Patents by Inventor Manfred Ebner

Manfred Ebner 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: 9391670
    Abstract: A disease management system, methods, and devices are shown and described. In one embodiment, the system includes an infusion pump and a remote controller with the ability to be paired to each other and to confirm the authenticity of instructions sent to the infusion device from the remote controller. A method to verify a wireless connection between an infusion pump and a remote controller is shown and described herein. In addition, a method of operating a diabetes management system is provided in which the system includes an infusion pump and at least a remote controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Animas Corporation
    Inventors: Krzysztof Z. Brukalo, Manfred Ebner, Steven Getz, David Hohl, David Pohlman, Charles Hendrixson, John Quinlan
  • Patent number: 9049982
    Abstract: A disease management system, methods, and devices are shown and described. In one embodiment, the system includes an infusion pump and a remote controller with the ability to be paired to each other. A method to verify a wireless connection between an infusion pump and a remote controller is shown and described herein. In a further embodiment, a method to verify a wireless connection between an infusion pump and a remote controller is provided. In addition, a method of operating a diabetes management system is provided in which the system includes an infusion pump and at least a remote controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: ANIMAS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Krzysztof Z. Brukalo, Manfred Ebner, Steven Getz, David Hohl, David Pohlman
  • Patent number: 8932250
    Abstract: A disease management system, methods, and devices are shown and described. In one embodiment, the system includes an infusion pump and a remote controller with the ability to be paired to each other. A method to verify a wireless connection between an infusion pump and a remote controller is shown and described herein. In a further embodiment, a method to verify a wireless connection between an infusion pump and a remote controller is provided. In addition, a method of operating a diabetes management system is provided in which the system includes an infusion pump and at least a remote controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Animas Corporation
    Inventors: Barbara A. Montgomery, Krzysztof Z. Brukalo, Manfred Ebner, Steven Getz, Carl Brewer, Ulrich Kraft, Mark DeStefano, Sieghard Hasenzahl, Katherine D. Crothall, David Hohl
  • Patent number: 8903350
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for wireless transmission of data between components of a blood glucose system (1, I1) including a master controller (2, 2?) having a receiver (10) and a transmitter (9), and at least one slave device (3) having a receiver (19) and a transmitter (18). The slave device (3) is normally operated in a power saving mode and its receiver (19) is only activated intermittently at a receiver activation frequency for a predetermined listening period. The controller (2, 21) transmits a communication initiation data frame to the slave device (3) via a preamble signal transmitted for a preamble period. Upon receipt of the communication initiation data frame, the slave device (3) is switched to a communication mode in which it transmits a response to the controller (2, 21), and the slave device (3) is switched from the communication mode to the power saving mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: LifeScan Scotland Limited
    Inventors: Manfred Ebner, Ulrich Kraft
  • Patent number: 8762624
    Abstract: A data management system and method for storing data records of at least two different category types in a first non-volatile memory section, which may be flash memory, divided into sequentially arranged memory locations. The data records, each including its category type and a time stamp, are sequentially stored into memory locations indicated by a cyclic write pointer stored in a second nonvolatile memory section. A new node associated with a data record is added to a linked list stored in a volatile memory section for a determined category type, such that there is a separate linked list for each category type. The data management system may be included in a glucose meter of a blood glucose system, and use of the second nonvolatile memory section and the volatile memory sections allows data records stored in the first nonvolatile memory section to be displayed by category type and by time stamp more quickly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Lifescan Scotland Limited
    Inventors: Joachim Binz, Manfred Ebner, Mario Esser, Stephan Muller-Pathle, Thomas Jetter
  • Publication number: 20140113553
    Abstract: A disease management system, methods, and devices are shown and described. In one embodiment, the system includes an infusion pump and a remote controller with the ability to be paired to each other and to confirm the authenticity of instructions sent to the infusion device from the remote controller. A method to verify a wireless connection between an infusion pump and a remote controller is shown and described herein. In addition, a method of operating a diabetes management system is provided in which the system includes an infusion pump and at least a remote controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: ANIMAS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Krzysztof Z. BRUKALO, Manfred EBNER, Steven GETZ, David HOHL, David POHLMAN, Charles HENDRIXSON, John QUINLAN
  • Publication number: 20130344813
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for wireless transmission of data between components of a blood glucose system (1, I1) including a master controller (2, 2?) having a receiver (10) and a transmitter (9), and at least one slave device (3) having a receiver (19) and a transmitter (18). The slave device (3) is normally operated in a power saving mode and its receiver (19) is only activated intermittently at a receiver activation frequency for a predetermined listening period. The controller (2, 21) transmits a communication initiation data frame to the slave device (3) via a preamble signal transmitted for a preamble period. Upon receipt of the communication initiation data frame, the slave device (3) is switched to a communication mode in which it transmits a response to the controller (2, 21), and the slave device (3) is switched from the communication mode to the power saving mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Manfred Ebner, Ulrich Kraft
  • Patent number: 8472913
    Abstract: A method for wireless transmission of data between a master controller (2, 2?) having a receiver (10) and a transmitter (9), and at least one slave device (3) having a receiver (19) and a transmitter (18), and to a corresponding blood glucose system (1, 1?). The slave device (3) is normally operated in a power saving mode in which its receiver (19) is only activated intermittently at a receiver activation frequency for a predetermined listening period. The controller (2, 21) transmits a communication initiation data frame to the slave device (3) by means of a signal comprising a preamble signal transmitted for a preamble period. Upon receipt of the communication initiation data frame, the slave device (3) is switched to a communication mode in which it transmits a response to the controller (2, 21), and the slave device (3) is switched from the communication mode to the power saving mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: LifeScan Scotland Limited
    Inventors: Manfred Ebner, Ulrich Kraft
  • Patent number: 8449523
    Abstract: A disease management system, methods, and devices are shown and described. In one embodiment, the system includes an infusion pump and a remote controller with the ability to be paired to each other. A method to verify a wireless connection between an infusion pump and a remote controller is shown and described herein. In a further embodiment, a method to verify a wireless connection between an infusion pump and a remote controller is provided. In addition, a method of operating a diabetes management system is provided in which the system includes an infusion pump and at least a remote controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Animas Corporation
    Inventors: Krzysztof Z. Brukalo, Manfred Ebner, Steven Getz, David Hohl, Carl Brewer, Ulrich Kraft, Mark DeStefano, Sieghard Hasenzahl
  • Patent number: 8444595
    Abstract: A disease management system, methods, and devices are shown and described. In one embodiment, the system includes an infusion pump and a remote controller with the ability to be paired to each other. A method to verify a wireless connection between an infusion pump and a remote controller is shown and described herein. In a further embodiment, a method to verify a wireless connection between an infusion pump and a remote controller is provided. In addition, a method of operating a diabetes management system is provided in which the system includes an infusion pump and at least a remote controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Animas Corporation
    Inventors: Krzysztof Z Brukalo, Manfred Ebner, Steven Getz, David Hohl, David Pohlman
  • Publication number: 20130006536
    Abstract: A hand-held test meter for use with an analytical test strip in the determination of an analyte (such as glucose) in a bodily fluid sample (for example, a whole blood sample) includes a housing, a test meter control circuit block, and a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector block that includes an unpowered USB connection detection circuit block. The unpowered USB connection detection circuit block is configured to provide a shielding signal of a first potential (for example, a high-level signal) to the test meter circuit control block when a USB connection to an external device has been made to the USB connector block and a shielding signal of a second potential (such as a low-level signal representative of ground) to the test meter control circuit block when a USB connection to a an device has been made to the USB connector block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: LifeScan, Inc.
    Inventors: Ulrich KRAFT, Manfred EBNER
  • Publication number: 20120163481
    Abstract: A method for wireless transmission of data between a master controller (2, 2?) having a receiver (10) and a transmitter (9), and at least one slave device (3) having a receiver (19) and a transmitter (18), and to a corresponding blood glucose system (1, I1). The slave device (3) is normally operated in a power saving mode in which its receiver (19) is only activated intermittently at a receiver activation frequency for a predetermined listening period. The controller (2, 21) transmits a communication initiation data frame to the slave device (3) by means of a signal comprising a preamble signal transmitted for a preamble period. Upon receipt of the communication initiation data frame, the slave device (3) is switched to a communication mode in which it transmits a response to the controller (2, 21), and the slave device (3) is switched from the communication mode to the power saving mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: LifeScan Scotland Ltd.
    Inventors: Manfred Ebner, Ulrich Kraft
  • Patent number: 8099074
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for wireless transmission of data between components of a blood glucose system including a master controller (i.e., “master”) and a slave device (i.e., “slave”). The master and slave each have a receiver and transmitter. The method comprises operating the slave normally in a power saving mode, activating the transmitter of the master for a transmission period and subsequently activating the receiver of the master for a response period. When the slave receives a preamble signal during a listening period the slave receiver is activated until a portion of a transmitted data frame from the master is received, switched into a communication mode to transmit a response to the master and switched from the communication mode to the power saving mode. In the power saving mode the activation frequency of the slave receiver and the transmission of the data frame are controlled to save power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: LifeScan Scotland, Ltd.
    Inventors: Manfred Ebner, Ulrich Kraft
  • Patent number: 8093903
    Abstract: A system and method of processing a test current for an analyte measurement in a fluid using a test strip and a test meter are disclosed. The method comprises sampling the test current at a pre-determined sampling rate to acquire a plurality of A/D conversions. The method also comprises filtering out at least a highest magnitude A/D conversion and a lowest magnitude A/D conversion leaving a plurality of accepted A/D conversions. Further, the method comprises calculating an average or a summation of the plurality of accepted A/D conversions and converting the average or the summation into a glucose concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: LifeScan, Inc.
    Inventors: Ulrich Kraft, James Christol, Manfred Ebner
  • Publication number: 20110178499
    Abstract: A disease management system, methods, and devices are shown and described. In one embodiment, the system includes an infusion pump and a remote controller with the ability to be paired to each other. A method to verify a wireless connection between an infusion pump and a remote controller is shown and described herein. In a further embodiment, a method to verify a wireless connection between an infusion pump and a remote controller is provided. In addition, a method of operating a diabetes management system is provided in which the system includes an infusion pump and at least a remote controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: Animas Corporation
    Inventors: Krzysztof Z. Brukalo, Manfred Ebner, Steven Getz, David Hohl, David Pohlman
  • Publication number: 20110099338
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a data management system and method for storing a plurality of data records (10) including data records of at least two different category types in a non-volatile memory section (12) divided into a plurality of sequentially arranged memory locations. By means of a storage controller (228), the data records (10), each comprising an indication (20) of its category type and a time stamp (21), are sequentially stored one by one in the order of receipt into memory locations indicated by a cyclic write pointer (26) that is incremented following storage of each data record (10) such that each memory location storing a data record stores exactly one data, record (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2007
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: Life Scan Scotland Ltd.
    Inventors: Joachim Binz, Manfred Ebner, Mario Esser, Stephan Muller-Pathle, Thomas Jetter
  • Publication number: 20100228111
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a blood glucose meter (200) comprising a blood glucose measuring module (234) for performing a blood glucose measuring function and a wireless communication module (236) adapted establishing a wireless communication link with an external device and exchanging information with the external device via the wireless communication link according to a predetermined frequency format and protocol. The blood glucose measuring module (234) and the wireless communication module (236) are physically-separate units electrically connected in order to allow for an exchange of electrical signals corresponding to information to be transmitted by the wireless communication module and/or information received by the wireless communication module (236).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2006
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventors: Alf Friman, Enrico Tresoldi, Ulrich Kraft, Manfred Ebner, Magnus Engstorm, Fredrik Grahs
  • Publication number: 20090322341
    Abstract: A system and method of processing a test current for an analyte measurement in a fluid using a test strip and a test meter are disclosed. The method comprises sampling the test current at a pre-determined sampling rate to acquire a plurality of A/D conversions. The method also comprises filtering out at least a highest magnitude A/D conversion and a lowest magnitude A/D conversion leaving a plurality of accepted A/D conversions. Further, the method comprises calculating an average or a summation of the plurality of accepted A/D conversions and converting the average or the summation into a glucose concentration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Ulrich Kraft, James Christol, Manfred Ebner
  • Publication number: 20090216100
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for wireless transmission of data between components of a blood glucose system (1, I1) including a master controller (2, 2?) having a receiver (10) and a transmitter (9), and at least one slave device (3) having a receiver (19) and a transmitter (18), and to a corresponding blood glucose system (1, I1). The slave device (3) is normally operated in a power saving mode in which its receiver (19) is only activated intermittently at a receiver activation frequency for a predetermined listening period. The controller (2, 21) transmits a communication initiation data frame to the slave device (3) by means of a signal comprising a preamble signal transmitted for a preamble period. Upon receipt of the communication initiation data frame, the slave device (3) is switched to a communication mode in which it transmits a response to the controller (2, 21), and the slave device (3) is switched from the communication mode to the power saving mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2006
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: LifeScan Scotland Ltd.
    Inventors: Manfred Ebner, Ulrich Kraft
  • Patent number: 7468125
    Abstract: A system and method of processing a test current for an analyte measurement in a fluid using a test strip and a test meter are disclosed. The method comprises sampling the test current at a pre-determined sampling rate to acquire a plurality of A/D conversions. The method also comprises filtering out at least a highest magnitude A/D conversion and a lowest magnitude A/D conversion leaving a plurality of accepted A/D conversions. Further, the method comprises calculating an average or a summation of the plurality of accepted A/D conversions and converting the average or the summation into a glucose concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignee: Lifescan, Inc.
    Inventors: Ulrich Kraft, James Christol, Manfred Ebner