Patents by Inventor Joseph Paul Brinson

Joseph Paul Brinson 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: 9632060
    Abstract: A diagnostic Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) procedure is applied to measure values of impedance-related parameters for one or more sensing electrodes. The parameters may include real impedance, imaginary impedance, impedance magnitude, and/or phase angle. The measured values of the impedance-related parameters are then used in performing sensor diagnostics, calculating a highly-reliable fused sensor glucose value based on signals from a plurality of redundant sensing electrodes, calibrating sensors, detecting interferents within close proximity of one or more sensing electrodes, and testing surface area characteristics of electroplated electrodes. Advantageously, impedance-related parameters can be defined that are substantially glucose-independent over specific ranges of frequencies. An Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) enables implementation of the EIS-based diagnostics, fusion algorithms, and other processes based on measurement of EIS-based parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Rajiv Shah, Robert C. Mucic, Genival D. de Barros, Carlos A. Callirgos, Manjunath Sirigiri, Joseph Paul Brinson
  • Publication number: 20130328578
    Abstract: A diagnostic Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) procedure is applied to measure values of impedance-related parameters for one or more sensing electrodes. The parameters may include real impedance, imaginary impedance, impedance magnitude, and/or phase angle. The measured values of the impedance-related parameters are then used in performing sensor diagnostics, calculating a highly-reliable fused sensor glucose value based on signals from a plurality of redundant sensing electrodes, calibrating sensors, detecting interferents within close proximity of one or more sensing electrodes, and testing surface area characteristics of electroplated electrodes. Advantageously, impedance-related parameters can be defined that are substantially glucose-independent over specific ranges of frequencies. An Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) enables implementation of the EIS-based diagnostics, fusion algorithms, and other processes based on measurement of EIS-based parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Rajiv Shah, Robert C. Mucic, Genival D. de Barros, Carlos A. Callirgos, Manjunath Sirigiri, Joseph Paul Brinson
  • Publication number: 20130331674
    Abstract: A diagnostic Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) procedure is applied to measure values of impedance-related parameters for one or more sensing electrodes. The parameters may include real impedance, imaginary impedance, impedance magnitude, and/or phase angle. The measured values of the impedance-related parameters are then used in performing sensor diagnostics, calculating a highly-reliable fused sensor glucose value based on signals from a plurality of redundant sensing electrodes, calibrating sensors, detecting interferents within close proximity of one or more sensing electrodes, and testing surface area characteristics of electroplated electrodes. Advantageously, impedance-related parameters can be defined that are substantially glucose-independent over specific ranges of frequencies. An Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) enables implementation of the EIS-based diagnostics, fusion algorithms, and other processes based on measurement of EIS-based parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventors: Ning Yang, Raghavendhar Gautham, Bradley C. Liang, Rajiv Shah, Catherine M. Szyman, Michael E. Miller, Jenn-Hann Larry Wang, Yiwen Li, Wayne A. Morgan, Paris Chen, Robert C. Mucic, Genival D. de Barros, Carlos A. Callirgos, Manjunath Sirigiri, Joseph Paul Brinson