Patents by Inventor Jack Pryor

Jack Pryor 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: 20230030894
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and techniques are disclosed for administering and tracking medicine to patients and providing health management capabilities for patients and caregivers. In some aspects, a system includes an injection pen device including a dose setting mechanism, a dispensing mechanism, and an electronics unit to generate dose data associated with a dispensing event of a dose of the medicine dispensed from the injection pen device and time data associated with the dispensing event; a mobile device in wireless communication to receive and process the dose data; and a software application configured to determine a recommended dose based on health data and contextual data associated with a user of the injection pen device, the software application including a learning dose calculator module to adaptively calculate the recommended dose of the medicine based on time-relevant and circumstances-relevant data specific to the user of the injection pen device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Sean Saint, Michael Mensinger, Arnold Holmquist, Jack Pryor
  • Patent number: 11568975
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and techniques are disclosed for administering and tracking medicine to patients and providing health management capabilities for patients and caregivers. In some aspects, a method includes receiving one or more analyte values associated with a health condition of the patient user; receiving contextual data associated with the patient user obtained by the mobile computing device, where the obtained contextual data includes information associated with a meal; determining a medicine metric value associated with an amount of medicine active in the body of the patient user; autonomously calculating a dose of the medicine without input from the user based at least on the one or more analyte values, the medicine metric value, and the information associated with a meal; and continuously displaying the calculated dose of the medicine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Sean Saint, Jack Pryor
  • Patent number: 11563485
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for administering a medicament to a patient. In one aspect, a system includes an injection pen device in wireless communication with a mobile communication device. The injection pen device includes a housing including a chamber to encase a cartridge containing medicine, a dose setting and dispensing mechanism to set the mechanism to dispense a particular dose of the medicine from the loaded cartridge, a sensor unit to detect a dispensed dose based on positions and/or movements of the dose setting and dispensing mechanism, and an electronics unit in communication with the sensor unit to process the detected dispensed dose and time data associated with a dispensing event and to wirelessly transmit the dose data to a user's device. The mobile communication device provides a software application to provide the user with health information using the processed dose data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Sean Saint, Arnold Holmquist, Cory McCluskey, Jack Pryor, Jasper Benke
  • Publication number: 20220409818
    Abstract: A medicine injection pen includes a rotatable drive member and a rotary encoder associated with the drive member. The rotary encoder is configured to determine an amount of liquid medicine dispensed based on a rotational orientation of the drive member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Martin W. Iwanowicz, Jack Pryor
  • Publication number: 20220347390
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and techniques are disclosed for administering and tracking medicine to patients and providing health management capabilities for patients and caregivers. In some aspects, an intelligent medicine administering system includes a medicine injection device having a multi-channel encoder that detects fault conditions (e.g., such as open or short circuits) and a patient user's companion device including a software application operable to implement algorithms for detecting faults and communication loss and alerting the patient user for safety and fail-safes of the medicine injection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Sean Saint, Jack Pryor, Arnold Holmquist
  • Patent number: 11484657
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and techniques are disclosed for administering and tracking medicine to patients and providing health management capabilities for patients and caregivers. In some aspects, a system includes an injection pen device including a dose setting mechanism, a dispensing mechanism, and an electronics unit to generate dose data associated with a dispensing event of a dose of the medicine dispensed from the injection pen device and time data associated with the dispensing event; a mobile device in wireless communication to receive and process the dose data; and a software application configured to determine a recommended dose based on health data and contextual data associated with a user of the injection pen device, the software application including a learning dose calculator module to adaptively calculate the recommended dose of the medicine based on time-relevant and circumstances-relevant data specific to the user of the injection pen device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Sean Saint, Mike Mensinger, Arnold Holmquist, Jack Pryor
  • Publication number: 20220322977
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for a continuous analyte sensor, such as a continuous glucose sensor. One such system utilizes first and second working electrodes to measure additional analyte or non-analyte related signal. Such measurements may provide a background and/or sensitivity measurement(s) for use in processing sensor data and may be used to trigger events such as digital filtering of data or suspending display of data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Peter C. Simpson, Mark Brister, Matthew Wightlin, Jack Pryor
  • Publication number: 20220296134
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to systems and methods for measuring an analyte in a host. More particularly, the present invention relates to systems and methods for transeutaneous measurement of glucose in a host.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Peter C. Simpson, James H. Brauker, Mark C. Brister, Paul Goode, Apurv U. Kamath, Aarthi Mahalingam, Jack Pryor, Matthew D. Wightlin, Victor Ha, Steve Masterson, Melissa A. Nicholas, John E. Nolting, James R. Petisce, Sean T. Saint, Vance E. Swanson, Kum Ming Woo
  • Publication number: 20220240820
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to systems and methods for measuring an analyte in a host. More particularly, the present invention relates to systems and methods for transcutaneous measurement of glucose in a host.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Peter C. Simpson et al., James H. Brauker, Mark C. Brister, Paul Goode, Apurv U. Kamath, Aarthi Mahalingam, Jack Pryor, Matthew D. Wightlin, Victor Ha, Steve Masterson, Melissa A. Nicholas, John E. Nolting, James R. Petisce, Sean T. Saint, Vance E. Swanson, Kum Ming Woo
  • Patent number: 11399745
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for a continuous analyte sensor, such as a continuous glucose sensor. One such system utilizes first and second working electrodes to measure additional analyte or non-analyte related signal. Such measurements may provide a background and/or sensitivity measurement(s) for use in processing sensor data and may be used to trigger events such as digital filtering of data or suspending display of data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: DexCom, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter C. Simpson, Mark Brister, Matthew Wightlin, Jack Pryor
  • Publication number: 20220211944
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for determining a dose of insulin that compensates for past carbohydrates consumed, adjusts for blood glucose (BG) trend as well as BG value, and mitigates potential inaccuracies associated with double-counting or overcorrecting, where safeguards are applied to the determination of the insulin dose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Mensinger, Jasper Benke, Sean Saint, Jack Pryor, Angela Gaetano
  • Publication number: 20220208329
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and techniques are disclosed for differentiating a therapeutic dose and a priming event to properly administer medication to patients. In one example aspect, a method for differentiating therapeutic doses and priming events in administering a medication to a patient includes determining a time window for monitoring dispensing of the medication by an injection pen device. Multiple dispense events each releasing an amount of the medication occur in the time window. The method also includes classifying dispense events prior to a last dispense event in the time window as priming events or therapeutic doses and designating the last dispense event in the time window as a therapeutic dose for facilitating calculation and tracking of a dosage amount for the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Mensinger, Jack Pryor, Angela Gaetano, Sean Saint, Andrew Childs, Haripriyan Hampapuram, Arnold Holmquist, Heung Yong Im, Madison Smith
  • Publication number: 20220202318
    Abstract: The present embodiments relate generally to systems and methods for measuring an analyte in a host. More particularly, the present embodiments provide sensor applicators and methods of use with pushbutton activation that implant the sensor, withdraw the insertion needle, engage the transmitter with the housing, and disengage the applicator from the housing, all in one smooth motion. Some embodiments contemplate engagement of the transmitter with the housing after release of the applicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Jack Pryor, Sebastian Böhm, David DeRenzy, Jason Halac, Daniel S. Kline, Phong Lieu, Adam J. Livingston, Steve Masterson, Paul V. Neale, Peter C. Simpson, Antonio Joao Ubach
  • Patent number: 11369743
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and techniques are disclosed for administering and tracking medicine to patients and providing health management capabilities for patients and caregivers. In some aspects, an intelligent medicine administering system includes a medicine injection device having a multi-channel encoder that detects fault conditions (e.g., such as open or short circuits) and a patient user's companion device including a software application operable to implement algorithms for detecting faults and communication loss and alerting the patient user for safety and fail-safes of the medicine injection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Companion Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Saint, Jack Pryor, Arnold Holmquist
  • Publication number: 20220172816
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and techniques providing alternatives to traditional insulin dose calculators that involve little to no input from a patient user of a medicine injection device, including a fixed-dose titration therapy dose calculator and a streamlined dose calculator. In some aspects, a system for administering a medicine using a fixed-dose titration protocol includes an injection pen device in wireless communication with a mobile communication device comprising a software application to determine a recommended one or more fixed-dose sizes of the insulin based on (i) health data, including first glucose level of a patient user of the injection pen device that is measured prior to consumption of a meal and a second glucose level of the patient user that is measured within a predefined time period after consumption of the meal, and (ii) meal data, including a meal type of the meal and a meal size of the meal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Mensinger, Jasper Benke, Sean Saint, Eric Cohen, Jack Pryor, Haripriyan Hampapuram
  • Publication number: 20220125355
    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: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Apurv U. Kamath, Jack Pryor, Paul V. Goode, JR., James H. Brauker, Aarthi Mahalingam
  • Patent number: 11304631
    Abstract: The present embodiments relate generally to systems and methods for measuring an analyte in a host. More particularly, the present embodiments provide sensor applicators and methods of use with pushbutton activation that implant the sensor, withdraw the insertion needle, engage the transmitter with the housing, and disengage the applicator from the housing, all in one smooth motion. Some embodiments contemplate engagement of the transmitter with the housing after release of the applicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: DexCom, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack Pryor, Sebastian Böhm, David DeRenzy, Jason Halac, Daniel S. Kline, Phong Lieu, Adam J. Livingston, Steve Masterson, Paul V. Neale, Peter C. Simpson, Antonio Joao Ubach
  • Publication number: 20220104773
    Abstract: Adhesive pad systems that provide longer lasting adherence of the mounting unit to the host's skin are provided. Some systems include a reinforcing overlay that at least partially covers the adhesive pad. The reinforcing overlay may be removable without disturbing the sensor so that the overlay may be replaceable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: James Jinwoo Lee, Leif N. Bowman, Tim Ray Gackstetter, Jonathan Hughes, Jeff Jackson, Ted Tang Lee, Phong Lieu, Andrew Attila Pal, James R. Petisce, Jack Pryor, Roger Schneider, Peter C. Simpson, George Vigil, Matthew D. Wightlin
  • Publication number: 20220054055
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to systems and methods for measuring an analyte in a host. More particularly, the present invention relates to systems and methods for transcutaneous measurement of glucose in a host.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Peter C. Simpson, James H. Brauker, Mark C. Brister, Paul V. Goode, JR., Apurv Ullas Kamath, Aarthi Mahalingam, Jack Pryor, Matthew D. Wightlin, Victor Ha, Steve Masterson, Melissa A. Nicholas, John Nolting, James R. Petisce, Sean Saint, Vance Swanson, Kum Ming Woo
  • Publication number: 20220054056
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to systems and methods for measuring an analyte in a host. More particularly, the present invention relates to systems and methods for transcutaneous measurement of glucose in a host.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Peter C. Simpson, James H. Brauker, Mark C. Brister, Paul V. Goode, JR., Apurv Ullas Kamath, Aarthi Mahalingam, Jack Pryor, Matthew D. Wightlin, Victor Ha, Steve Masterson, Melissa A. Nicholas, John Nolting, James R. Petisce, Sean Saint, Vance Swanson, Kum Ming Woo