented to modify an initial insulin delivery doses to provide adapted insulin delivery doses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Joon Bok LEE, Yibin ZHENG, Jason O'CONNOR, Trang LY, Eric BENJAMIN
  • Publication number: 20190046645
    Abstract: The invention relates to solid compositions comprising {2-[3-cyclohexyl-3-(trans-4-propoxy-cyclohexyl)-ureido]-thiazol-5-ylsulfanyl}-acetic acid, and methods of making and using such solid compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Eric Benjamin, Thorsteinn Thorsteinsson, Siva Kumar Rapuru
  • Publication number: 20160015816
    Abstract: The invention relates to solid compositions comprising {2-[3-cyclohexyl-3-(trans-4-propoxy-cyclohexyl)-ureido]-thiazol-5-ylsulfanyl}-acetic acid, and methods of making and using such solid compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Eric Benjamin, Thorsteinn Thorsteinsson, Siva Kumar Rapuru
  • Patent number: 9198901
    Abstract: The invention provides tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane salts of a small-molecule GLP1R agonist. The invention further provides solid compositions comprising tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane salts of a small-molecule GLP1R agonist. The invention further provides uses of tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane salts of a small-molecule GLP1R agonist, e.g., for treating type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, or obesity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: vTv Therapeutics LLC
    Inventors: Danilo Almariego, Dharma Rao Polisetti, Eric Benjamin, Hassan El Abdellaoui, Soumya P. Sahoo
  • Publication number: 20150005339
    Abstract: The invention provides tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane salts of a small-molecule GLP1R agonist. The invention further provides solid compositions comprising tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane salts of a small-molecule GLP1R agonist. The invention further provides uses of tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane salts of a small-molecule GLP1R agonist, e.g., for treating type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, or obesity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Danilo Almariego, Dharma Rao Polisetti, Eric Benjamin, Hassan El Abdellaoui, Soumya P. Sahoo
  • Patent number: 8693699
    Abstract: An electroacoustic channel soundfield is altered. An audio signal is applied by an electromechanical transducer to an acoustic space, causing air pressure changes therein. Another audio signal is obtained by a second electromechanical transducer, responsive to air pressure changes in the acoustic space. A transfer function estimate of the electroacoustic channel is established, responsive to the second audio signal and part of the first audio signal. The transfer function estimate is derived to be adaptive to temporal variations in the electroacoustic channel transfer function. Filters are obtained with transfer functions based on the transfer function estimate. Part of the first audio signal is filtered therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Fellers, Grant Davidson, Rongshan Yu, Eric Benjamin, Kenneth Gundry
  • Publication number: 20110142247
    Abstract: An electroacoustic channel soundfield is altered. An audio signal is applied by an electromechanical transducer to an acoustic space, causing air pressure changes therein. Another audio signal is obtained by a second electromechanical transducer, responsive to air pressure changes in the acoustic space. A transfer function estimate of the electroacoustic channel is established, responsive to the second audio signal and part of the first audio signal. The transfer function estimate is derived to be adaptive to temporal variations in the electroacoustic channel transfer function. Filters are obtained with transfer functions based on the transfer function estimate. Part of the first audio signal is filtered therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew Fellers, Grant Davidson, Rongshan Yu, Eric Benjamin, Kenneth Gundry